Tomatoes for Verisign at NANOG 29

Thu Oct 16 21:09:17 UTC 2003

I have no religion about the particular choice of fruit/vegetable (yes, I 
know
tomatoes are technically fruit).

However, I think we should try to stick to Red and the symbolism of the 
tomato
cannot be denied.  It has long been used as a response to bad implementation
and that is exactly what we are responding to here.  I would welcome your
oranges or any other fruit/vegetable of protest, but, I think tomatoes
make the best statement.

I have no financial or other interest in tomatoes (although I think they're
tasty), and there is no tomato cabal of which I am aware.

Owen

--On Thursday, October 16, 2003 16:02 -0400 Robert Drake 
<rdrake at sprint.net> wrote:

> You guys aren't members of a secret tomato vendor cabal or anything
> are you?
>
> Is other fruit allowed during the silent protest?  I'm thinking about
> bringing oranges.
>
> :)
>
> Robert
>
> Owen DeLong(owen at delong.com)@2003-10-16 12:01:04 -0700:
>>
>> I would also suggest that we try to make contact with a second-harvest or
>> other organization that may be able to use the tomatoes afterwards.
>>
>> Owen
>>
>>
>> --On Thursday, October 16, 2003 11:36 -0700 "Wayne E. Bouchard"
>> <web at typo.org> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Just a brief statement that kinda goes without saying but I'll say it
>> > anyway.
>> >
>> >
>> > Although I'm not going to be there personally, I do intend to watch
>> > the netcast.
>> >
>> > I would just ask (and I'm sure merit folks share this) that despite
>> > the actions that have been taken by verisign and the conflicts etc,
>> > that people please be curteous and not just outright harrass their
>> > representatives but allow them to make their presentation as they
>> > intend. (The last thing we need to do is lend credence to the
>> > statements that have been made in the press regarding this community.)
>> >
>> > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 11:19:59AM -0700, JC Dill wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Dan and Owen, I nominate you two for the tomato acquisition and
>> >> distribution committee.
>> >>
>> >> To recap:  At NANOG 29 in Chicago, on Monday October 20th at 9:15 am a
>> >> session on "VeriSign's Wildcard Record: Effects and Responses" will be
>> >> held, with Mark Kosters and Matt Larson from VeriSign and Suzanne
>> >> Woolf from ISC:
>> >>
>> >> <http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0310/dns.html>
>> >>
>> >> If you are attending NANOG 29, please attend this session and wear a
>> >> red shirt.  If possible, please buy/bring a tomato.  Take your tomato
>> >> to the front of the room and place them in a pile before Verisign, to
>> >> make it absolutely clear how you feel about Verisign's wildcards and
>> >> sitefinder.  Please do not throw your tomatoes.
>> >>
>> >> I wish I could be there!
>> >>
>> >> Now to make sure that someone with clue from the Chicago Sun Times and
>> >> the  Chicago Tribune are both there, with photographers.  Does anyone
>> >> on this  list have any contacts at either of these papers?
>> >>
>> >> jc
>> >
>> > ---
>> > Wayne Bouchard
>> > web at typo.org
>> > Network Dude
>> > http://www.typo.org/~web/
>>
>>
>>
>
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