Re: [ga] Do we need TLDs at all?

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

Hello gavin,

Tuesday, April 10, 2001, 11:10:36 PM, gavin.stokes@autodesk.com wrote:

> Maybe this is a technical question, but the collision discussion prompted it:

> Is there a reason that we can't have any old string as the last component of a domain name?  Does the administration of various name servers require a finite collection of TLDs?

> If the intended meaning of many TLDs is not being enforced (or isn't enforceable), why have a limited set of them?

I couldn't agree more.  ICANN's approach to namespace expansion is
much too slow for my tastes, as is its focus on building a restricted
TLD structure.

The DNS is not a directory service.  It was never intended to be.

-- 
Best regards,
 William                            mailto:william@userfriendly.com


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