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Re: [ga] Original purpose of the DNS
I can only refer you back to the
study:
/Bruce
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 05:39
Subject: Re: [ga] Original purpose of the
DNS
Bruce,
you should not get confused between the need and the
organization of a response to the need.
Names chosen by the users need
to be supported and the DNS is a solution. But that DNS solution does not
create the names and carries not intrinsic right over the User's choice,
unless the Users agree to restrict their rights upon proposition of the DNS
designers. Hence the need of Internet Users and DNS Designers
"constituencies".
you should also note that the DNS has been adopted on
the internet in a totally different context. Please consider RFC920 and tell
me how much of it relates to the current practice of the DNs.
Jefsey
On 00:32 01/07/01, Bruce James said:
The original purpose of the DNS
was to provide identifiers for network
objects that are more easily
remembered and enduring than the
numerical addresses and port numbers
used by the network infrastructure.
However, domain names are now often
used for purposes for which
they were *not* originally intended, such as
searching, corporate
identification and marketing. And certain
domain names, especially
those in the .com top-level domain, have
acquired substantial
economic value, leading to conflict and competition
over their ownership
and a perceived scarcity of desirable
names.
/Bruce
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