Greg Skinner writes: > Perhaps the people have the power, but (for now), the vast majority > of them have chosen to believe the NSI/IANA roots. > > What would make them change? That is hard to say. I suspect that > most home users are following the instructions that their ISP gives > them. So then we look to the ISPs. What benefits do ISPs gain by > pointing their DNS at alternative roots? Since there is also a good > deal of Internet business use, what added value is there for a company > (who runs its own DNS) to point at alternate roots? > > One thing that the NSI/IANA roots *do* offer is a certain degree of > reliability and stability. That's something that, imho, can't really > be overlooked. Once upon a time I had my software pointed at so-called "alternative" root name servers. The service was spotty, prone to failure and, finally, disappeared without notice. Depending on *any* authority external to my computer is something I would prefer to avoid. Thus my call for an entirely de-centralized Domain Name Services, IP addressing and Internet Givernance structure. Every citizen should hold the authority in their own hands (so to speak). Bob Allisat Free Community Network _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fcn.net _ http://fcn.net/allisat [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ To receive the digest version instead, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To SUBSCRIBE forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNSUBSCRIBE, forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Problems/suggestions regarding this list? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___END____________________________________________
