what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens upPandora's Box of

Tue Jul 1 19:25:38 UTC 2008

Shouldn't we take all the ICANNt and DNS Related stuff to
dns-operations?

-----Original Message-----
From: Jay R. Ashworth [mailto:jra at baylink.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 11:48 AM
To: nanog at nanog.org
Subject: Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens
upPandora's Box of

On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 12:04:57PM +0100, Roland Perry wrote:
> In article <20080630212216.GJ8195 at cgi.jachomes.com>, Jay R. Ashworth 
> <jra at baylink.com> writes
> >The Domain Name System is not now, and never has been, away to *find*

> >things, anymore than 123 Elm St, Worcester MA is a way to *find* a 
> >house.
> 
> What about "1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA" ?

Or 1 Tech Data Drive, Largo, or 1 Infinite Loop; yeah, there are lots of
good examples of why addresses are random and shouldn't be used to
*locate* things... except as keys into directories.

Cheers,
-- jra
-- 
Jay R. Ashworth                   Baylink
jra at baylink.com
Designer                     The Things I Think
RFC 2100
Ashworth & Associates     http://baylink.pitas.com
'87 e24
St Petersburg FL USA      http://photo.imageinc.us             +1 727
647 1274

	     Those who cast the vote decide nothing.
	     Those who count the vote decide everything.
	       -- (Joseph Stalin)

No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG. 
Version: 8.0.101 / Virus Database: 270.4.3/1528 - Release Date: 7/1/2008
7:26 AM