This "Eugene" fellow wouldn't happen to have a last name that started with a "K" and ended in "f" would it? Please say no. On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Michael Dillon wrote:
If the information in the following message means what I think it means in then somebody is colocating an entire new set of root nameservers at exchange points within the USA if not internationally.
Can they do this? Or are they bluffing?
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 18:53:34 -0500 (CDT) From: "Karl Denninger, MCSNet" <karl@mcs.com> To: newdom@iiia.org Subject: Re: Issues on the table Resent-Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 20:25:51 -0400 (EDT) Resent-From: newdom@iiia.org
They're the official "top of command" for the root domain...
Hypothetical, to help me understand:
Says who?
IANA runs their roots - what happens if AlterNIC gets enough people to recognize their roots, and serves out their own TLDs? Does the IANA have an enforcement branch?
Please don't flame, I'm not trying to argue, just understand how this all works. Seems to me that 2 entities are trying to be in charge. IANA want to be in charge, and AlterNIC wants to share being in charge. Seems that it can't be both ways, but what if they're both doing it?
Christopher Ambler President, Image Online Design, Inc.
Well, let's see...
What if someone, say Eugene, started showing up at major exchange points and major ISPs with, oh, say, "root nameserver in a box" systems?
As in public root nameservers.
As in distributed, across-the-country, on every major backbone root nameservers.
Which, among other things, outperformed and were more stable than the current roots.
What do you think might happen? :-)
Hint: This is not a hypothetical question.
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