Re: [ga] What is a domain name?

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

Eric Dierker wrote:
Well,
> Sotiris,
>
> In your opinion, have the relavances of these concepts, evolved through
> time.
> Have we gotten closer to a definition.

They are just as relevant today as they were two years ago.  Indeed, the 
need
for a standard definition is as important today as it ever was.  Which is
probably why ICANN and the IETF shy away from establishing a fixed
definition.  As log as the ontology of domain names remains unfixed, those
who have power/influence over the DNS and its management can do pretty much
what they like...

Are we closer to a definition?  Not if "we" leave it up to ICANN.

--Sotiris



> Eric,
> 
> now that we have had fun :-)-O, it is a really interesting topic.
> 
> I have always considered a domain a region of authority and
> responsibility for naming and name-to-address-translation. (And if
> pressed I can even look up which RFC defines this :-)-O)
> 
> And then came ICANN...
> 
> 
> Actually, I would really like to see a working and understandeable
> definition of "domain".
> 
> 
> By the way, I do not think that the cybersquatting act or the opinion
> of different US courts apply anywhere outside the US. 
> 
> Hmm, other than in the Iraq, maybe...
> 
> greetings, el
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