Re: [wg-c] GTLD Straw poll

["A.M. Rutkowski" <amr@netmagic.com>]

Hi Kevin,

>So, likewise, when, in the gTLD-MoU, we speak of the Top Level Domain Name
>Space being imbued with a public trust, we are excluding from our 
>discussion the
>namespace below that level.  Of course, I believe that 99% of the readers 
>understood
>this sort of distinction before I drew it in such detail, but Mr. 
>Rutkowski seems to
>be off on a tangent of distraction again.

I'm sorry you find this distracting.  It seems fundamental
to me, but I may be wrong.

Obviously, at least the GAC believed the notion extended throughout
the hierarchy and beyond, considering they adopted the finding that:

   "the Internet naming and addressing system is a public
    resource."  Operating Principles, GAC, Berlin, May 1999.

Furthermore, the actions of ICANN itself clearly imply a flow
down of their exercise of authority that extends well below
just the TLD zones.

Lastly, since these are just zones in a distributed database
pointing among eachother to ultimately reach an authoritative
record to resolve a complete domain name, the levels are somewhat
irrelevant for purposes of dealing with the issues.  For example,
what if the European Union pushes through its EU domain, and it
establishes a semantic structure at lower levels?

Indeed, Lottor's data clearly shows the irrelevancy in
the latest zone data.  All of the following domains have more
than 100,000 records.  Which of these are public resources
subject to a public trust...and why?


2ld   lucent.com                     4,723,690
3ld   outland.lucent.com             4,723,669
2ld   aol.com                        1,749,709
3ld   ipt.aol.com                    1,736,704
2ld   uu.net                         1,550,991
3ld   da.uu.net                      1,504,729
1ld   com                            1,105,370
2ld   ans.net                          924,301
3ld   dialup.ans.net                   890,593
2ld   ac.uk                            752,728
2ld   ne.jp                            725,963
2ld   home.com                         688,191
2ld   co.uk                            679,703
2ld   bbn.com                          622,360
3ld   saturn.bbn.com                   598,470
2ld   psi.net                          544,523
2ld   af.mil                           492,447
2ld   ac.jp                            492,164
3ld   pub-ip.psi.net                   481,133
2ld   navy.mil                         424,208
2ld   army.mil                         409,223
2ld   or.jp                            406,662
2ld   att.net                          406,484
3ld   dial-access.att.net              402,580
2ld   airdata.net                      388,629
2ld   rr.com                           355,531
2ld   edu.au                           333,749
2ld   dialsprint.net                   300,376
2ld   ibm.net                          299,812
3ld   demon.co.uk                      274,355
2ld   ca.us                            269,260
3ld   wave.home.com                    262,798
2ld   hinet.net                        252,414
2ld   co.jp                            240,707
2ld   com.au                           232,532
2ld   mindspring.com                   222,056
3ld   dialup.mindspring.com            221,213
2ld   pacbell.net                      217,335
2ld   com.br                           214,411
2ld   mediaone.net                     212,177
2ld   net.tw                           207,720
3ld   k12.ca.us                        205,509
3ld   us.ibm.net                       201,218
2ld   cdc.com                          197,180
2ld   net.au                           196,308
2ld   dec.com                          185,559
2ld   mn.us                            174,130
2ld   edu.tw                           165,966
3ld   k12.mn.us                        161,907
2ld   netcom.com                       161,122
2ld   ad.jp                            159,336
3ld   ix.netcom.com                    153,805


--tony