[31343] in North American Network Operators' Group
-Yo, Nathan-
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Wed Sep 20 12:15:12 2000
From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
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To: nathan@terminus.com (Nathan Lane)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 16:21:50 +0000 (UCT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <39C81E61.4FC5188A@terminus.com> from "Nathan Lane" at Sep 19, 2000 09:18:09 PM
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> As for US, Manning setup the only sane structure but it met with great
> disdain for some reason unknown to me. Too many dots is all I hear.
> Now it goes to the DOC and all those other three letters. Quite a loss
> to the community.
>
> -Nathan Lane
POC (point of clarification) - I'm not sure which Manning
you are refering to but being a bit hypersensitive here, I'd like to
inject an alternative view.
Jon Postel, Anne Cooper, and Steve Hotz are (I believe)
are the culprits behind the US. domain. I touched it briefly
on two occasions, once to check a capability (yes, the following
domain label did exist:
zz.yy.xx.ww.vv.uu.tt.ss.rr.qq.pp.oo.nn.mm.ll.kk.jj.ii.hh.gg.ff.ee.dd.cc.bb.aa.la.ca.us. :)
and once to upgrade zones to add the cruft for bind 8.
Lots more could be done to/for the US domain, IMHO its
a shame that USC/ISI could/would not devote the resources
to ensuring a quality product. One hopes for the best
with the rebid.
--bill
