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The previous holder of that job, Christel, had access to the DNS account, why couldn't Tom? Like, yeah, Tom was maneuovered into place to take control of the D
by hannasanarion 5y ago
The previous holder of that job, Christel, had access to the DNS account, why couldn't Tom?
Like, yeah, Tom was maneuovered into place to take control of the DNS account, because thats what a head of staff does. Do you think that each new US president shouldn't get the nuclear codes either?
- makomk 5y agoHe wasn't just asking for access to the DNS account - which it seems like, in fact, he already had and used to try and lock Andrew Lee and others involved in Freenode out - but for ownership of the domains to be transferred to him personally. Which would mean that in effect he would be the one who decided what Freenode was and who controlled it from then on, and if any other staff or users disagreed they could just pound sand. In particular, he appears to have rejected the idea of any kind of community ownership or control over the domain ownership.
- tptacek 5y agoIt looks like he asked about the domain transfer, and from the transcript Lee didn't say "no", and then later --- it looks like a month later, from the transcripts the other Freenode ops posted --- Lee asked for an employee of Freenode Ltd to be given access to Freenode's DNS and IRCop status. Here's a log; search for "kevinp": https://paste.sr.ht/blob/4f5c7a6b3f6adb4697572f8cd77582fa16a123de https://paste.sr.ht/blob/4f5c7a6b3f6adb4697572f8cd77582fa16a... This is all super weird.