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Simon, Is your revisionist history part of a stand-up routine? The DNS root fragmented in 1996? Bill Manning was an "IANA-rep"? Alternic chosen as the test root? Chuckle. Thanks for the amusement. Rgds, -drc On 2/25/02 6:38 PM, "Simon Higgs" <[email protected]> wrote: > At 01:40 AM 2/25/2002 -0500, Sean Donelan wrote: >> Since it appears DNS goofiness is about to return, I put together >> a timeline of significant events that affected DNS service technically >> over the last 20 years. >> >> http://www.donelan.com/dnstimeline.html > > Here's some that you missed: > > 7/31/1996. DNS root fragments (no-one notices). IANA-rep authorizes Draft > Postel TLD applicants to go live with new registr(ies) as proof of concept. > AlterNIC chosen as the "test root" until 10/1/1996 when TLDs were due to go > live in IANA root. Process hi-jacked by ISOC/ITU/WIPO whereby new TLDs > forced to exist outside IANA root. > > ?/2001. ICANN introduce the first intentionally duplicate TLDs > (.BIZ/.INFO), de-stabilizing the DNS and causing cross-root pollution (now > everyone notices). > > ?/2001. .US domain moved to .BIZ name servers creating permanent state of > DNS root cross-pollution and creates new .US resolution problems. > > And the latest major internet outage: > > 2/2002. Randy Bush starts sounding rational (Go Randy, go!): > http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200202/msg00242. > html > > > > Best Regards, > > Simon > > -- > ### >
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