RE: [wg-c] IMPORTANT: DRAFT WG-C REPORT

["Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M." <rod@cyberspaces.org>]

Karl,

Speaking of the proverbial slip of the keyboard... ;-) I noticed you used
the terms "dishonerable" and "attorneys" in the same sentence. Hey, it
happens.

Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M.
www.cyberspaces.org
rod@cyberspaces.org


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-wg-c@dnso.org [mailto:owner-wg-c@dnso.org]On Behalf Of Karl
> Auerbach
> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 9:27 PM
> To: wg-c@dnso.org
> Subject: re: [wg-c] IMPORTANT: DRAFT WG-C REPORT
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> > As another member of the community once stated:
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> > "It was never intended that the domains were a 'brand'. Domains were to
> > find hosts (IP addresses)...
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> ...and to find e-mail exchangers, to find names for addresses, to find
> latitude/longitude coordinates, to find H.323 voice-over-IP "gateways", to
> find services, to find host types, to find text, to find public keys etc
> etc.
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> One must always remember that DNS is not simply a name-to-address lookup
> facility, it is much, much more - indeed DNS is a fairly generalized
> distributed database facility in which structured textual names are used
> as lookup keys for wide, and increasing variety of record types.
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> By-the-way, to respond to another post on this thread: I would hope that
> the statement that characterizes the advocacy of the addition of new TLDS
> as being "a cynical attempt by those who register domain names to make
> profits at everyone else's expense." was an unfortunate slip of the
> keyboard.
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> It is clear to me that those of us who believe that the TLD space should
> be expanded are not operating out of an attempt for financial gain.
> Indeed, just like businesses who use domain names, or attorneys who charge
> their clients money to protect trademarks, I do not find financial gain to
> be dishonerable.
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> 		--karl--
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