oh and *hint*: We depend on DNS and dns starts with ".". All of the ISP/IAP/NAP's depend on "." if the root servers are maintained by friviolousity <is this a word??> then we are in a very delicate state. if domains that are 5 yrs old start to go "on hold" we will loose dns for half the net.. ie: mine is 4 yrs old, went on hold and 2 days later i got a removal notice. Thorns will sometimes prick you... Welcome to our world... /jdp Steven_M._Riley@aep.com wrote:

Can we get back to the good stuff, please? I joined this list because it seemed like a great place to learn some the thorny technical stuff that keeps the Internet going. Now all I get all day are mails from people complaining about this and that and the other thing. I've given up reading the "Domain rant" thread -- I just delete them all. I miss the technical stuff.

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