[9421] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Root Name Server Confederations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc Hurst)
Wed May 21 00:20:44 1997
Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 23:19:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Marc Hurst <mhurst@fastlane.ca>
To: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.93.970520203648.12163J-100000@sidhe.memra.com>
On Tue, 20 May 1997, Michael Dillon wrote:
> On Tue, 20 May 1997, Ben Black wrote:
>
> > what happens when there is disagreement in the eDNS community and someone
> > decides to break off and for Yet Another DNS Coalition? or are you
> > assuming such a thing will never happen?
>
> It has already happened. The Alternic has broken off from the eDNS
> community and no longer recognizes their TLDs. And name.space never did
> join the eDNS community and has always had TLDs that conflict with eDNS.
> Now Karl Denninger has imposed some new rules on eDNS to place limits on
> people who are trying to create more than 10 new TLDs. The universe in a
> microcosm...
Interesting assumption when the ALTERNICS' single biggest creditor is an
eDNS Regisratation Authority....
Liability issues?????
>
> In any event, the US government seems quite happy to let the 114
> signatories of the gTLD MoU work things out even though eDNS supporters
> have vigorously lobbied for US government intervention.
>
> > if there are multiple IANA blessed NICs, then so be it. they will
> > operate only as long as they follow the guidelines set down for them by a
> > higher authority with no financial stake in the game.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> An important point that so many people seem to miss.
>
>
> Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP Consulting
> http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com
>
> The bottom line is track record. Not track tearing. Not track derailing.
> But pounding the damn dirt around the track with the rest of us worms.
> -- Randy Bush
>
>
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