To:
bert hubert <ahu@ds9a.nl>
Cc:
dnsop@cafax.se
From:
Ed Sawicki <ed@alcpress.com>
Date:
21 Feb 2003 11:02:53 -0800
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<20030221170833.GA14879@outpost.ds9a.nl>
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Subject:
Re: Why one port?
On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 09:08, bert hubert wrote: > On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 08:52:56AM -0800, Ed Sawicki wrote: > > > > Beats changing the whole internet, no? > > > > I suspect my response to this comment would be unpopular here. > > For what it's worth - if DNS continues to (d)evolve at the current rate, I > expect it soon to be usurped by other directory protocols that perhaps only > use DNS to find their .NET or whatever NameResolverService. > > Grabbing the namespace is way too juicy a target for many to let it die and > degrade without trying to take over. > > Why is it dying? The current issues with DNSSEC, AXFR interoperability, the > arbitrary creation of some top level domains and not others and the UTF-8 > plugin & takeover by VRSN. > > So I'd be all in favour of looking with an open mind towards 'DNS2'. Oh, it looks like my opinions would not be completely unpopular here. Still, is this the right place for criticism of ICANN, BIND, AXFR, DNSSEC, Verisign/NSI, conflicting RFCs, etc.? I'd planned on sticking to specific technical aspects of DNS but questions like "Beats changing the whole internet, no?" leaves little room for avoiding controversial issues. -- Ed Sawicki <ed@alcpress.com> ALC #---------------------------------------------------------------------- # To unsubscribe, send a message to <dnsop-request@cafax.se>.