[ncdnhc-discuss] Re: About Alternative Naming Scheme: (was before Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] Re: Why is "Marketing ccTLDs as generics"on NC Agenda?)

[Dave Crocker]

At 08:16 PM 10/4/2001, Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales wrote:
>Again, New.net (and also other companies that are doing the same as
>New.net), are not Alternate Roots...because the Root they are using
>actual DNS structure in order to offer TLDs.

Vany,

all of the previous alternate root efforts also "used" the ICANN 
root.  they used it as a base and THEN THEY ADDED TO IT.

It is the addition of TLDs that are not in the ICANN root that is the 
problem.  This is covered in:

         <http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-crocker-unique-assign-01.txt>

d/


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