Splintering the namespace is a convenient excuse that ICANN uses to engage in restraint of trade and excessive regulation. ICANN was never given the right to regulate entry into the industry, only to be a technical coordinator. Calling people kooks is a good way to get sued, but it doesn't add anything useful to the debate. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Kumari" <warren@kumari.net> To: "John Palmer (NANOG Acct)" <nanog@adns.net> Cc: <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 5:38 PM Subject: Re: MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain
On May 12, 2006, at 3:26 PM, John Palmer (NANOG Acct) wrote:
What are they talking about? .XXX already exists:
No it doesn't, see below:
dig ns xxx @g.LookMaICanAlsoSplinterTheNameSpace.com
; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> ns xxx @10.24.0.7 ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 3245 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION: ;xxx. IN NS
;; AUTHORITY SECTION: . 86400 IN SOA Kook.LookMaICanAlsoSplinterTheNameSpace.com
;; Query time: 4 msec ;; SERVER: g.LookMaICanAlsoSplinterTheNameSpace.com#53(192.0.2.1) ;; WHEN: Fri May 12 15:34:17 2006 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 96
And this is exactly why there should be only 1 namespace.....
W
%dig ns xxx @g.public-root.com
; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> ns xxx @g.public-root.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 65 ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; QUESTION SECTION: ;xxx. IN NS
;; AUTHORITY SECTION: xxx. 172800 IN NS eugene.kashpureff.org. xxx. 172800 IN NS ga.dnspros.net.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ga.dnspros.net. 172800 IN A 64.27.14.2
;; Query time: 2 msec ;; SERVER: 199.5.157.131#53(199.5.157.131) ;; WHEN: Fri May 12 18:12:48 2006 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 100
Oh, sorry - you mean in the restricted USG root where ICANN actually has to approve new TLDs rather than just doing the technical coordination (the ONLY thing they were tasked to do in the first place).
Freedom/Free Market Score: Inclusive Namespace: INFINITY, ICANN: ZERO
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