Mark Jeftovic wrote:
> It is the nature of the various protocols to depend on information
> gleaned from outsite one's computer, LAN, WAN, etc. In the most basic
> sense, the question could be described as, "Do I know the IP address?
> If not, who would? I'll go ask this root server over here, `cause it
> should know."
>
> The Internet depends on this kind of activity, without it, you're left
> keeping a local copy "authoritative" data on every domain on the
> face of the earth. Ditto on the routing tables.
>
> Further, I would rather not give every citizen the "right" or the
> authority to broadcast routing updates to the net, or have access to the
> roots. (I can see it now, "Welcome to your AOL personal settings, click
> here to add a new TLD to the root servers, if you would like a class C
> netblock, click here.")
Now you're getting with the spirit of these ideas even if in
opposition to them! Decentralizing this whole mess is a little
frightening at first. Especially lacking the software designs
and social structures to allow these developments to occur.
There is no reason on Earth such requests as a new TLD or IP
Address blocks should not be as easy to obtain as you describe.
This is also possible while maintaining network integrity if
we evolve our practices to this new devolution of authority.
Bob Allisat
Free Community Network _ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://fcn.net _ http://fcn.net/allisat
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