<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3354" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=399104621-19082008>This corresponds to my assessment of the proposal, too.
I would like to hear from the proposer. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=399104621-19082008>Is the purpose of this proposal to:
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=399104621-19082008>a) prevent hijacking of address blocks or
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=399104621-19082008>b) to pressure all address block holders to sign an
RSA? </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left>
<HR tabIndex=-1>
</DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left>Therefore, the
only possible result of this language that I can currently fathom would be, in
effect, the forcible conversion of non-RSA legacy holders into RSA
participants, under the misguided assertion of increased whois update
confidence. <SPAN class=399104621-19082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><!-- Converted from text/plain format -->
<P><FONT size=2>Milton Mueller<BR>Professor, Syracuse University School of
Information Studies<BR>XS4All Professor, Delft University of
Technology<BR>------------------------------<BR>Internet Governance
Project:<BR><A
href="http://internetgovernance.org/">http://internetgovernance.org</A><BR></FONT></P></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>