At 01:01 PM 1/13/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
> 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).
I think we all agree Alternic was an umitigated disaster,
but I cannot recall a time when it did not resolve properly;
I'll give Eugene that.
In fact, then NSI screwed up the com zone, Alternic machines
put it online immediately and Alternic users did't experience
a .COM outage. I download the zones every day myself for insurence.
One can probably argeu the point that relying on *any* root
server is uneccessary; simply make yor own root zone pointing
to the tlds you want. You can't get more robust than this. In
this manner, if all the root servers suddenly faied, you
wouldn't even notice.
--
"We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more
humane and fair than the world your governments have made before." - Barlow.
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