Joe Baptista wrote:
Jon's original note is insufficient to assert that it was anything other than at a test.On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Joe Touch wrote:community. A root server operator. You even went along with postel on the hi-jacking (or was that test) if the root servers. Paul your aHow about proof of the hi-jacking? (sauce for the gander) Until then, please keep your attacks those who are still able to defend themselves.I always support my allegations. Proof of Hi-jacking GO HERE the email: http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/articles/icann-notes.htm#F175 the event: http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/articles/icann-body.htm#B175
The subsequent analyses cited are the _opinions_ of others. While everyone is entitled to his opinion, those who actually spoke to Jon got quite a different story.
It's as well known that Gore invented the Internet. While opinions often drive what people call history, they do not drive what is known as fact.Gordon Cook I understand can attest to this. He trolls here from time to time. He overheard Postels end of the conversation. This of course is well know internet history.
Gordon Cook also has reported on it - see his home page - www.cookreport.com.
Again, "what critics call". Your assertion that this was hijacking isn't substantiated by the facts; the facts only indicate that it was the opinion of a subset of critics.Ira Magaziner released his Green Paper in the midst of what Jon Postel called a test of the ability of root servers to point elsewhere than NSI. Critics called Postel's "test" a hi-jacking
Joe