Re: [ga] New Domain Name Solution

[Planet Communications Computing Facility <pccf@bigbird.earth-net.net>]

This IO thing - British Indian Ocean Territory Registrar - is more
catalogue then it is registrar.

And they don't even use dns - they cname all *.io records to an httpd
which then redirects the request.  Very droll, but who knows - it may end
up being a great search site for domains.

Regards
Jeff Mason

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On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, John Charles Broomfield wrote:

> 
> And if you want to see that attempt prove it's usefulness, go to:
> http://LLOYDS.IO/
> and once you see that, then send a message to:
> "postmaster@lloyds.io" or "abuse@lloyds.io" or "root@lloyds.io" or
> "postmaster@lloyds.io" or simply "fred@lloyds.io"
> and tell me who it gets to...
> 
> Yours, John Broomfield.
> 
> 
> > >With no offense, this is an old idea.  I had this idea in Kuala Lumpur at
> > >the INET conference in 1997, and when I recounted it with delight and pride
> > >to some assembled wise heads, they all looked at me sadly and said in
> > >chorus - "Won't work for email."
> > >
> > >And so it won't, and that's one reason it won't work.
> > >
> > 
> > And if you want to see an attempt in action, all you need to do is go visit
> > http://www.nic.io/ - they'll sell a domain name multiple times over!
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > 
> > Andrew P. Gardner
> > Support the Cyberspace Association, the constituency of Individual Domain
> > Name Owners http://www.idno.org
> > 
> > 
>