Well, as a candidate (my page is here), I hadn't prepared a specific recommendation on that. I am of the opinion that the dispute policies should be flexible depending on the charter of the TLD, while they should always try to be fair. Letting the "plaintif" select the arbiter is completely ludicrous, so I think that a set arbitration procedure and body should be included in the TLD charter. OpenNIC, for example, requires that domain disputes be decided by ballot of the registrants within the TLD.
How do you mean with transport anonymity? Like Zero Knowledge's setup? I think that the public VPN sort of thing is great, as is any form of transport layer point-to-point crypted link. But no, we haven't started looking at that yet. Too much other stuff to do, and we all have to make a living at the same time.;-)
You are certainly correct about OpenNIC being unable to handle the scale of traffic the ICANN root gets. We are working on it, though in a slightly different direction.
Our goal is to get mirror servers for our TLDs dispersed as widely as possible so that, unlike the ICANN system, we would not have to handle much direct user traffic at the core machines. So, given time, we should be able to grow to the point that we can take as many requests/second as the ICANN root does.
I think it's doable, though the only way we'll find out for sure is to keep trying.;-)
First, I get this a lot, so I'm used to it, but I am actally a guy. It's not a big deal, but I do like to see the correct pronoun get used.
Did you go to my candidacy page? I didn't put any detail in the form for ICANN because they said they would link if I provided URLS. I put several URLs in my post to them, and they are in the text, but they didn't actually make them links which diminshes their usefulness.
If you do have any specific answers (rather than general opinion, which is what I put on the ICANN site) which I don't speak to on my site, please let me know.
Let's give this one election a try before we start talking about boycott. It certainly is rigged, but it is still possible for us to get a good candidate on the Board. As a candidate, of course, I'd prefer that you help publicize a radical candidacy than boycott the proceedings...;-)
I can't let that go by without mentioning that I'm also a candidate, could I?;-)
Karl, however, also comes into this from the alternative DNS community, so of all the current nominees, I'd choose him for the position if I weren't running. He knows his stuff and I mostly agree with the sorts of things he'd do on the Board.
So nominate yourself, James! OpenNIC is aiming to have candidates with a single platform running in all 5 regions and we don't have a Euro candidate yet. Check out our site and then the stuff on my candidacy site. If you agree, jump in and we'll all be publicizing each other. "In unity there is strength" and similar...
Point, and exactly what motivated us to set up OpenNIC. And, contrary to the other reply to this post, you don't need mondo boxes and wide pipes to start out. If you get enough volunteer servers spread widely enough around the globe, you'll never need more than that.
I signed up on July 14th and still don't have the PIN either. Since I'm a candidate as well, I sent them an email asking about it and basically was told not to worry. Heh.
Well, we are working on that (but pursuing rquality, not accredition; ICANN is not a legitimate authority for issuing accredition). If you went to the OpenNIC site this evening, you'll notice that the latest news item is that I'm an official candidate for the ICANN Board...;-)
-robin
I can agree with that. Several folks on the discussion list have suggested ways that a replacement could go and are looking into them. We're using BIND now (though one TLD site is using DNSCache and we have a user site which is running some Win98 name server), of course, because it's there and we have to least stay compatible with it (as long as that's what most sites use) if we want to be globally accessible.
If you decide to work on a replacement, can you keep us informed of your progress? What I'm most interested in is the policy/social layer, so I'm not particularly wedded to any server program.
Check out the OpenDNS Project. That's exactly what we're doing. If you'd like to join us instead of setting it up yourself, join our discussion list. If you want to do your own instead, would you let us know so we can arrage for the projects to cooperate?
Registering and voting can't hurt, so I think it's right to go for it (once their database recovers from being/.ed, of course). They don't seem to be making much of a privacy commitment, but I think that's a small risk. If you want to vote, but don't want the spam risk, you can always register with a deletable mail account. Heck, I've my own mail server, I'll give you an account to use if that's your concern.
I'm also going to self-nominate, since I'd like to see some more radical views get expressed in the debate, even if the election is rigged and the folks elected will be a small minority of the Board.
See The OpenDNS Project's pages for a description of a truly democratic name system.
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Well, as a candidate (my page is here), I hadn't prepared a specific recommendation on that. I am of the opinion that the dispute policies should be flexible depending on the charter of the TLD, while they should always try to be fair. Letting the "plaintif" select the arbiter is completely ludicrous, so I think that a set arbitration procedure and body should be included in the TLD charter. OpenNIC, for example, requires that domain disputes be decided by ballot of the registrants within the TLD.
