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----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Golding" <[email protected]> To: "Brian Bruns" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "Susan Harris" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 11:11 AM Subject: So, What Now, NANOG? Was: Request response [important] > > On 3/17/04 9:51 PM, "Brian Bruns" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Erm, something is definately up tonight. Message is below, for those of you > > who didn't want to touch this message. > > > > I can't get to the site listed in the message, so I have no idea what its > > trying to deliver exactly. > > > > Anyone care to comment? > > Ok, so what's the answer to this? > > We can sit around all day analyzing these emails. It doesn't matter where > they came from or who compromised which hosts - at this point, that's > immaterial. At some point in the Internet's development, we could have had > the FBI kick down the door of this guy and cart him away, and NANOG is safe > once again. Not anymore - even if this guy is "reachable", there will be > five others tomorrow, and ten others next week. I'm sure this is all over > IRC by now. > > These issues, combined with the ever worsening S:N ratio on this list are > destroying it. Some of the folks who have long been mainstays of the NANOG > community don't even read it anymore. > > Its time to figure out what to do about this, employing a proactive stance. > The answer is not "start a new mailing list". Names have power, as they say, > and NANOG has the juice. So, a few simple proposals for people to chew > over... > > 1) Turn on list moderation and recruit a corp of volunteer moderators. The > FAQ volunteers did a good job, BTW. Dave Farber's IP list (not Internet > Protocol, its Interesting People), is a good example of a low volume > moderated list. I vote for number 1 and volunteer my self to help moderate this hell hole err list. > If folks fear attack or retribution, please forward your comments to me and > I'll anonimyze them before posting. > > Thanks! > > -- > Daniel Golding > Network and Telecommunications Strategies > Burton Group > Joshua Brady
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