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Re: [wg-c] GTLD Straw poll
Oops - retract the 'none' and replace it with an 'All'
-----Original Message-----
From: A.M. Rutkowski <amr@netmagic.com>
To: Kevin J. Connolly <CONNOLLK@rspab.com>; wg-c@dnso.org <wg-c@dnso.org>
Date: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: [wg-c] GTLD Straw poll
>Hi Kevin,
>
>>So, likewise, when, in the gTLD-MoU, we speak of the Top Level Domain
Name
>>Space being imbued with a public trust, we are excluding from our
>>discussion the
>>namespace below that level. Of course, I believe that 99% of the readers
>>understood
>>this sort of distinction before I drew it in such detail, but Mr.
>>Rutkowski seems to
>>be off on a tangent of distraction again.
>
>I'm sorry you find this distracting. It seems fundamental
>to me, but I may be wrong.
>
>Obviously, at least the GAC believed the notion extended throughout
>the hierarchy and beyond, considering they adopted the finding that:
>
> "the Internet naming and addressing system is a public
> resource." Operating Principles, GAC, Berlin, May 1999.
>
>Furthermore, the actions of ICANN itself clearly imply a flow
>down of their exercise of authority that extends well below
>just the TLD zones.
>
>Lastly, since these are just zones in a distributed database
>pointing among eachother to ultimately reach an authoritative
>record to resolve a complete domain name, the levels are somewhat
>irrelevant for purposes of dealing with the issues. For example,
>what if the European Union pushes through its EU domain, and it
>establishes a semantic structure at lower levels?
>
>Indeed, Lottor's data clearly shows the irrelevancy in
>the latest zone data. All of the following domains have more
>than 100,000 records. Which of these are public resources
>subject to a public trust...and why?
>
>
>2ld lucent.com 4,723,690
>3ld outland.lucent.com 4,723,669
>2ld aol.com 1,749,709
>3ld ipt.aol.com 1,736,704
>2ld uu.net 1,550,991
>3ld da.uu.net 1,504,729
>1ld com 1,105,370
>2ld ans.net 924,301
>3ld dialup.ans.net 890,593
>2ld ac.uk 752,728
>2ld ne.jp 725,963
>2ld home.com 688,191
>2ld co.uk 679,703
>2ld bbn.com 622,360
>3ld saturn.bbn.com 598,470
>2ld psi.net 544,523
>2ld af.mil 492,447
>2ld ac.jp 492,164
>3ld pub-ip.psi.net 481,133
>2ld navy.mil 424,208
>2ld army.mil 409,223
>2ld or.jp 406,662
>2ld att.net 406,484
>3ld dial-access.att.net 402,580
>2ld airdata.net 388,629
>2ld rr.com 355,531
>2ld edu.au 333,749
>2ld dialsprint.net 300,376
>2ld ibm.net 299,812
>3ld demon.co.uk 274,355
>2ld ca.us 269,260
>3ld wave.home.com 262,798
>2ld hinet.net 252,414
>2ld co.jp 240,707
>2ld com.au 232,532
>2ld mindspring.com 222,056
>3ld dialup.mindspring.com 221,213
>2ld pacbell.net 217,335
>2ld com.br 214,411
>2ld mediaone.net 212,177
>2ld net.tw 207,720
>3ld k12.ca.us 205,509
>3ld us.ibm.net 201,218
>2ld cdc.com 197,180
>2ld net.au 196,308
>2ld dec.com 185,559
>2ld mn.us 174,130
>2ld edu.tw 165,966
>3ld k12.mn.us 161,907
>2ld netcom.com 161,122
>2ld ad.jp 159,336
>3ld ix.netcom.com 153,805
>
>
>--tony