[105712] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora'sBox
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Beckman)
Sun Jun 29 17:32:59 2008
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:32:51 -0400
From: Peter Beckman <beckman@angryox.com>
To: Jim Popovitch <yahoo@jimpop.com>
In-Reply-To: <7ff145960806291320x4a768f62x31cf7262ae945b6f@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Peter Beckman <beckman@angryox.com> wrote:
>> Let the search engines organize the web, not DNS.
>
> OK, (assuming you believe that), why keep dns around. Why not go back
> to just IP addrs and hosts files for those that need them.
DNS is useful in masking IP address changes, and for humans navigating the
Internet.
DNS is not useful for organizing the web. Additional TLDs isn't going to
help organize the web. Search engines and portals organize the web. DNS
will be increasingly less useful as the Internet continues to expand and
grow, and normal non-geek non-nanog humans will increasingly rely on
search engines and portals to find what they need, not domain names.
Beckman
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