nanog mailing list archives
Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain
From: "Todd Vierling" <tv () pobox com>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 14:51:13 -0400
On 5/12/06, Jim Popovitch <jimpop () yahoo com> wrote:
Elimination of TLDs would in no way mandate that people register domains from one global entity. Today we have multiple entities registering domains back to multiple authorities, why not just have one authority and allow for multiple regional registrars. TLDs just add confusion to everything, and add complexity to the back-end. Perhaps there is a better list to move this discussion to, if someone would point me in that direction I would be glad to check it out.
There is no list to which you could move this "discussion" -- that ship sailed almost 23 years ago (see RFC882 and RFC883). The complexity added by TLDs has one extremely critical good side effect: distribution of load by explicitly avoiding a flat entity namespace. The DNS has a hierarchical namespace for a reason, and arguments to the contrary will convince on the order of sqrt(-1) people. -- -- Todd Vierling <tv () duh org> <tv () pobox com> <todd () vierling name>
Current thread:
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain, (continued)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain Fred Baker (May 11)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain Jim Popovitch (May 11)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain Martin Hannigan (May 11)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain David Ulevitch (May 11)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain Fred Baker (May 12)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain Doug Barton (May 12)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain william(at)elan.net (May 12)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain Michael . Dillon (May 12)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain Steve Gibbard (May 12)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain Jim Popovitch (May 12)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain Todd Vierling (May 12)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain Barry Shein (May 12)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain Todd Vierling (May 12)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain Barry Shein (May 12)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain Eric Brunner-Williams (May 12)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain Simon Waters (May 15)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain Michael . Dillon (May 15)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain Peter Dambier (May 15)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain Niels Bakker (May 15)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain Peter Dambier (May 12)
- Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain Steve Sobol (May 12)