RE: [wg-c] FW: ADNS Press Release

["Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>]

Actually, we've figured it out, technically, years ago. The problem is now
pure politics. A number of us are running alternate root servers. We even
have email gateways to the alternate TLDs. The advent of multi-part roots is
a direct consequence of a failure to add new TLDs, to the roots, years ago.
What you are propounding is a myth propogated by the opposition, those that
do not want ANY new TLDs added to the roots. It is pure FUD. The only reason
that we've gotten this far is the presence of new root server players. That
provided the political imperative to make this possible. Else, WG-C wouldn't
even exist.

BTW, if you read "DNS and BIND", third edition, you will note that those
running a firewall (most corporations and ALL ISPs) are running their own
roots anyway. They are already dealing with a form of multi-part roots, in
production operations.



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R O E L A N D  M .  J .  M E Y E R



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh Elliott [mailto:jelliott@tucows.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 10:23 AM
> To: rmeyer@mhsc.com; Harald Tveit Alvestrand; Wg-C@Dnso. Org
> Subject: RE: [wg-c] FW: ADNS Press Release
>
>
> I don't think showing that .01% of root traffic resides in alternate root
> should lead to the conclusion that customers are flocking over there.  I
> don't think anyone has yet proven to show that a multiroot system is 1) a
> technically viable alternative to the current system and 2) necessary to
> resolve the customer demand for alternative TLDs.  Are we not trying to
> figure out how to accomodate this demand through the introduction of new
> gTLDs in the current root system?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-wg-c@dnso.org [mailto:owner-wg-c@dnso.org]On Behalf Of
> > Roeland M.J. Meyer
> > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 9:38 AM
> > To: Harald Tveit Alvestrand; Wg-C@Dnso. Org
> > Subject: RE: [wg-c] FW: ADNS Press Release
> >
> >
> > That sort of traffic is rather easy to accomodate. The point is
> that there
> > are other root-registry operations getting ready to launch, on
> the launch
> > pad, or already launched. In the future, we will not have any
> > choice but to
> > deal with multi-part roots. Technology follows business, which
> follows the
> > customer.
> >
> > ===========================================
> > R O E L A N D  M .  J .  M E Y E R
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Harald Tveit Alvestrand [mailto:Harald@Alvestrand.no]
> > > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 5:22 AM
> > > To: rmeyer@mhsc.com; Wg-C@Dnso. Org
> > > Subject: Re: [wg-c] FW: ADNS Press Release
> > >
> > >
> > > At 12:49 02.03.00 -0800, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >===========================================
> > > >R O E L A N D  M .  J .  M E Y E R
> > > >
> > > > > http://www.businesswire.com/webbox/bw.030100/200610011.htm
> > >
> > > this is an alternate root proclaiming that they have reached
> > 350.000 hits
> > > in its first month.
> > >
> > > For comparision, the ballpark figure for the "ICANN" root name
> > servers is
> > > 3000 to 5000 requests per second per server - so the monthly
> > figure there
> > > is around
> > > 101.088.000.000 (10E11) requests per month for all the 13 root
> > > name servers.
> > >
> > > The distance isn't that big - the traffic on ADNS just has to
> > > double 18 times.
> > >
> > >             Harald
> > >
> > > --
> > > Harald Tveit Alvestrand, EDB Maxware, Norway
> > > Harald.Alvestrand@edb.maxware.no
> > >
> >
>
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