>Instead of all of the roots delegating com/net/org to NSI, let's say
>one delegates com. One delegates net. One delegates org. None of
>the roots know about or pass on information about the others. This
>setup would allow for other such situations, where a competing root
>that delegated foo could be introduced.
>
>Now, before people go ballistic, here's what I mean when I propose
>seperate, competing roots:
>
>1) They MUST be limited in number, and still under central control.
> I don't want to see any yahoo who thinks they can set up DNS
> becoming a root, and I'm fairly sure this is what most people fear
> when they discuss this sort of thing. Entry could be barred by
> pre-requisite infrastructure, investment, fees, contractual
> obligations, what-have-you.
>
>2) They MUST be mutually exclusive. I'm not saying that we should have
> multiple roots delegating the same domains in a non-shared manner.
> This must be enforced by strict and harsh penalties for infringing
> upon other delegations, etc.
>
>But when I say under central control, I mean something akin to what we
>have now, but loosened up a bit. Allow the possibility of seperate
>regulated roots delegating mutually-exclusive TLDs. At some point in
>the future, the legacy roots are going to become a bottleneck, particularly
>if TLD-space is expanded.
>
>Really, the issue is: Is a centralized root system scalable into the
>forseeable future, or would it be wise to start considering an alternative
>in which, perhaps, resolver is tweaked a bit to discover roots, instead
>of having them fed to it via named or whatever DNS you choose?
>
>Here's a thought: Maybe a strictly controlled TLD, akin to the
>in-addr.arpa delegation scheme, for roots. An AXFR from this domain
>would yield the list of valid roots. In this way, you could potentially
>have a managed set of multiple competing roots.
>
>If I'm rehashing old arguments, please let me know, but point out a
>reference to them so I can go over them.
>
>--
>Mark C. Langston
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Mark, I think your bits have shifted right out of the register. I can't
make head nor tails of this.
Maybe it's me...
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