[icann-europe] Too concrete, steal away?

["Cees Rindmarsch" <rindmarsch@hotmail.com>]

http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-26sep01.htm:

"The Internet is global in reach, as are the threats of terrorism. The 
events of 11 September offered a stark and tragic reminder of the 
incalculable importance of a reliable and secure naming and addressing 
system ...
Accordingly, the November ICANN meetings will focus on stability and 
security of the Internet's naming and addressing systems and of their 
operational implementation globally. This will be the overriding imperative 
for the meeting. As such, this will be a very different kind of meeting than 
previous ICANN meetings and will not follow the usual format...
The focus of the meetings may well delay progress on some of the worthy and 
important initiatives that are currently underway. The effects of such 
delays have to be measured against the importance of ensuring the stability 
and security of the Internet itself. This will require patience on the part 
of those who may experience delays in matters of importance to them so that 
the ICANN community can bear down on the issue at hand."

It looks like ICANN has found a way out of the At Large dilemma: postpone 
the discussion of the topic, and talk about more concrete and steal around 
the root-servers. Apparently not only those who are against cryptography and 
anonymity on the Net take advantage of the tragedy of September 11.

--
Cees Rindmarsch (cees@rindmarsch.com)


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