On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, Paul A Vixie wrote:
Will the ISC implement similar policies with its INN and DHCP software in the foreseeable future, or is this something unique to BIND?
I don't see INN or DHCP as critical to the internet's infrastructure, so, no.
You mentioned in your pre-announcement TLD operators being eligible for this new list, but made no mention of domain name registrars. I count 141 ICANN "fully: accrediated domain name registrars, with an unknown number of secondary registrars due to systems like OpenSRS. These organizations collectively handle second-level name resolution for the overwhelming majority of the millions of .com, .net, and .org domains in use on the Internet. And while I haven't done a survey, I'd surmise that they overwhelmingly use BIND. Will these 141 organizations many of whose business relies on BIND be eligible for your fee-based list? Do they consitute providers of "critical infrastructure" in your eyes?