DNS "binds" the Internet together. I would contend that splitting "." is a very dangerous thing to do. This type of action *will* turn the Internet into a Tower of Babbel. So what good is the browser plugin to my mail server? How about my web cache? Karyn Ulriksen wrote:
I wonder how many unsophisticated network operators are going to give up the existing root server infrastructure for this obviously problematic layer:
; . 3600000 IN NS ns1.newdotnet.net. ns1.newdotnet.net. 3600000 IN A 206.132.100.43 ; . 3600000 IN NS ns2.newdotnet.net. ns2.newdotnet.net. 3600000 IN A 64.209.213.126 ; . 3600000 IN NS ns3.newdotnet.net. ns3.newdotnet.net. 3600000 IN A 209.151.233.13 ;
yeah. I want to rely on three root level name servers. Really, I do! I do! Can't we knock off some of the root servers like the one at MIT or something? Besides, I'm certain that idealabs! has much better experience in creating scalable nameserver systems than Vix, etc. <cough>
The stub config is interesting, though. Maybe run it until ICANN figures out what they are going to do. Since the users pay the bills for the most part...
K
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