[67823] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [IP] VeriSign prepares to relaunch "Site Finder" -- calls
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Mon Feb 23 14:42:26 2004
To: John Palmer <nanog@adns.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu, ga@dnso.org
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:43:40 CST."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:41:34 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:43:40 CST, John Palmer said:
> ICANN is a threat to freedom on the internet. There is no
Very true.
> technical reason why there cannot be 1,000's of TLDs
> out there, except that it foils someone's monopoly
> stranglehold on one of the few chokepoints of the internet.
Also true.
Unfortunately, Paul is still correct in calling anybody who doesn't
understand why RFC2826 matters a "whacko". Read it *carefully*,
and note that nowhere does it say ICANN has to run the root, only
that if there is other than exactly one consistent view of the root,
things go pear-shaped quickly.
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