Removing DNS is kinda the wrong thing. Do *you* want to run NIS? :)
The proposal here is not to _remove_ DNS, it is needed to translate end-point IDs into transport-level addresses, but rather create a separate NS hierarchy which has only numeric "names"; and create some infrastructure around so anyone can come and get a numeric domain. It can even be made "free" by being subsidized by providers. My estimate is about one man-year to get it (and self-registration) up and running. If that structure is independent from ICANN, it will provide a ground for experimentation, _and_ safety for those who don't want to see their business or personal pursuits being harmed because of the present registry mess. Actually, services like that already exist, but they are vulnerable to the same name contention issues. I.e. what i am saying is that there's a need for contention-free and stable zone of namespace. The only way to eliminate contention is to make names devoid of intrinsic value. Numeric names are also not a subject to trademark law, and (not being choosen from a finite dictionary) are not scarce. --vadim