On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 9:01 PM, Jean-François Mezei <jfmezei@vaxination.ca> wrote: [snip conflict examples]
Finally, will there be any performance impact on DNS servers around the world (thinking of caching issues) ?
more to the point ... what problem is ICANN trying to solve with this proposal? What about the current system that's broken, does this new system fix? It looks like a lot of thought went into the process (thanks for the PDF link, DRC), and most of the issues raised here are addressed (conflicts, abuse/phishing grabs, etc.) - I'm just still unclear what the motivation for this new system was in the first place. I'm not opposed to it if it solves a legitimate technical/operational issue that's germaine to either the operators of the Internet or the users of the Internet, but so far I can't see that this serves either of those communities. In fact, it could very well be argued that a slew of new TLDs (whether a few dozen or a few hundred) will only serve to increase complexity and add additional confusion to a system that the standard user has just now come to grips with ("www.company.com will get me Company's official, legitimate page"). perhaps somebody with more insight can explain the rationale to me (DRC?) - is there a purpose served here aside from corporate/legal interests? thanks, -- darkuncle@{gmail.com,darkuncle.net} || 0x5537F527 http://darkuncle.net/pubkey.asc for public key