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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>“the
miss-identification as employee of the Public Root, a registered British
company (see his email address for that).”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>I do not feel that he misidentified himself, See point 2
of his request for an apology<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>2) I was never an employee of the
Public-Root. I was a consultant since 2003. And I was not fired. I walked out
along with other consultants because of the criminal activity uncovered by me -
being mainly the embezzlement of funds, money laundering and tax evasion by
senior executive staff<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>As for his E-mail address, being employed by an ISP that
provides E-mail hosting, I know first hand that anyone, anywhere can request
whatever username they would like for an E-mail address (providing the
limitations of the policies set forth by the provider.) There are, however,
limitations on domains that used, or squatted on I.E. anycelebrityname.com
usually can’t be acquired by just any user, without providing
identification/ authorization to act on that celebrity’s behalf.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>And in the words of Forest Gump<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>“that’s all I really got to say about that”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color=navy face="Informal Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Informal Roman";color:navy'>K. Vincent Banks</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Service/Technical Representative</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Giant Communications</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>785-362-9331 EXT. 108</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a href="mailto:kbanks@giantcomm.net">kbanks@giantcomm.net</a></span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Colonna MT";color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p itxtvisited=1><font size=4 color=navy face="Colonna MT"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Colonna MT";color:navy'>-- Blessed is he
who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed--Benjamin Franklin</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
arin-ppml-bounces@arin.net [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces@arin.net] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Christopher Mettin<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, December 01, 2009
11:28 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Joe Baptista';
arin-ppml@arin.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [arin-ppml] Apology
requested from Christopher Mettin and theGymnasium Querfurt High School</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Everything I said
about Joe Baptista entirely true and confirmed by evidences and statements by several
other people. I hereby request to dismiss Joe Baptista from the ARIN mailing
list for the falsification of documents and the miss-identification as employee
of the Public Root, a registered British company (see his email address for
that).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'> We received a
dozen emails a day in September from Joe Baptista, I see no point why this
should not be called spamming.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>The clarify, we did
not buy a TLD that we know won’t ever be accessible by everyone (except
all Internet users queried the Public Root for DNS resolution). The TLD
was given to us for educational purposes and in return to open the TLD
registration to other people on our site.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Further, Public
Root, as a British company, and INAIC, a New York-based company, exist and
full-fill the service they offer. Their TLD and root services are widely known
as alternative, even Wikipedia has a section about them on their alternative
roots articles. So far this cannot be called a scam, rather Joe Baptista is the
spam ignoring Canadian court orders.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>For all the times
this global network shall exist, the World shall have knowledge about the
activities of the Internet terrorist Joe Baptista.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Sources: <a
href="http://inaic.com/index.php?p=internet-terror">http://inaic.com/index.php?p=internet-terror</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://whocalled.us/lookup/4169126551">http://whocalled.us/lookup/4169126551</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"></a><font size=2 color="#1f497d"
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
publicroot.info@gmail.com [mailto:publicroot.info@gmail.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Joe Baptista<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, December 01, 2009
6:04 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Christopher Mettin<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> arin-ppml@arin.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Apology requested from
Christopher Mettin and the Gymnasium Querfurt High School<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
Dear Christopher and ARIN community:<br>
<br>
I am requesting a public apology from you Christopher Mettin and your
organization the Gymnasium Querfurt High School for calling me an Internet
terrorist, a liar and other libelous, slanderous and defamatory statements made
by you in a public forum against me.<br>
<br>
Also Christopher please do not jump the gun and make this decision on your own.
Kindly consult your supervisor and principle with respect to my request and
take the time to show them my request as well as the statements made by you on
behalf of your school against me.<br>
<br>
For the record I will now respond to the allegations made against me by Mr.
Mettin.<br>
<br>
1) I am not an "Internet terrorist". This claim by Mr. Mettin below
is not only false but seriously libelous, slanderous and defamatory.<br>
<br>
2) I was never an employee of the Public-Root. I was a consultant since 2003.
