Re: [ga] Original purpose of the DNS

[Eric Dierker <eric@hi-tek.com>]

In order to facilitate better discussion and promote the Idea of the GA
these references and others in this thread are very important. This is
not a me too. This is a firm request for members to educate themselves.
I will study these today and I thank these fine men for making my research
a little easier. The updated information produced by the Secretariat is
very helpful, thank you Elizabeth.

Sincerely,
Eric

Bruce James wrote:

I can only refer you back to the study:     http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-full/Arc07/msg03704.html /Bruce 

----- Original Message -----

From: Jefsey Morfin

To: ga@dnso.org

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