Patrick and all The counter argument to you very good example of a potential destabilization situation in DNS is thus: With our Sroots software for registration and management of TLD's if you make such a request, regardless of how many registries there may bee, given of course that this software is implemented properly, any request for a particular domain in .WEB (Your example gTLD), would be kicked back to the registrant, via E-Mail and on the web page registration interface as, "This domain is already registered, please choose another" and refuse that registration. Hence, Problem solved! NEXT PROBLEM!! Patrick Greenwell wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Dan Steinberg wrote: > > > > By and large, the use of alternative root servers is statistically > > > insignificant. If there were any significant use by various parties of > > > alternate root servers, then you would see destabilization. This is > > > exceedingly easy to demonstrate, and I know that you are intelligent > > > enough to know it. > > > > Patrick, I have heard this claim before but no one has been able to > > back it up with details. Can you enlighten me? Exactly what do you > > mean by destabilization and exactly how would it manifest and what > > would be the mechanism? > > I'd be happy to. > > Let's say that there are two parties that want to operate a registry, and > oh for the sake of argument, let's say oh, I dunno ".web" (sound > familiar?) > > Now both of these parties set up their servers with the .web rootzone, and > tell all their friends "pick me! pick me! We're authoratative for .web." > > Now your ISP decides one parties .web is the way to go, and my ISP decides > that the other parties is. What happens when two individuals register the > same domain name with the two .web registries? My ISP is going to point to > one set of addresses, and yours to another. > > That is destablization in a nutshell. > > /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ > Coming to the ISPF-II? The Forum for ISPs by ISPs http://www.ispf.com > (tinc) > \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ -- Jeffrey A. Williams CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208 __________________________________________________ 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____________________________________________
