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Kurt Greenbaum’s Fit

30 December, 2009

So this whole Kurt Greenbaum vs the Internet thing got a bit out of hand in my opinion. Some newspaper guy claiming to be a social-media expert throws a fit and causes a teacher to lose their job. Not the biggest privacy debacle of the year (unless you are the teacher, or his family) but [...]

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My 2009 ARIN Election Platform

30 September, 2009

In my previous post about this years ARIN elections, I promised to write a bit more about my own candidacy.  I guess in political terms that means outlining my platform.  Lucky for me, that is actually quite simple, my platform can be summarized in one word: Openness.
Openness defines my candidacy for two reasons; it is [...]

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ARIN Election 2009 Logo

It is that time of year again folks, time for the back to back NANOG and ARIN meetings and the annual ARIN election.  This means that if your company is involved with the Internet, you should at the very least be paying attention, if not registering to attend one or both of these meetings.  If [...]

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Policy 2008-7 Adopted

3 September, 2009

I am very pleased (and a little proud) to announce that policy 2008-7: Annual WHOIS POC Validation has been adopted by the ARIN Board of Trustees!
If you have been following my blog (or the ARIN PPML) for awhile, you will know that I am one of the four authors of this policy – hence the [...]

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What can Thomas Jefferson teach us about the Internet?  At first this may seem an absurd question.  Who would imagine that a man who died more than a century before the Internet was even considered, could teach us about such a modern concept as cyberspace?  Why should we turn to a man who was born [...]

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The new and improved ARIN policy proposal ‘2008-7′ is now titled “Identify Invalid WHOIS POC’s” and should make its appearance back on the ppml in time for discussion at ARIN XXIII.

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This announcement was made earlier today by ICANN in conjunction with the 34th ICANN meeting being held in Mexico City.
ICANN’s President and CEO Announces Departure
2 March 2009
Mexico City, Mexico — 2 March 2009 — Founders and leaders of the Internet today praised the achievements of Dr Paul Twomey, the President and Chief Executive Officer of [...]

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Internet pioneer Dr. Vint Cerf expressed his optimism for the Internet’s future at the official opening of the Internet Society’s new Geneva office. More than just optimism though, I was left with a feeling that he was perhaps issuing a subtle call to arms for the Internet pioneers of today.

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This is a response to The Changing Foundation of the Internet: Address Transfers and Markets by Geoff Huston
The majority of this piece was written on 27 October 2008, closely following the posting of The Changing Foundation of the Internet but due to time constraints in my schedule, I have just now gotten around to editing [...]

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