Re: [wg-c] The limits of theoretical debate: time for experiment

["William X. Walsh" <william@dso.net>]

I concur with Milton's posting, and with Mark's statements here.

On 12-Nov-99 Mark C. Langston wrote:
> 
> On 11 November 1999, katie@imt.net wrote:
> 
> 
>>11/11/99 th 4:47 pm mdt
>>
>>Hear, Hear!
> 
> 
> I support Milton's sentiment also.  We've reached the point where we're
> not only debating implementation, but actively considering it, in 
> testbed fashion.
> 
> If it is to be a true testbed, let's test several models.  The whole
> *point* of the testbed phase is to identify and weed out problems.
> No amount of debate, no amount of discussion could possibly go further
> than a simple test of these ideas.
> 
> Let's move forward and see what does, and does not, work.
> 
> At this point, the only technical limitations I can find for anything
> discussed here are those imposed by the current DNS system, and even
> these are being addressed in eDNS and DNSSec.  Everything else is 
> an implementation issue.  It's time to suss out what does and does not
> work, and action is what's necessary here, not words.
> 
> -- 
> Mark C. Langston
> mark@bitshift.org
> Systems Admin
> San Jose, CA

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