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Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora'sBox of

  • From: Peter Beckman
  • Date: Sun Jun 29 17:32:59 2008

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008, Jim Popovitch wrote:

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Peter Beckman <[email protected]> wrote:
Let the search engines organize the web, not DNS.

OK, (assuming you believe that), why keep dns around. Why not go back to just IP addrs and hosts files for those that need them.

DNS is useful in masking IP address changes, and for humans navigating the Internet.

 DNS is not useful for organizing the web.  Additional TLDs isn't going to
 help organize the web.  Search engines and portals organize the web.  DNS
 will be increasingly less useful as the Internet continues to expand and
 grow, and normal non-geek non-nanog humans will increasingly rely on
 search engines and portals to find what they need, not domain names.

Beckman
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Peter Beckman                                                  Internet Guy
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