[12392] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: About the creation of new 3-letter domain(s)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John C Klensin)
Tue May 17 14:09:12 1994
Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 10:30:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: "John C Klensin" <klensin@infoods.unu.edu>
Reply-To: klensin@infoods.unu.edu
To: postel@isi.edu
Cc: PAUL@tdr.com, PVM@isi.edu, bigz@rice.edu, com-priv@psi.com,
hostmaster@internic.net, hostmaster@nic.ddn.mil, ja@ess.cs.ucl.ac.uk,
namedroppers@rs.internic.net, pullen@darpa.mil, jlw@cs.columbia.edu,
nettech@crl.com
In message Mon, 16 May 1994 19:00:32 -0700,
postel@isi.edu (Jon Postel) writes:
> A Concept for Personal Identifier Domain Names
>
> If we want to have personal domain names that are independent of where
> we live or work and are long term constant, and have enough structure
> that the administration is manageable, then the names will have to
>...
Jon,
An interesting idea, and one that draws on the discussion we've had once or
twice about the advantages of completely arbitrary domain names. Probably
even workable; one could assign zone admins without having a million
initially by assigning each volunteer a number, drawn at random (without
replacement, obviously) from the number pool. Someone volunteering would
have to agree to administer any number he or she drew under the usual rules.
This bit of added structure seems silly, but, if one didn't insert it, we
would, I think, inevitably end up in the same mess we've had with people
thinking that, e.g., EDU has special and desirable semantics. It wouldn't
eliminate the problem of people wanting their favorite numbers in their
addresses, but it would allow them to choose only from the pool that was
already available and would eliminate the problems of people vying to
administer their favorites.
john
