[12556] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: one-letter domains
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (George Herbert)
Sat May 21 12:51:28 1994
To: postel@isi.edu (Jon Postel)
Cc: gwh@crl.com, com-priv@psi.com, namedroppers@rs.internic.net
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 20 May 1994 09:17:21 PDT."
<199405201617.AA29510@zephyr.isi.edu>
Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 22:25:53 -0700
From: George Herbert <gwh@crl.com>
It occurs to me that relatively minor software modifications for root
nameservers might do a better job than the single letter names can.
Expand the syntax of records a little bit so that something like:
a*.com IN NS ns-a.com-nic.net
...would work. The only changes required would be to root servers,
not normal site ones, and it shouldn't be that hard to code.
Are there any problems with this sort of delegation people can
think of? Has this been discussed before and shot down?
-george william herbert
gwh@crl.com Speaking only for myself
