Top Level Domain Finder Tools
Stephen J. Wilcox
steve at opaltelecom.co.uk
Sat Mar 17 23:29:00 UTC 2001
the collisions dont seem to be being avoided
Checking (AlterNIC) nameserver ny.alternic.org for .SHOP
SHOP. in ns BERK.SERV.NIC.INFO
Checking (NEWNET) nameserver ns0.newdotnet.net for .SHOP
SHOP. in ns UDNS1.NEWDOTNET.NET
Checking (NS) nameserver ns.autono.net for .SHOP
SHOP. in ns ALLADIN.DDS.NL
See - you open it up and it all falls apart
These "finder tools" are bobbins, they just query against a botched
together list of servers.
.. also ORSC sounds techie friendly - it has the word open in so it must
be good - but c'mon theres no difference between it and new.net or
whoever? having said that maybe it would be better than icann.. only
problem is who has to give them the authority and make everyone abide by
it?
Steve
On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Patrick Corliss wrote:
>
> Simon Higgs <simon at higgs.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, March 18, 2001 8:12 AM (AEST)
>
> > TLD Finder Tools (collision avoidance tools) are available for people to
> > see which TLDs are already "in play":
> >
> >
> > ORSC have a Top Level Domain Finder which queries the ORSC root zone:
> > http://tldfind.open-rsc.org/
> >
> > Planet Communications & Computing Facility (PCCF - who run the .GOD
> > registry) have a TLD Finder which queries multiple roots:
> > http://www.pccf.net/cgi-bin/root-servers/whereis-tld?+
> >
>
> AlterNIC's newest tool
> http://www.alternic.org/tldfinder.html
>
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