The 'browser' factions, like Internet Explorer and MSN ISP are making it
easier on the user, since they are buffering alot of the DNS/IP lookup
data on your pc and in the local ISP proxy, so that you can just type in
one word, like "cnn" to go to the site cnn.com for example. If it
doesn't find cnn.com, it will look for cnn.org, net, edu, etc.
I guess it won't be long before it will 'present' the user a choice pull
down menu to click one of all the major choices, unless we get too many
more TLD's!
I bet the ISP is also buffering the popular IP's to these DN's as well,
thereby completely bypassing the DNS lookup for popular sites already
known to the local ISP proxy.
As I've been sayin' for along time, (those long timers on the list know)
we will eventually move to a 'freeform' URL lookup that bypasses the DNS
root for most lookups, if not all since the ISP can do this Database
stuff locally themselves. It's a blessing for the user, since one has
only to enter a simple URL w/o having to type in all that http: //
www. ~ .com and so on!
Sure saves a lot of useless keystrokes for most folks!
-Ray
Bob Allisat wrote:
>
> 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
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