The Chinese government administers a state with the worlds largest population, fourth largest land area, fourth to second largest GDP depending on measure.
The fact that it is not completely nuts for one of the top five world powers to do a thing does not mean that it is not completely nuts for a group of private individuals to do the same thing. > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Baptista [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 11:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: ietf@ietf.org > Subject: Re: do it yourself roots, was Something better than DNS? > > Oops - I forgot about that one. Yes the Chinese Ministry of > Information and Industry have many chinese top level domains > registered. The are now the largest alternative root system > on the planet next to icann and resolve for some 150 million > users. And i anticipate they will soon surpass that. > > Peter Dambier wrote: > > > > > John, there is demand for it. > > > > To find out why, look at these domains: > > > > Status China Root > > > > > soa("XN--55QX5D.","2006112704","CDNS3.CNNIC.NET.CN","210.52.214.86"). > > > soa("XN--55QX5D.","2006112704","CDNS4.CNNIC.NET.CN","61.145.114.120"). > > soa("XN--55QX5D.","2006112704","CDNS5.CNNIC.NET.CN","61.139.76.55"). > > > soa("XN--55QX5D.","2006112704","HAWK2.CNNIC.NET.CN","159.226.6.185"). > > > > > soa("XN--FIQS8S.","2006112704","CDNS3.CNNIC.NET.CN","210.52.214.86"). > > > soa("XN--FIQS8S.","2006112704","CDNS4.CNNIC.NET.CN","61.145.114.120"). > > soa("XN--FIQS8S.","2006112704","CDNS5.CNNIC.NET.CN","61.139.76.55"). > > > soa("XN--FIQS8S.","2006112704","HAWK2.CNNIC.NET.CN","159.226.6.185"). > > > > > soa("XN--IO0A7I.","2006112704","CDNS3.CNNIC.NET.CN","210.52.214.86"). > > > soa("XN--IO0A7I.","2006112704","CDNS4.CNNIC.NET.CN","61.145.114.120"). > > soa("XN--IO0A7I.","2006112704","CDNS5.CNNIC.NET.CN","61.139.76.55"). > > > soa("XN--IO0A7I.","2006112704","HAWK2.CNNIC.NET.CN","159.226.6.185"). > > > > Status Arab Root > > > > soa("XN--IGBHZH7GPA.","12","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12"). > > soa("XN--LGBBAT1AD8J.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12"). > > soa("XN--MGB2DDES.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12"). > > soa("XN--MGBA3A5AZCI.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12"). > > soa("XN--MGBA5B5CCEU.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12"). > > soa("XN--MGBAH1A3HJKRD.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12"). > > soa("XN--MGBAXP8FPL.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12"). > > soa("XN--MGBB7FJB.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12"). > > soa("XN--MGBB7FYAB.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12"). > > soa("XN--MGBC0A9AZCG.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12"). > > soa("XN--MGBCPQ6GPA1A.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12"). > > > soa("XN--MGBERP4A5D4AR.","2006111409","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","21 2.26.18.12"). > > > > soa("XN--MGBG8EDVM.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12"). > > soa("XN--MGBU4CHG.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12"). > > soa("XN--NGBEE7IID.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12"). > > soa("XN--WGBL6A.","5","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12"). > > soa("XN--YGBI2AMMX.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12"). > > > > soa("XN--MGBAAM7A8H.","12652","NS1.UAENIC.AE","213.42.0.226"). > > soa("XN--MGBAAM7A8H.","12652","NS2.UAENIC.AE","195.229.0.186"). > > > > soa("XN--PGBS0DH.","2005062700","NS.ATI.TN","193.95.66.10"). > > soa("XN--PGBS0DH.","2005062700","NS2.ATI.TN","193.95.67.22"). > > > > Status I-DNS.NET > > > > soa("XN--3RC8E2BB9H.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131"). > > soa("XN--81B8B9A9C.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131"). > > soa("XN--C1AVG.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131"). > > soa("XN--E1APQ.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131"). > > soa("XN--G2B9A1A.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131"). > > soa("XN--I1B6B7E.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131"). > > soa("XN--J1AEF.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131"). > > soa("XN--P1AG.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131"). > > soa("XN--P1AI.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131"). > > soa("XN--QLC9A5A.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131"). > > soa("XN--USC8B9A.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131"). > > > soa("XN--USCN1BV9BH3H.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131"). > > soa("XN--VF4B131B.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131"). > > soa("XN--ZB0BNW.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131"). > > soa("XN--ZV4B74Y.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131"). > > > > Those people dont talk english and they dont use latin keyboerds. > > That is why you never heard of them. > > > > > > Kind regards > > Peter and Karin > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@ietf.org > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
