RE: [ga] UDRP Task Force Questionnaire

[Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>]

You over-react to a mis-understanding. No one is accusing the task force of
distributing a virus. What is, in fact, being stated is that the
distribution, BECAUSE it is a DOC file, will be less than complete. That it
will not reach its intended audience. More and more sites re-route DOC file
attachment s to /dev/nul as a matter of course. As a matter of fact, it is
begining to become a real problem. SirCam and Nimda both create DOC files
and send them out as file attachments. Without special software, it is
impossible to know whether or not a DOC file contains a virus until it is
opened and activated. Once you have done that, there is no way to prevent
the infestation. Many sites take the security precaution of deleting ALL
attached DOC files. They also do this with EXE and COM files. Some are also
begining to do it with PDF files, as well.

This is not a subject of halarity, it is very sad. It is one of the things
damaging public trust in the Internet, as a whole. As a techie/marketer,
this makes my job very difficult. As a shareholder in an internet based
business, it causes deep concern.

|> -----Original Message-----
|> From: Eric Dierker [mailto:eric@hi-tek.com]
|> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 5:57 PM
|> To: Jeff Williams
|> Cc: DannyYounger@cs.com; ga@dnso.org
|> Subject: Re: [ga] UDRP Task Force Questionnaire
|> 
|> 
|> This is just gut wrenching hilarious.  I don't care how 
|> serious it is.  It could
|> not be any better scripted in a Ludlum farce of Mel Brooks 
|> satire.  ICANN spends
|> 500 thousand dollars on a committee that creates a document 
|> that likely carries a
|> virus, Clanceys' NetForce could not come up with this scenario.
|> 
|> Then they declare a credible threat to the ICANN meeting, 
|> invite everyone to
|> attend and then send them across the street to the 
|> completely insecure Tiki Room.
|> 
|> Come on, where is that guy that does the ICANN animated 
|> clips.  I was trying to
|> think of something more ridiculous just for a fun 
|> comparison, but I found that I
|> could not top this, and then I got a cold sweat when I 
|> realized all of my
|> scenarios could come true.
|> 
|> The term "criminally stupid" comes to mind.
|> 
|> Later I will announce a location for a party for any and all 
|> who want to laugh and
|> cry together after the first public meeting regarding this 
|> sit-com.  Both Bill and
|> Jeff are invited and gloves are totally optional.
|> 
|> Quite Sincerely,
|> Eric
|> 
|> PS. If you are hesitating on coming please do, I will make 
|> it worth your while
|> with a tour of the famous Venice Beach, believe me it is not 
|> as Freaky as ICANN
|> but it is real.  We can always drop down and see the Queen 
|> Mary and the Spruce
|> Goose--good ideas but bad execution, sound familiar.
|> 
|> Jeff Williams wrote:
|> 
|> > Danny and all assembly members,
|> >
|> >   As you know .doc files are well known to carry viruses.  
|> Will there
|> > be a HTML version available?
|> >
|> > DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:
|> >
|> > > The UDRP Task Force has produced a questionnaire which 
|> is posted at
|> > > http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/nc-udrp/Arc00/doc00007.doc
|> > >
|> > > I encourage every member of this Assembly to respond to 
|> this questionnaire.
|> > > At this time, it is still not clear to which address 
|> responses should be
|> > > sent, but I hope to have that answer for you soon.
|> > >
|> > > The questionnaire will soon be made available in French 
|> and Spanish, and the
|> > > deadline for all replies is set for December 17.
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