To:
Bill Manning <bmanning@isi.edu>
Cc:
"Brian W. Spolarich" <briansp@walid.com>, Patrik Fdltstrvm <paf@cisco.com>, Hollenbeck Scott <shollenbeck@verisign.com>, ietf-provreg@cafax.se
From:
George Belotsky <george@register.com>
Date:
Thu, 8 Mar 2001 14:32:25 -0500
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Subject:
Re: Unique handle generation
An FQDN is just what you are trying to register (e.g. 'myname.ca'). The other items are there to ensure uniqueness. It is irrelevant if a registrar goes out of business -- unless someone takes their exact identifier. The timestamp could be supplied in the whois information, so you would not have to remember it. George. On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 10:27:31AM -0800, Bill Manning wrote: > % > % Brian: > % > % For entities, it would be possible to take a similar approach. > % > % For example, a domain name might be: <fqdn>+<creating registrar>+<timestamp> > > self-referal. where/how is an FQDN created?... :) > for that matter, the "creating registrar" itself has a "handle" > and, as folks have pointed out, registrars themselves are ephemeral. > We've had three die in the last ~20 years.... Postel, SRI, NSI... > (ok, NIS actually morphed into something else) who is to say > that RIPE/APNIC/ARIN or any of the other registries will be existant? > > I like the idea of a timestamp, but I don't want to remember it > as part of my handle. > > --bill -- ----------------------------- George Belotsky Senior Software Architect Register.com, inc. george@register.com 212-798-9127 (phone) 212-798-9876 (fax)