Karl Auerbach — ICANN the USSR of the Internet

gnaremooz writes to tell us that The Register recently sat down with Karl Auerbach, the last publicly elected member of the ICANN board, and discussed some of the more recent developments. "Perhaps my main point of view regarding what I want to do for the net is expressed in my presentation [PPT] "From Barnstorming to Boeing - Transforming the Internet Into a Lifeline Utility" (speakers notes avilable [PDF]). I've long been interested in making the net a solid utility, and I have a great deal of sympathy for the folks who have to go out and fix things at 3am. I'm very interested in building tools for those folks."

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Auerbach's approach has always bucked trends

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When his grass-roots election to ICANN happened, he ended up against the madness that ICANN was and is. Goto http://www.cavebear.com/ and get his story. He's a protocols expert, worked for Cisco at high levels, and knows his chops. You could also see him hanging from the rafters at InterOp. Yeah, he's a lawyer, too. Add a moral geek with an atty, and that's what you get.