[ga-full] Re: [IFWP] IAB Technical Comment on the Unique DNS Root

["!Dr. Joe Baptista" <baptista@pccf.net>]

agreed.

On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Jeff Williams wrote:

> Joe and all,
> 
>   This is just the first draft of an intent draft, not and RFC yet.  You will
> also notice that the references (2) are dated to 1987 time frame.  That
> is pretty old and out of date.  The last reference is in 1999, by Donald
> Eastlake.  I have had debates with Donald in the past.  He knows that
> much of this "Draft" is not based in fact.
> 
>   I will say that I am very glad you pointed it out.  Did you find out
> what the WG list address is where this is being discussed?  If so,
> it may be time for some additional members for purposes of accuracy,
> don't you think?  >;)
> 
> !Dr. Joe Baptista wrote:
> 
> > Looks like the IAB is a bit nervose these days.
> >
> > A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
> > This draft is a work item of the Internet Architecture Board Working Group of the IETF.
> >
> >         Title           : IAB Technical Comment on the Unique DNS Root
> >         Author(s)       : IAB
> >         Filename        : draft-ietf-iab-unique-dns-root-00.txt
> >         Pages           : 5
> >         Date            : 07-Feb-00
> >
> > To remain a global network, the Internet requires the existence of a
> > globally unique public name space.  The DNS name space is a
> > hierarchical name space derived from a single, globally unique root.
> > This is a technical constraint inherent in the design of the DNS
> > system.  Therefore it is not technically feasible for there to be
> > more than one root in the public DNS system.  That one root must be
> > supported by a small number of coordinated root servers, and
> > administered by a unique naming authority.
> > Put simply, deploying multiple public DNS roots would raise a very
> > strong possibility that users of different ISPs who click on the same
> > link on a web page could end up at different destinations, against
> > the will of the web page designers.
> > This does not preclude private networks from operating their own
> > private name spaces, but if they wish to make use of names uniquely
> > defined for the global Internet, they have to fetch that information
> > from the global DNS naming hierarchy, and in particular from the
> > coordinated root servers of the global DNS naming hierarchy.
> >
> > A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
> > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-iab-unique-dns-root-00.txt
> 
> Regards,
> 
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