[ga] Re: anyone notice fallout from this?

[Mark Rudholm <mark@topanga.ca.us>]

On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Stephen Griffin wrote:

> In the referenced message, Simon Higgs said:
> > >ITYM "alternative roots" were the cause of the problem.
> > 
> > Having written said draft, I can safely say that you are 100% wrong. The 
> > cause of the problem is lack of entry into the legacy root. If there was 
> > access, there would be no alt.roots. No one would care or bother about 
> > alt.roots. End of story. Blaming alt.roots is like blaming the police for 
> > criminals.
> 
> If there were not multiple roots, would there have been a problem? No.
> Hence, the multiple roots (which goes against DNS itself) was the
> issue.

I agree, Simon's claim that "they made us do it by not operating
on our terms, therefore they're responsible for the deleterious
effects of our actions" is disingenuous at best.

> Whether you (or any group small or large) should be able to gain access
> to the roots in a controlled and non-conflicting way, is not under
> discussion here. I, personally, feel that controlled access to the roots
> to fulfill real needs is advantageous. I don't consider registering
> any TLD under the sun as a real need, but that's just me. When it
> all shakes down, the access to the one true root, will be managed by
> a single authority (which may be comprised of multiple authorities
> with a common resolution method).

Hear, hear.

-Mark

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