Re: [ga] a quote from Lynn

[Patrick Greenwell <patrick@stealthgeeks.net>]

On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Sandy Harris wrote:

> L Gallegos wrote:
> >
> > On 10 Jul 2001, at 8:31, Eric Dierker wrote:
> >
> > > "Universal resolvability means the ability to find the same answer to
> > > the same query from anywhere on the public Internet. ...
> > >
> > > ... universal resolvability is one of the key design
> > > elements of the DNS. ...
> >
> > In actuality, Lynn's statement is good.  There should not be any
> > duplication, that's all. ...
>
> I agree completely.
>
> Of course duplication is more dangerous the higher up the tree you go.
> Duplicating 4th_level_name.whatever.example.com really isn't much of a
> problem. Duplication of a top-level domain, say .com or .biz, poses
> serious problems. That's why people are howling about the .biz situation.
>
> By that argument, duplication of the root is a real catastrophe, the
> worst possible duplication problem.
>
> So if you actually believe duplication is wrong, you should shut your
> duplicate root down today.

Yes, you're right ICANN should shut down their duplicate root today, but
it's unlikely to happen.

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