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namedroppers mismanagement

2001-06-07 04:50:02
Dave Crocker writes:
Since when does working group management get to dictate, by fiat and with 
no prior discussion, what postings are to be allowed and then prevent 
working group discussion about a decision, nevermind such an unusual 
(unprecedented?) decision?

Randy Bush, the DNSEXT censor, has been doing this for years.

In 1996 he started throwing away ``spam and administrivia.'' By 1998 he
was occasionally throwing away on-topic postings that he didn't like. By
2000 he was regularly censoring messages criticizing his behavior. See
http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/namedroppers.html for many detailed examples.

All of these actions were taken unilaterally, without DNSEXT approval.

I'm looking forward to seeing antitrust lawsuits against the IETF.

---Dan



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