Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:58:54 +1100 From: Mark.Andrews@isc.org To: William Palfreman <william@palfreman.com> Cc: Barney Wolff <barney@pit.databus.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.7-R-p3: j.root-servers.net Message-ID: <200301270358.h0R3wsEN057216@drugs.dv.isc.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 27 Jan 2003 01:02:55 -0000." <20030127004815.Y10725@aqua.lan.palfreman.com>
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> On Sun, 26 Jan 2003, Barney Wolff wrote: > > > And of course, using the "alternate" roots is evil. > > Why is that then? I'm slaving the OpenNIC ones here without any > trouble. DNS just being an information service in the end I can't see > why there has to be the only one of its type. In fact, how can it be a > standard if there is only one implementation? :-) Did you ever here the term "natual monopoly". The DNS root is a example of such. When you try to change it all you do is reproduce it with additional unnecessary baggage like have to find all the "roots" to register the new TLD in. > I can think of some very good reasons *to* have multiple roots, for one > allowing new TLD domains to evolve spontaneously, and secondly to > prevent TLD and subdomains from coming under control of oppressive > governments and quasi-government agencies like ICANN. And why do you think that you should have the right to create arbitary new TLDs? Hell I would like the "prestige" of my own TLD but I know that it is *not* in the best interests of the world as a whole to have lots to TLDs which is the natural consequence to allowing anyone to set one up. In the end you end up with a massive root zone (similar to the COM zone) that requires very large machines to serve it or requires many smaller machines with a fancy front end. > AFAIK .za had to > move to the UK a while back precisely to avoid takeover by the South > African government, but even so, one fixed root is bound to lead to > increasing political control in the end. Well "za" should have known from the start that the South African government would possible want control at some point in time. It was quite evident from the start that governments would eventually wake up to the fact that the Internet existed and the naming structure included country codes. I know Robert Elz was aware that this was a possibility when "au" was established. That's also why we use "oz" not "au" for the top level of ACSnet. > > So what is the great theoretical objection to multiple roots then? > > -- > W. Palfreman. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews@isc.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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