uDNS Root Name Servers Taking Shape - on a couple ISDN lines

Fri May 30 13:41:32 UTC 1997

On Fri, May 30, 1997 at 08:42:41AM -0400, Richard Shu wrote:
> Jamie Rishaw wrote:
>  
> > > Seriously, our schedule calls for 5 dedicated, non-recursive servers
> > > up by next week this time, with T1 of better connectivity.
> > 
> > "Oh, we'll have quadruple this Real Soon Now(tm). We decided that it was
> > a Good Thing to release this project with a crappy server and crappy links..
> > but honest.. we're fixing it!"
> > 
> > > We plan full RFC2010 by the time we reach 5% visibility.
> > 
> > So.. never, right?
> > 
> > I dont get it. Why wait until later to do things _right_?
> 
> Because we're not used to being members of organizations in which
> major decisions are driven by short-notice ultimatums.  
> 
> Because we had to act quickly when it became apparent that the 
> root servers were likely to be arbitrarily reloaded with a set of 
> TLDs less than the full set originally registered as eDNS TLDs.
> 
> Because we are used to organizations that provide stability and
> reliability as key elements to foster an environment hospitable
> to business.
> 
> Respectfully submitted,
> Richard Shu

Because the people who made eDNS TLDs resolve, the root server operators,
got tired of people who were claiming TLDs with no ability to register
in them, were collusively operated in violation of the charter, were being
held out as "businesses" when in fact said "businesses" didn't legally
exist under the laws of the state the "registry" claimed to be in, that some
of the "registries" were unable to even quote a *PRICE* over the phone for
registration (and it was nowhere to be found online either) and further
the roots refused to continue when it became apparent that the RAs 
and Registries had no intent of resolving ANY of those problems.

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