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RE: Statements against new.net?

  • From: David R. Conrad
  • Date: Wed Mar 14 01:11:07 2001 
At 04:14 PM 3/13/2001 -0800, Mike Batchelor wrote:

>    That one root must be supported by a set
                  ^zone
>    of coordinated root servers administered by a unique naming
>    authority.
Here is where I disagree.

...

I still say it's a self-serving statement with political motivations, and I
hope I have adequately explained why I think that.
One could argue that "single naming authority" does not necessarily imply that a single body is making the decisions of what is or is not in the root zone. The use of a single body is (arguably) the _easiest_ solution to the root zone edit control problem, not necessarily the best solution. Clearly, a model in which multiple cooperative bodies manage the editing of the root zone is workable -- there are several empirical proofs of such. However, it can be argued that in such a model, the cooperative is the "unique naming authority".

The issue isn't really about this however. New.Net is not a part of a cooperative. They are a commercial company deciding on their own what is or is not a good top level domain -- they are asserting (with the help of @Home, Earthlink, mp3.com, etc.) that they are the unique naming authority. I, for one, do not believe that this is appropriate or desirable.

Rgds,
-drc