new.net article

[Manny Kontos]

What make's the "new king of the mountain" different from ICANN?

MK

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From: 	bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org]  On
Behalf Of Adam Lang
Sent:	Tuesday, May 22, 2001 1:28 PM
Cc:	bind-users at isc.org
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But how does it give competition?  All it does is confuse the issue.

I personally agree ICANN is bad.  I just don't believe this solution is
better... In fact I see it as worse.

Subversive root servers merely add chaos and the nternet, even though it
seems chaotic, is far from it.  It needs strict order to operate.
Everything has to be black and white... any grey areas risk the stability.

What happens if 10 other alternate root servers pop up?  What stops them
from using each others TLDs?  Who has rights with which ever TLD?

New Net has a deal with Earthlink and offers .kids.  What happens if another
alternate root-server offers .kids and they strike a deal with AOL to have
their root-severs mapped?  Now the owner of mysite.kids, to be safe, has to
buy the mysite.kids from the second root-server registrar also?

This system will just add anarchy.

The best solution I can think of is this:  Demote ICANN.  Create a new,
independent set of root servers that has no vesting interest in any TLDs.
ICANN remains guardian of the TLDs it has and no more.  ICANN registers with
the new king of the mountain.  New Net registers with the new king of the
mountain.  Alternic registers with the new king of the mountain, etc.  These
comapnies can do what they want with their TLDs.  They are kept from
infringing on other people's TLDs.  Other companies can petition the new
king of the mountain to own a set of TLDs like ICANN and new.net.

Let everyone have their own sandbox, but all sandboxes are kept in the same
playground.


Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Jacobs" <paul at netpacq.com>
To: "Adam Lang" <aalang at rutgersinsurance.com>
Cc: <bind-users at isc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: new.net article


> Yes, yes... that's right crush anything that will give competition to the
> standard or buy it out and buried it...
>
> and this from a group of people who value the right to do new things with
> no limitations....
>
>
> At 08:13 AM 5/22/2001, Adam Lang wrote:
>
> >http://www.maximumlinux.org/article.php?story=20010522100621529
> >
> >Adam Lang
> >Systems Engineer
> >Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
> >http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
>
> Best regards,
> Paul Jacobs /Senior Network Eng.
> Commerce Service Provider (CSP)
> Internet Presence Provider (IPP)
> http://www.netpacq.com
> mailto:paul at netpacq.com
> Picture : http://netpacq.com/nis_about.htm
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