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TLDs, ICANNalia, etc, etc, etc......
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 18:07:50 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: mo () ccr org (Mike O'Dell) Date: June 3, 2005 5:27:40 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: TLDs, ICANNalia, etc, etc, etc...... there is no technical reason for synthetic scarcity in DOT or otherwise. DOT and any (or all) TLDs can be the union of (possibly overlapping) pieces. your aggregator can disambiguate as a service, for instance. (or aggregate yourself if you care) mathematical perfection is no required and possibly not even desirable. just flush the whole centralized notion and throw it open to innovation at the edge. some of us knew that creating a big, ugly piece of "common equipment" in the center of DNS was a huge botch. but we did the experiment anyway and the data is compelling. time to excise the diseased code and get on with getting it together anew. and no, it's unlikely the sky will fall. "flaming toads from the sky" is a maybe, but not "falling sky". harumph. -mo ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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