[8280] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Domain Rant.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Denninger)
Fri Mar 21 00:00:04 1997
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 22:57:01 -0600
From: Karl Denninger <karl@Mcs.Net>
To: Vadim Antonov <avg@pluris.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199703210339.TAA03044@quest.pluris.com>; from Vadim Antonov on Thu, Mar 20, 1997 at 07:39:14PM -0800
On Thu, Mar 20, 1997 at 07:39:14PM -0800, Vadim Antonov wrote:
>
> So far, that sounds like nice basis for a class action lawsuit.
>
> Imagine a land title company throwing away records just because they
> lost a payment receipt. That's what InterNIC is doing.
>
> My experience with InterNIC was that i managed to get hold of
> actual person, and got assurances that everything's ok. Then
> i see nothing happened in the database, so i call again, and they
> tell the information "is not there yet". Now, i go to the automatic
> system and make a card payment -- the system gives back authorization
> code, etc. Guess what. It still says the domain registration is not paid.
>
> I think it is time ISPs take the matter in their hands. I.e. let ISPs
> to perform registrations. Root serer operators can ensure uniqueness
> just fine.
>
> --vadim
You just described eDNS.
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