RE: [ga-roots] MOTION - Consensus-Based Policy on Alt Roots

[Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.com>]

At 10:17 AM 5/9/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Please see below.
>
>Gene...
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ga-roots@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga-roots@dnso.org]On Behalf
> > Of Harald Tveit Alvestrand
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 6:32 AM
> > To: Patrick Corliss
> > Cc: [ga-roots]
> > Subject: Re: [ga-roots] MOTION - Consensus-Based Policy on Alt Roots
> >
><SNIP>
>
> > Recognizing the need for an unique namespace at the root of the DNS as
> > specified in RFC 2826, ICANN reaffirms that it will not initiate services
> > where root servers under ICANN control will return different answers for
> > the same domain name; ICANN will operate only one namespace.
> >
> > Recognizing that there is an urgent request for the addition of
> > names to this
> > namespace, ICANN has started establishing procedures for such additions,
> > the first of which are scheduled to be added in 2001.
> >
> > ICANN recognizes that there are other name spaces served by organizations
> > unrelated to ICANN, for purposes other than serving as the traditional
> > DNS root.
> >
><SNIP>
>
>Interesting wording.  This would seem to be an acknowledgement that there
>are other legitimate root systems.  Does this acknowledgement, with a
>statement that ICANN believes their purposes are for "other than serving as
>the traditional DNS root" absolve ICANN from the practice of implementing an
>existing TLD in their root system?  If this were indeed the case, would not
>any alt.root system have the right to implement a new .COM, since its
>purposes (as defined by ICANN) are for "other than serving as the
>traditional DNS root"?

Harald's proposal opens the way for total root fragmentation. It allows 
non-ICANN controlled servers freedom to duplicate the entire space, 
including ccTLDs. There is no reconciliation, or consolidation of existing 
roots (which is what the Inclusive NameSpace is doing right now). Just an 
open free-for-all. Verisign, CNNIC, and New.net, all have browser plug-ins 
to enhance the DNS ready to go.

Should this motion succeed, the DNS will snap like a twig. We can save the 
DNS, but we won't be able to save ICANN for backing it.


Best Regards,

Simon Higgs

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