On Wednesday, May 07, 1997 12:23 PM, Michael Dillon[SMTP:michael@memra.com] wrote: @ On Wed, 7 May 1997, Jim Fleming wrote: @ @ > Imagine that the board can be arranged so that @ > the servers that are "nearest" to each other are @ > near each other on the board. If you pick any @ > square on the board, it has exactly 8 neighbors @ > assuming the board wraps at the edges and is @ > really mapped to a sphere. @ @ When you wrap the edges of a chessboard, it maps to a torus, *NOT* a @ sphere. @ @ > 1. Develop a MERGED list of ALL of the Top Level @ > Domains that are used any where in the world by @ > any TLD Registry and limit the list to 2,048 names. @ @ Who will develop this list? Maybe the ISP/C could take this on as a project and keep a running list on their web site. @ How will these people be chosen? First-come, first-serve...?...I do not think there are close to 2,048 TLDs with registries. @ What criteria will they use to limit their list? First-come, first-serve....? @ @ > 4. Deploy 8 Root Name Server Confederations @ > of 8 servers each and figure out the optimal @ > arrangement on an 8 by 8 grid based on network @ > connections. @ @ Internet topology is too complex to map to an 8 by 8 grid. @ These are just Root Name Servers... expanding from 9 legacy servers to 64 seems like a step in the right direction. If you like, just have 8 rows of 8. A Confederation can be a single row. -- Jim Fleming Unir Corporation http://www.Unir.Corp Check out...http://Register.A.Mall