Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 04:01:32 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: William Palfreman <william@palfreman.com>, Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>, Fred Clift <fclift@verio.net>, "" <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: 4.7-R-p3: j.root-servers.net Message-ID: <a05200f15ba5f96f928a5@[193.0.9.156]> In-Reply-To: <a05200f13ba5f92150351@[193.0.9.156]> References: <20030129163652.J22139-100000@vespa.dmz.orem.verio.net> <20030130022654.C31399@aqua.lan.palfreman.com> <20030130010126.Y341@12-234-22-23.pyvrag.nggov.pbz> <20030131015918.J31399@aqua.lan.palfreman.com> <a05200f13ba5f92150351@[193.0.9.156]>
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At 3:43 AM +0100 2003/01/31, Brad Knowles wrote:
> At 2:11 AM +0000 2003/01/31, William Palfreman wrote:
>
>> Only in the case of a _unitary_ domain name system. With different
>> roots and different TLDs, based in different legal jurisdictions, it is
>> not possible for a court to enforce arbitrary domain name decisions (as
>> it is at present) because if their whim of the moment is not acceptable
>> to the different competing nameserver admins, the is nothing the courts
>> can do.
>
> Not true. If you live in country B, and you are convicted of a crime
> in country A, you may think you are safe. However, if the legal system
> in country A can convince the legal system in country B that you should
> be expedited, you are toast. Heck, if country A decides to send in
s/expedited/extradited/
Sigh.... ;-(
> commandos to haul your ass in, they don't need the cooperation of the
> legal system in country B -- although, it does make things a lot easier.
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
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