And I was not fired. I walked out along with other consultants because of the
criminal activity uncovered by me - being mainly the embezzlement of funds,
money laundering and tax evasion by senior executive staff.<br>
<br>
3) I never attacked Christopher's Gymnasium Querfurt High School. This claim is
also false, libelous, slanderous and defamatory. I did attempt to email senior
staff and also called by phone but was unable to get in touch with anyone
except Mr. Mettin. I therefore have no idea if school staff know what Mr.
Mettin is up to as I have been unable to contact a responsible adult at the
school.<br>
<br>
4) Mr. Mettin's claims that the PublicRoot Consortium does not exist are false.
The PublicRoot Consortium is organized as an unincorporated trust in Canada.<br>
<br>
5) Mr. Mettin's claims below that his schools only involvement with the people
who run the INAIC.com web site was to be "assigned a (top-level) domain by
a company affiliated with the Public Root Ltd." is false. The top-level
domain the Gymnasium Querfurt High School purchased from them is GQNET - a copy
of the whois for this domain is attached at the end of this message as Appendix
A.<br>
<br>
But as members here have pointed out Mr. Mettin's forgot to mention that the
Gymnasium Querfurt High School also sells TLDs for these shell companies and
non existent organizations.<br>
<br>
6) Mr. Mettin's claims that my actions resulted in the shut down of a company
are partially true. My actions resulted in the business failure of at least
three companies and the investigation of a number of individuals for criminal
acts being tax evasion and money laundering. Some individuals involved in these
investigations have settled with the Dutch tax authorities.<br>
<br>
We also had the full support of the Turkish Government and SITA, as well as a
number of other influential people, organization and countries. That support
evaporated when I when public and blew the whistle.<br>
<br>
As a result of my actions fewer people ended up loosing their money in this
scam which was my intention.<br>
<br>
7) Mr. Mettin's claims that I lie are also false, libelous, slanderous and
defamatory.<br>
<br>
regards<br>
joe baptista<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Christopher Mettin <<a
href="mailto:cmettin@gqbc-online.com" target="_blank">cmettin@gqbc-online.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>ARIN Community,<br>
<br>
The following message was sent recently to the ARIN mailing list by an<br>
Internet terrorist known as Joe Baptista.<br>
<br>
>OK - before someone end up donating addresses and gets involved in a fraud<br>
- I think it's time for a little >backgrounder on Christopher Mettin.<br>
><br>
><a href="http://bit.ly/87Yjir" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/87Yjir</a><br>
><br>
>What Chris needs are a few blocks of /24 to setup a root system based on<br>
what I know of him. Thats what I think >he is going on about - that they<br>
need fixed IP. About the only protocol widely used still requiring fixed IP<br>
>for the root cache.<br>
><br>
>Be careful I have been unable to confirm what he is doing is even<br>
authorized by the school. If you feel so >inclined to provide /24 blocks to<br>
them - make sure a responsible adult from the school signs on the dotted<br>
>line, takes responsibility and absolves you of any legal liability.<br>
><br>
>I do however support his initial point. These are only numbers and ARIN<br>
RIPE APNIC et. al. are making a killing >for just providing a database<br>
function - the rest as far as I can see is mainly hype and make work<br>
projects. I >think thats been mentioned before.<br>
<br>
A few months ago my school has been attacked by this guy. He did already<br>
make an entire company shut down. His best weapons are lies.<br>
<br>
All that started when he was fired by the Public Root in 2005. We have been<br>
assigned a domain by a company affiliated with the Public Root Ltd. and so<br>
we became a major target to him. He sends his emails from a domain<br>
publishing a website of a "PublicRoot Consortium" which does not
