Re: [ga] Original purpose of the DNS

[Jefsey Morfin <jefsey@wanadoo.fr>]

Bruce,
you should not get confused between the need and the organization of a
response to the need. 

Names chosen by the users need to be supported and the DNS is a solution.
But that DNS solution does not create the names and carries not intrinsic
right over the User's choice, unless the Users agree to restrict their
rights upon proposition of the DNS designers. Hence the need of Internet
Users and DNS Designers "constituencies".

you should also note that the DNS has been adopted on the internet in a
totally different context. Please consider RFC920 and tell me how much of
it relates to the current practice of the DNs.
   
Jefsey


On 00:32 01/07/01, Bruce James said:
> The original purpose of the DNS was
> to provide identifiers for network
> objects that are more easily remembered and enduring than the
> numerical addresses and port numbers used by the network
> infrastructure.
> However, domain names are now often used for purposes for which
> they were *not* originally intended, such as searching, corporate
> identification and marketing.  And certain domain names,
> especially
> those in the .com top-level domain, have acquired substantial
> economic value, leading to conflict and competition over their
> ownership
> and a perceived scarcity of desirable names.
> /Bruce
>