TV is ACTUALLY an official TLD. It is a country designation. TO and WS are as well! I believe they are TuValo, TOnga, and Western Samoa, respectively.
As for a free root system? It is hard to say what is right. There HAS to be ONE group providing access though, and they need to have servers seperated far enough apart that they can't be easily attacked, and provide quick response. Unlike verisign, they should know what they are doing, and take their job seriously. (verisigns methodology, record keeping, and just plain ethics are not very good, even though they are a LOT better than they were.) new.net did something I thought about, but decided against because of legal issues, and the need for cooperation. What they ended up doing is a kind of viral DoS/spamming. Many companies setup their DNS improperly, so their 2nd level or www third level domain name fails. In this case new says it is a bad address and presents their ads and search engine! Sneaky at best! If *I* were earthlink, etc... I would have said GET LOST! Squatting shouldn't be permitted, and the 2nd level domain should be UNIQUE in its own right to a given entity.(It is too late for this, but this is how it should have been) Steve >-- Original Message -- >Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 14:55:13 -0400 >Subject: Re: legacy root servers attacked >From: Swerve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Philippe Landau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> in the end it comes down to something like this: >> do you prefer the internet or the encyclopedia britannica plus email :-) >> do you like wild fruit from the forest or only clean cultivation. > >mmmWild fruit. > >That said, how is it possible to organize anything with free roots? > >i can easily imagine hundreds or thousands or tens of thousands of different >.Sex TLD's. similar number for other top names. i.e. .Net. >How will the viewer navigate this? > >i'm still getting people saying to me, .TV ... what's that? > >Swerve >> >> --- *** --- >> >>> While i'm definitely no big fan of Icann, it seems to me that the free >and >>> likely chaotic nature of free roots is even less desirable. E.g. New.Net >>> >>> Let the words fly. >>> >>> Swerve >> >>>>> Apparently there was a DoS attack on the root servers this week, but >>>>> it went largely unnoticed (if we don't notice it, its unnoticable....;) >>>>> http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/10/23/internet.attack.ap/ >>>> >>>>> Service was restored after experts enacted defensive measures >>>>> and the attack suddenly stopped. >>>> the attackers stopped after having demonstrated the problem, >>>> that proves that the operators are working well >;?) >>>> >>>>> "...and life goes on," said Louis Touton, vice president for ICANN >>>> as always, without addressing the problems at the root. >>>> >>>>> "We were prepared, we responded quickly," said Brian >>>>> O'Shaughnessy, a spokesman for VeriSign Inc., >>>>> which operates two of the 13 computers in northern Virginia. >>>> what a bunch of pathetic liars :-) >>>> >>>> it's only a matter of time until existing free roots will win over >>>> and make things more stable. everyone can choose today. >>>> what is the TTL of the new ministry of propaganda ? >>>> >>>> kind regards philippe, http://freeroots.com/ >
