Re: What DNS Is Not

[bmanning () vacation karoshi com]

On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 08:32:38PM -0500, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
> >   notbeing Paul, its rude of me to respond - yet you posted this
> >   to a public list ... so here goes.
> >
> >   Why do you find your behaviour in your domains acceptable and yet  
> > the
> >   same behaviour in others zones to be "a Bad Thing" and should be  
> > stopped?
>
> Thought I was clear: Choice.
>
> I believe there is a qualitative difference between a *TLD and a  
> second level domain.  /Especially/ for the GTLDs.

        so you are making the arguement that as one navigates
        the dns heirarchy, operational choices nearer the root
        affect more people.

        as may be. - yet we see ICANN under serious pressure to 
        flatten out the root zone - to create the same amount of choice 
        at the root as one might find in .COM

        I will echo your original question to Paul, If its a "Bad Thing"
        at the root or TLD, is it a "Bad Thing" in ianai.com?

        I would say yes it is  -  looking for consistency in the stewardship
        guidelines for any delegation.  personally, I take the path less
        traveled and woudl suggest that a wildcard - at any delegation point -
        can be a useful tool.

        the unspoken compoent here is the diversity of expectation on what
        one might do with a wildcard.  Is the wildcard in and of itself a
        "Bad Thing" or has the wildcard been used in conjunction with other
        heinous practice to unfairly exploit the gullible masses?

        I don't think it fair to blame wildcards here - they are a symptom
        but not the actual cause of "Bad Thing" - for that you need other
        bits in play. 

--bill