exist. The<br>
contact address of this consortium is a private home in an Ontarian suburb.<br>
Sending emails using this domain he tries to make people believe he is an<br>
official employee of the Public Root.<br>
<br>
The IP addresses shall be in no way used with any root system.<br>
<br>
For further reference on Joe Baptista, see<br>
<a href="http://inaic.com/index.php?p=news-25-08-2008" target="_blank">http://inaic.com/index.php?p=news-25-08-2008</a>.<br>
<br>
Sincerely yours,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Christopher Mettin<br>
Gymnasium Querfurt High School<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
APPENDIX A: whois -h <a href="http://whois.inaic.net" target="_blank">whois.inaic.net</a>
GQNET<br>
<br>
Corporate TLD (cTLD): .GQNET<br>
TLD Status: Active<br>
TLD Register Date: 13-05-2009<br>
TLD Updated: 29-05-2009<br>
TLD Expire Date: 13-05-2010<br>
Preferred Domain Name Registry: GQnet ( <a
href="http://gqbc-online.com" target="_blank">http://gqbc-online.com</a> )<br>
<br>
TLD Registrant:<br>
Name: Christopher Mettin<br>
Company name: Gymnasium Querfurt High School<br>
Address: An der Geistpromenade 29<br>
City: Quefurt<br>
State: <br>
Zip: 06268<br>
Country: Germany<br>
Phone: +49.347.712.2226<br>
Cell phone: <br>
Fax: +49.347.712.8826<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:cmettin@gqbc-online.com"
target="_blank">cmettin@gqbc-online.com</a><br>
<br>
TLD Administrative contact:<br>
Name: Christopher Mettin<br>
Company name: Gymnasium Querfurt High School<br>
Address: An der Geistpromenade 29<br>
City: Quefurt<br>
State: <br>
Zip: 06268<br>
Country: Germany<br>
Phone: +49.347.712.2226<br>
Cell phone: <br>
Fax: +49.347.712.8826<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:cmettin@gqbc-online.com"
target="_blank">cmettin@gqbc-online.com</a><br>
<br>
TLD Technical contact:<br>
Name: Christopher Mettin<br>
Company name: Gymnasium Querfurt High School<br>
Address: An der Geistpromenade 29<br>
City: Quefurt<br>
State: <br>
Zip: 06268<br>
Country: Germany<br>
Phone: +49.347.712.2226<br>
Cell phone: <br>
Fax: +49.347.712.8826<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:cmettin@gqbc-online.com"
target="_blank">cmettin@gqbc-online.com</a><br>
<br>
TLD Billing contact:<br>
Name: Christopher Mettin<br>
Company name: Gymnasium Querfurt High School<br>
Address: An der Geistpromenade 29<br>
City: Quefurt<br>
State: <br>
Zip: 06268<br>
Country: Germany<br>
Phone: +49.347.712.2226<br>
Cell phone: <br>
Fax: +49.347.712.8826<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:cmettin@gqbc-online.com"
target="_blank">cmettin@gqbc-online.com</a><br>
<br>
TLD Servers:<br>
TLD Server1: <a href="http://tld1.public-root.net"
target="_blank">tld1.public-root.net</a> - IPV4: 84.22.100.6<br>
TLD Server2: <a href="http://tld2.public-root.net"
target="_blank">tld2.public-root.net</a> - IPV4: 57.67.193.188<br>
TLD Server3: <a href="http://tld3.public-root.net"
target="_blank">tld3.public-root.net</a> - IPV4: 199.5.156.122<br>
<br>
By submitting a Global TLD WHOIS query you agree to use this data only for
lawful purposes. Under no circumstances will you use this data to: (1) Allow,
enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass unsolicited, commercial
advertising or solicitations via e-mail, telephone, or facsimile; or: (2)
Enable high volume, automated, electronic processes against the INAIC or its
data systems and networks. The compilation, repackaging, dissemination or other
use of this data is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of
the INAIC. The INAIC reserves the right to revoke access to the Global TLD
WHOIS Database in its sole discretion, including without limitation, for
excessive querying of the Global TLD WHOIS Database or for failure to otherwise
abide by this policy.<br>
<br>
TLD Registrants are responsible for the information maintained in the directory
services database.The INAIC does not guarantee the accuracy of the information
maintained in the Global TLD WHOIS Database.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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