How long much advanced notice do ISPs need to deploy IPv6?

Wed Oct 22 17:49:39 UTC 2003

At 12:26 PM 10/22/2003, Owen DeLong wrote:
>The "RIGHT" way, absent a clear and compelling need to do it is DON'T.
>
>I will now clarify...
>
>In order to make such a change, the following criteria should be required
>prior to consideration:
>
>         1.      There must be a clear and compelling reason for the change.
>                 Verisign's financial gain isn't a clear and compelling reason
>                 for the entire internet.  Providing better directory 
> assistance
>                 an innovative features might be, but...

Yes, but one point to consider on this:  What happens to the wildcard in
the event that the Registry is given to another party to manage when/if the
current Verisign contract is terminated?

Will the wildcard be left in place pointing to sitefinder?   Will the
new registry create another version of sitefinder?  Will the users
who have become used to seeing sitefinder now have to revert to
seeing "Host Not Found" messages again?

>         2.      There must be no alternative method for implementing the
>                 "clear and compelling" capability or service which could
>                 be implemented without such radical or abrupt change.

As was asked during the meeting, if the intent is to serve misdirected
HTTP clients, why not simply create a browswer plug-in?  This would
perpetuate beyond a registry transfer, and work in all TLDs, not just
the ones that Verisign happens to operate the registry for.

-Chris

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