Statements against new.net?
David R. Conrad
david.conrad at nominum.com
Wed Mar 14 03:35:22 UTC 2001
At 04:14 PM 3/13/2001 -0800, Mike Batchelor wrote:
> > That one root must be supported by a set
> ^zone
> > of coordinated root servers administered by a unique naming
> > authority.
>Here is where I disagree.
...
>I still say it's a self-serving statement with political motivations, and I
>hope I have adequately explained why I think that.
One could argue that "single naming authority" does not necessarily imply
that a single body is making the decisions of what is or is not in the root
zone. The use of a single body is (arguably) the _easiest_ solution to the
root zone edit control problem, not necessarily the best
solution. Clearly, a model in which multiple cooperative bodies manage the
editing of the root zone is workable -- there are several empirical proofs
of such. However, it can be argued that in such a model, the cooperative
is the "unique naming authority".
The issue isn't really about this however. New.Net is not a part of a
cooperative. They are a commercial company deciding on their own what is
or is not a good top level domain -- they are asserting (with the help of
@Home, Earthlink, mp3.com, etc.) that they are the unique naming
authority. I, for one, do not believe that this is appropriate or desirable.
Rgds,
-drc
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