DNS ideas

Thu Jul 17 15:42:18 UTC 1997

Sounds like eDNS... and that model does work IMHO.

On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Alex Rubenstein wrote:

> 
> With all this craziness in DNS land lately (the internic going nutz, the
> root domains wigging this morning, etc.), I had come up with on the
> craziest thoguhts I think I ever thunk (!!).  Anyway, what about a
> structure like this:
> 
> 
> 1) Root domain name server operators (RDNSO) -- a selected 10 or 15 people
> in the US and abroad would provide thier *own* equipment, the bandwidth, et
> al. The would do this *for profit*. They would be reviewed, approved, and
> contracted by the 'internet community' as a whole, maybe that community
> represented by a commitee or a board. These people would get PAID for
> having the TLD servers. By who? See #2 # #3.
> 
> 2) Forward Registries -- Everyone has been complaining about how bad the
> internic, etc., and why should we have to pay for domains, etc. So, my idea
> is this. The registries would *pay* the RDNSO to host thier TLD's on thier
> server. This would provide a fair, and equal way for competition among
> registries, without having multiple '.'s (ala alternic), and wouldn't
> compromise the RDNSO, beacuse if they screw around and listen to the wrong
> registry, etc., they would be thrown out. The registries can charge
> anything they want; but, the consumer will have the advantage of choosing
> which regsitry they want to use. The only disadvantage is that a TLD (com,
> edu, net, etc.) is 'owned' by a particular registry. But, hey, thats why
> you go to Ford if you want a Taurus. 
> 
> 3) Reverse Registries -- pretty much the same as #2, but in the ongoing
> effort to conserve ip space (tm), the formation of multiple reverse
> registries should be regulated (excuse the term, but nothing else really
> applies). I think the end-all decision of who gets to be a reverse registry
> is by the IANA, then approved by the board in #1. 
> 
> Any comments?
> 
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