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Stories and comments across the archive that link to cfp2000.org.

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  1. Global Neighbourhood Watch (Neal Stephenson) by msmithstubbs · · Score: 1 · on Internet + Wireless Cameras = Homeland Security
    This sounds familiar. Author Neal Stephenson (of Snow Crash fame) talked about this idea in a Wired article and called it the Global Neighbourhood Watch.

    Here's another link:

    http://www.cfp2000.org/news/student_reports/stephe nson-waldman.html

  2. Re:Cut VeriShit out of the loop by AnotherBlackHat · · Score: 1 · on Verisign Shuts Down Domain Policy List
    DNS is little more than a glorified phone directory. But it does do two important things:
    1. It offers a more persistant way to reach a particular computer, and
    2. It creates easy to remember labels for a particular computer.
    An all numeric system would solve the first problem, but doesn't help at all with the second. (minor quibble: 1.2.3.4 is a valid IP address, so it can't also be a domain name without confusion.)

    There's also the problem of hijacking domains. Hijacking is a problem with the current domain system too, but it doesn't have to be with an all numeric system. People could use RSA keys as "names," which would serve as proof that that domain is owned by the server(s) it points too, and could eliminate those pesky "secure digital certificates" too.

    To solve the second problem, we have to have some sort of listing service. I think SMOOSH or something like it is the answer, but there are many other possibilities.

  3. If it takes a long time, it's going to be moot by AnotherBlackHat · · Score: 3 · on ICANN, new TLDs, and Congress?

    Historically, congress hasn't been able to keep up with the pace of change.
    By the time congress actually does anything, the internet will be completely different.
    TLD may not even exist anymore (see this for one of the many proposals that would make this issue moot.)
    any proposal which puts one person/company/country in charge is going to be bad.

  4. A Proposal to replace the Domain Name System by jctribble · · Score: 1 · on The Battle for .Web


    In the words of one of theconference
    The workshop [I organized] was designed to encourage programmers, systems architects, and usability experts to produce software which directly enhanced civil liberties. One proposal of mine, in particular, has garnered a lot of interest -- specifically, a project to replace the domain name system because of its current poor political properties, which encourage land-grabs, coercion, lawsuits, and other antisocial behavior. The replacement suggests, among other things, that a system in which all names are not guaranteed unique until further disambiguated might solve some of these problems, without (one hopes) insurmountable technical or sociologic problems taking their place.

  5. A Proposal to replace the Domain Name System by jctribble · · Score: 1 · on The Battle for .Web


    In the words of one of the conference
    The workshop [I organized] was designed to encourage programmers, systems architects, and usability experts to produce software which directly enhanced civil liberties. One proposal of mine, in particular, has garnered a lot of interest -- specifically, a project to replace the domain name system because of its current poor political properties, which encourage land-grabs, coercion, lawsuits, and other antisocial behavior. The replacement suggests, among other things, that a system in which all names are not guaranteed unique until further disambiguated might solve some of these problems, without (one hopes) insurmountable technical or sociologic problems taking their place.

  6. Re:Not much of a change by Keelor · · Score: 1 · on Crypto Advocates Favoring ... Regulation?
    Admittedly, corporations have a significant impact on governmental decisions. I'd have to be a complete fool to disagree with that. However, governments still listen to people--and corporations listen to people, also (think of DoubleClick). Jessica Litman gave an interesting speech at one of the lunches at the conference about "The Demonization of Piracy." One interesting point she made was that some of the blame for recent court rulings fall to some of the very people that populate these boards. For example, calling legitamite, unauthorized copying "pirating" condemns someone before they've even had a chance to make their case (it's not "pirating" to copy one of your own CDs to MP3 format for your own use). Also, she mentioned that about the only evidence used to convince the judge in the DeCSS case that the software would be used for pirating were quotes from /. posts.

    Not to condemn everyone, but just remember that it's easy to fall into the trap of blaiming everything that goes wrong on the corpocracy.

    ~=Keelor