[wg-c] Adding (just under) a Million TLDs to the DNS Root

[Eric Brunner <brunner@world.std.com>]

Hi Paul (Vixie) and Paul (Mockapentris),

There is a person on a mailing list who periodically makes assertions
such as the following:

>Technically, adding a new TLD to the root means adding a few
>lines of text with the character string and pointers to two name
>servers. There are no technical issues whatsoever as long as the
>number stays below one million, which it certainly will do.

Could either or both of you do me the kindness of commenting on the
second sentence (not the speculative comma subordinated clause)?

Technical discussion of stability, latency, etc. will be read by at
least myself, Dave Crocker and Kent Crispin. Operational discussion
may have a larger readership, and policy discussion will presumably
be read by at least one third of this list.

Thanks for your kindnesses and cheers,
Eric
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The mystery guest is Milton Meuller, one of the many voluable ones the DNS
Wars have brought to the surface of our little puddle, look for him on the
DNSO NC in the near future, as the ACM rep, and the mailing list is WG-C, a
no-exit sort of thing two layers down in the ICANN mud bath.