Re: Verisign vs. ICANN

[Paul Vixie <vixie () vix com>]

patrick () ianai net (Patrick W Gilmore) writes:

> > PS: I will patent it myself to prevent Versign from doing this.
>
> And if they do, what's to stop the root operators from doing this.

the root server operators don't act collectively.

> Remember, there are 13 IPs no one can get around - no other "TLD" to
> register your domain name.

according to the whackos, we are the "legacy root" operators, and folks
ought to feel free to point their resolvers at any of the "alternative
root" operators instead.  YMMV.

> Flipped on its head, what's to stop the root operators from 
> circumventing anything Verisign or any other TLD operator does?

root server operators don't control the root zone, they only publish it.
some combination of itu (via the iso3166 process), icann/iana, ietf/iab,
and us-DoC are the folks you'd go to if you wanted a toplevel wildcard.
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Paul Vixie