Re: [atlarge-discuss] 12 Zombi'es on this discussion group

[eric@hi-tek.com]

Man you guys are awesome.
such real time right now analysis.
This is sure a whole bunch better than a Florida Ballot.
e

Vittorio Bertola wrote:

> On Tue, 06 Aug 2002 10:23:33 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >Therefore, I think we have discovered that Jeff Williams has 12 Alias's on
> >this list and on the ICANNatLarge membership.  You do the math - who would
> >vote for a person who has never been heard from?  I submit that Jeff
> >Williams has voted for himself by voting for Bob Crawford 12 times.
>
> Of course this might have happened, but if you take a look at the
> ballots, only two of them were endorsing Bob Crawford and no one else.
> Other voters inserted Bob Crawford in a mix of other candidates -
> perhaps, for example, they decided to support all candidates from
> North America, or simply they mistook Bob Crawford for someone else.
>
> Said this, we all know that at this time there is no real
> authentication on the identity of our members, and that this is a
> problem that has to be solved for the future. There are a number of
> possible solutions, none of which perfect, but most of which
> reasonable: from transaction of a very small amount of money (ie 1$)
> on a credit card, to endorsement of the identity by other already
> verified members, to sample checks in which we require randomly
> selected members to send proof of their identity, to usage of legally
> valid digital certificates as already available in many countries. I
> think we'll need to accept many different methods, as I don't see a
> method suitable for all people and all countries. Or we could devolve
> verification and certification of identities to smaller local
> organizations who can manage this on a personal basis.
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