[164453] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: gTLDs opened up
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christian de Larrinaga)
Fri Jul 12 05:31:31 2013
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 10:27:10 +0100
From: Christian de Larrinaga <cdel@firsthand.net>
To: Alex Buie <alex.buie@frozenfeline.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAPWg56KoiyJTqHtQ+7ff1b3zbw5kqpBmQrE0TcwZp96mxi-wRQ@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>,
African Network Operators <afnog@afnog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
hilarious! Now we know that open really means ... closed.
C
Alex Buie wrote:
> They apparently have different "zones" (ie, they run 5 different, separate
> roots), and you pay a different price depending on how many "zones" you
> want your TLD to be active in. (cf
> http://www.open-root.eu/our-rates/list-of-zones-and-pricing/)
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Michael Brown <michael@supermathie.net>wrote:
>
>> On 13-07-11 04:08 PM, Alex Buie wrote:
>>
>> Am I missing something, or is that purporting to be an IPv4 address
>> beginning with 478?
>>
>> Heh… it seems as though they mistyped '*78.47.115.194*' there.
>>
>>> 7 - How to distinguish between identical TLDs?
>>> Within the Icann framework, names such as: tube.com, tube.net, tube.org,
>> etc. allow in principle to differentiate different domains under the same
>> name.
>>
>>> Within the open root framework, if there are several .tube, one will
>> distinguish them according to the root being activated.
>> Wait… so 'open root' isn't a single alternative root namespace? It's
>> different depending on… near as I can tell which part of the planet you're
>> in?
>>
>> Or is the product multiple independent roots… are you buying your own '.'
>> tree or a 'tld.' tree?
>>
>> Clearly, this will work‽
>>
>> Is this the future? "Visit my site at
>> http://fluttershy.turgid.wonka.^78.47.115.194/index.go"
>>
>> --
>> Michael Brown | The true sysadmin does not adjust his behaviour
>> Systems Administrator | to fit the machine. He adjusts the machinemichael@supermathie.net | until it behaves properly. With a hammer,
>> | if necessary. - Brian
>>
>>