So, why don't you register a name, then? How about mammalia.null? ;-)
How do you mean with transport anonymity? Like Zero Knowledge's setup? I think that the public VPN sort of thing is great, as is any form of transport layer point-to-point crypted link. But no, we haven't started looking at that yet. Too much other stuff to do, and we all have to make a living at the same time. ;-)
You are certainly correct about OpenNIC being unable to handle the scale of traffic the ICANN root gets. We are working on it, though in a slightly different direction.
Our goal is to get mirror servers for our TLDs dispersed as widely as possible so that, unlike the ICANN system, we would not have to handle much direct user traffic at the core machines. So, given time, we should be able to grow to the point that we can take as many requests/second as the ICANN root does.
I think it's doable, though the only way we'll find out for sure is to keep trying. ;-)
Heh. Mine came in today, about 15 minutes after I'd mentioned here that I signed up on July 14th and hadn't received it yet. Nice timing.
Hi, RomulusNR.
I'm Robin Bandy, the candidate. ;-)
First, I get this a lot, so I'm used to it, but I am actally a guy. It's not a big deal, but I do like to see the correct pronoun get used.
Did you go to my candidacy page? I didn't put any detail in the form for ICANN because they said they would link if I provided URLS. I put several URLs in my post to them, and they are in the text, but they didn't actually make them links which diminshes their usefulness.
If you do have any specific answers (rather than general opinion, which is what I put on the ICANN site) which I don't speak to on my site, please let me know.
Let's give this one election a try before we start talking about boycott. It certainly is rigged, but it is still possible for us to get a good candidate on the Board. As a candidate, of course, I'd prefer that you help publicize a radical candidacy than boycott the proceedings ... ;-)
Well, here is the list of "campaign promises" on my candidacy page:
Send me an email if you'd like any of these expanded or if you'd like my position on any other issues.
Thanks for asking. ;-)
-robin
I can't let that go by without mentioning that I'm also a candidate, could I? ;-)
Karl, however, also comes into this from the alternative DNS community, so of all the current nominees, I'd choose him for the position if I weren't running. He knows his stuff and I mostly agree with the sorts of things he'd do on the Board.
So nominate yourself, James! OpenNIC is aiming to have candidates with a single platform running in all 5 regions and we don't have a Euro candidate yet. Check out our site and then the stuff on my candidacy site. If you agree, jump in and we'll all be publicizing each other. "In unity there is strength" and similar ...
Well, obviously, I think that I'm the most interesting candidate ... ;-)
Point, and exactly what motivated us to set up OpenNIC. And, contrary to the other reply to this post, you don't need mondo boxes and wide pipes to start out. If you get enough volunteer servers spread widely enough around the globe, you'll never need more than that.
I signed up on July 14th and still don't have the PIN either. Since I'm a candidate as well, I sent them an email asking about it and basically was told not to worry. Heh.
Well, we are working on that (but pursuing rquality, not accredition; ICANN is not a legitimate authority for issuing accredition). If you went to the OpenNIC site this evening, you'll notice that the latest news item is that I'm an official candidate for the ICANN Board ... ;-)
-robin
I can agree with that. Several folks on the discussion list have suggested ways that a replacement could go and are looking into them. We're using BIND now (though one TLD site is using DNSCache and we have a user site which is running some Win98 name server), of course, because it's there and we have to least stay compatible with it (as long as that's what most sites use) if we want to be globally accessible.
If you decide to work on a replacement, can you keep us informed of your progress? What I'm most interested in is the policy/social layer, so I'm not particularly wedded to any server program.
Check out the OpenDNS Project. That's exactly what we're doing. If you'd like to join us instead of setting it up yourself, join our discussion list. If you want to do your own instead, would you let us know so we can arrage for the projects to cooperate?
Registering and voting can't hurt, so I think it's right to go for it (once their database recovers from being /.ed, of course). They don't seem to be making much of a privacy commitment, but I think that's a small risk. If you want to vote, but don't want the spam risk, you can always register with a deletable mail account. Heck, I've my own mail server, I'll give you an account to use if that's your concern.
I'm also going to self-nominate, since I'd like to see some more radical views get expressed in the debate, even if the election is rigged and the folks elected will be a small minority of the Board.
See The OpenDNS Project's pages for a description of a truly democratic name system.