[12421] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: About the creation of new 3-letter domain(s)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Postel)
Wed May 18 00:37:42 1994
Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 11:30:21 -0700
From: postel@isi.edu (Jon Postel)
To: dcrocker@mordor.stanford.edu
Cc: nettech@crl.com, jlw@cs.columbia.edu, postel@isi.edu, PAUL@tdr.com,
namedroppers@rs.internic.net, bigz@rice.edu, com-priv@psi.com,
ja@ess.cs.ucl.ac.uk, pullen@darpa.mil, PVM@isi.edu,
hostmaster@internic.net, hostmaster@nic.ddn.mil
Dave:
You favour a geographic based hierarchy, so do i. If you are in the US
and agree, go get a name in the US domain. It already has a geographic
hierarchy. No argument.
My message yesterday was intended to be a practical suggestion for those
who reject geographic based names, as to what an alternative might look
like. Some people seem to like it.
--jon.
Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 08:53:23 -0700
To: postel@ISI.EDU (Jon Postel)
From: dcrocker@Mordor.Stanford.EDU (Dave Crocker)
Subject: Re: About the creation of new 3-letter domain(s)
Cc: nettech@crl.com, jlw@cs.columbia.edu, postel@ISI.EDU, PAUL@tdr.com,
namedroppers@rs.internic.net, bigz@rice.edu, com-priv@psi.com,
ja@ess.cs.ucl.ac.uk, pullen@darpa.mil, PVM@ISI.EDU,
hostmaster@internic.net, hostmaster@nic.ddn.mil
Jon,
You propose creating a brand new administrtion and assignment authority for
personal identifiers. My proposal rather pointedly does not. Hence, I
think the important question is the operational viability of an effort to
create such a new administration. My own belief is that the effort is much
too high. Why do you think it is not.
In the plug-and-play world that we are seeking, this assignment must take
place when a brand new Internet user plugs in their personal digital
assistant, e.g., to their phone.
Dave
+1 408 246 8253 (fax: +1 408 249 6205)
