On Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 08:15:40AM -0400, Marsh, Miles (Gene) wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > But you ARE claiming to be the registry/registrar for "umbrellas" in > this model. No, he is not. As far as I can tell, Robin has simply added "red.umbrellas" to a root zone, with no "umbrellas" zone in between. There isn't any hierarchy. If someone comes along with a real "umbrellas" TLD (one in some real root system), then "red.umbrellas" will resolve directly if you go to Robins servers first), and otherwise the normal dns process will operate. I could, for example, put "networksolutions.com" in my own DNS, and that name would simply resolve independently. I'm not sure what effect this will have on caches and so on, however. It's interesting to note that anyone else could do the exact same thing as Robin, simultaneously -- it *is* an interesting development, indeed. Quite possibly it will crash and burn, but maybe not. I don't think it will have any significant effect on ICANN, though, one way or another -- just like I don't think RealNames will have an effect on ICANN. It may serve to make the ICANN root even more the root of business and government. -- Kent Crispin "Do good, and you'll be [EMAIL PROTECTED] lonesome." -- Mark Twain
