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  1. New.net claims 34% of Internet users by jestapher · · Score: 2 · on .Info, .Biz, .Behind The Scenes At ICANN

    New.net operates .kids, .xxx, .mp3, .inc and a bunch more without the nod from ICANN. Two days ago, they announced that Prodigy had jumped on board. They also have agreements with Earthlink, Juno, @Home, NetZero, and mp3.com and they claim 34% of Internet users can view their TLDs.

  2. New.net claims 34% of Internet users by jestapher · · Score: 2 · on .Info, .Biz, .Behind The Scenes At ICANN

    New.net operates .kids, .xxx, .mp3, .inc and a bunch more without the nod from ICANN. Two days ago, they announced that Prodigy had jumped on board. They also have agreements with Earthlink, Juno, @Home, NetZero, and mp3.com and they claim 34% of Internet users can view their TLDs.

  3. Re:None of this would happen if Jon Postel was ali by locutus074 · · Score: 2 · on ICANN Sneaks In Reserved Names For Existing TLDs
    Really? Okay, so they didn't "switch" outright, but you're still incorrect. The big-name ISPs will be happy to add your servers to their db.root for a sufficiently large sum of money.

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  4. Re:Uhh... ok.. by emptybody · · Score: 1 · on Checksumming Webpages Patented

    I rattled off specs for just such a thing during a lunchtime meeting months ago. I suppose since we threw out the McDonalds wrappers I wrote it on I cannot have it considered as prior art.
    Damn Ketchup Packets.

    The only issue was how to get the endusers browsers to use the system. IANAProgrammer so I was relying on the technical ability of my lunchmates.

    With the success of the new.net dns plugin and other such plugins I see that writing a plugin to the browser is the simplest way to do this.
    -miket

  5. there are other tld providers by daniell · · Score: 3 · on Former NSI CTO Calls ICANN A "World Government"
    There are other tld providers out there of course; there's no 100% control until by some mishap the aforementioned are illegalized. There's new.net for example.

    - daniel

  6. Re:DNS rebellion by jesser · · Score: 1 · on ICANN Limits Terms Of VeriSign Domain Control
    That sounds like what new.net is doing.

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  7. Two quotes by GuNgA-DiN · · Score: 1 · on ICANN Trying To Speed Up
    I watched the recent Melbourne Australia ICANN meeting and came away with the impression that these people really don't give a flying fuck about you or me or anyone. VeriSign has the ICANN board by the balls and they are bought and paid for. The meeting was nothing but window-dressing! A show put on to entertain the masses.

    The real meetings take place behind closed doors with their laywers (Joe Sims and Louis Touton) and VeriSign / NSI. They are currently trying to rush through an agreement that would give NSI full control of the registry for dot com indefinitely! That's right kids.... forget about competition NSI owns your ass and will gladly sell you out for a buck.

    If you visit the ICANN Public Comment Boards you will see that a majority of the people are against this. Everyone things this is a REALLY BAD IDEA. But, the lawyers for ICANN continue to recommend this as the best course of action for the Internet as a whole. It really makes you wonder: 1) how much the ICANN board gets paid? and 2) how much VeriSign stock they own?

    Here are 3 quotes from recent ICANN meetings:

    1) The Names Council meeting in March 2001. Phillip Sheppard: "my apologies but we have run out of time... sorry no public comments"

    2) The Board Meeting in November 2000. Louis Touton: "you're here to observe... not to participate!"

    3) The Public Forum in March 2001. Vint Cerf: "The at large community exists - I mean, they're out there. The question is whether they have a role in ICANN."

    This should make all of you very afraid! They don't want you, and they don't need you! And they are going to make all the decisions without you goddammit! Support New.Net and the alternative roots!

  8. Re:20 new TLDs by KitKitNet · · Score: 1 · on ICANN Trying To Speed Up

    Actually, new.net will provide alternative DNS from mid-March (oh.. today is..). You can see their technical support page:

    http://www.new.net/help_isp_info.tp

    And they provided a extra www.yourname.shop.new.net for global compatibility. So, you did actually get 2 name from them

  9. Why can't we just all jump to new.net? by Mr_Icon · · Score: 2 · on ICANN Trying To Speed Up

    Honestly... http://pie.shop has been resolving for me and millions of other people for quite a while now. If you're a DNS server admin, enabling their domains is easy as a breeze. If you don't have the power to change your DNS server, you can either modify your resolv.conf on a unix system, or download a plugin for windows.

    If you ask me, it surely beats waiting for ICANN and their ridiculous prices/timeframes. After all, they have no friggin power over the free Internet whatsoever! They just like to think that, because big corps are behind it.

    New.net has organizations like @Home, Earthlink, and mp3.com supporting them. I'd say we need to hurry up and put ICANN out of business while it still doesn't have its hands on our throats.

    It's really no sweat to activate it. Try it today. http://www.new.net/

  10. new.net by Balerion · · Score: 1 · on ICANN Trying To Speed Up

    Forget ICANN... support new.net!

  11. Re:Just create the damn plug in! by mistered · · Score: 1 · on Slashback: Indreams, Dejagain, Codrivel
    Currently they sell you both a fourth-level domain (whatever.newTLD.new.net) and a second-level domain using their DNS. People who don't know any better (i.e. people using a "plugin"), can just have a ".new.net" added automatically. In fact, their Linux instructions suggest adding ".new.net" to the search line in resolv.conf

    Note that if you use one of several large ISPs like EarthLink, @Home, or NetZero, you already have new.net TLDs on a trial basis! I just gave it a try, and sure enough disney.xxx resolves on my box (Rogers @Home).

  12. Re:Just create the damn plug in! by mistered · · Score: 1 · on Slashback: Indreams, Dejagain, Codrivel
    Currently they sell you both a fourth-level domain (whatever.newTLD.new.net) and a second-level domain using their DNS. People who don't know any better (i.e. people using a "plugin"), can just have a ".new.net" added automatically. In fact, their Linux instructions suggest adding ".new.net" to the search line in resolv.conf

    Note that if you use one of several large ISPs like EarthLink, @Home, or NetZero, you already have new.net TLDs on a trial basis! I just gave it a try, and sure enough disney.xxx resolves on my box (Rogers @Home).

  13. Re:Just create the damn plug in! by tregoweth · · Score: 1 · on Slashback: Indreams, Dejagain, Codrivel

    Actually, the Mac configuration is pretty simple, though I think it's just adding ".new.net" to the end of, say, http://disney.xxx. (Like so.)

    -jon (note to self: learn more about DNS before posting about it...)

  14. Re:Just create the damn plug in! by tregoweth · · Score: 1 · on Slashback: Indreams, Dejagain, Codrivel

    Actually, the Mac configuration is pretty simple, though I think it's just adding ".new.net" to the end of, say, http://disney.xxx. (Like so.)

    -jon (note to self: learn more about DNS before posting about it...)

  15. New TLDS without ICANN by GuNgA-DiN · · Score: 2 · on New Domains Delayed, Open to Corps. First

    Next week New Net will be launching their campaign for new TLDS. Either you reconfigure your DNS settings or install a quick plugin. No "Sunrise Period" IP lawer bullshit, no 5 year extended wait, no involvement from Network Solutions and no bullshit from ICANN! People are sick of this and are taking the law into their own hands. Good bye ICANN! All we had to do was give ICANN some rope... they are quite capable of hanging themselves.