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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: The root nameservers will be replaced August 1st
This "Eugene" fellow wouldn't happen to have a last name that started with a "K" and ended in "f" would it? Please say no. On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Michael Dillon wrote: > > If the information in the following message means what I think it means in > then somebody is colocating an entire new set of root nameservers at > exchange points within the USA if not internationally. > > Can they do this? Or are they bluffing? > > If you want to comment on issues related to top level domain names but not > related to network operations, please, please, please post those comments > to [email protected] only even if it means replying twice to this message. > Believe me, you do *NOT* want to crosspost between NEWDOM and NANOG and > you do *NOT* want to attract these discussions into NANOG either. > > Michael Dillon - ISP & Internet Consulting > Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-604-546-3049 > http://www.memra.com - E-mail: [email protected] > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 18:53:34 -0500 (CDT) > From: "Karl Denninger, MCSNet" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Issues on the table > Resent-Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 20:25:51 -0400 (EDT) > Resent-From: [email protected] > > > >They're the official "top of command" for the root domain... > > > > Hypothetical, to help me understand: > > > > Says who? > > > > IANA runs their roots - what happens if AlterNIC gets enough people > > to recognize their roots, and serves out their own TLDs? Does the > > IANA have an enforcement branch? > > > > Please don't flame, I'm not trying to argue, just understand how this > > all works. Seems to me that 2 entities are trying to be in charge. IANA > > want to be in charge, and AlterNIC wants to share being in charge. Seems > > that it can't be both ways, but what if they're both doing it? > > > > Christopher Ambler > > President, Image Online Design, Inc. > > Well, let's see... > > What if someone, say Eugene, started showing up at major exchange points and > major ISPs with, oh, say, "root nameserver in a box" systems? > > As in public root nameservers. > > As in distributed, across-the-country, on every major backbone root > nameservers. > > Which, among other things, outperformed and were more stable than the > current roots. > > What do you think might happen? :-) > > Hint: This is not a hypothetical question. > > -- > -- > Karl Denninger ([email protected])| MCSNet - The Finest Internet Connectivity > http://www.mcs.net/~karl | T1 from $600 monthly; speeds to DS-3 available > | 23 Chicagoland Prefixes, 13 ISDN, much more > Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1] | Email to "[email protected]" WWW: http://www.mcs.net/ > Fax: [+1 312 248-9865] | Home of Chicago's only FULL Clarinet feed! > > Ed Morin Northwest Nexus Inc. (206) 455-3505 (voice) Professional Internet Services [email protected] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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