[ncdnhc-discuss] Names Council agenda item request: discussionof wholesale price for names

[J-F C. (Jefsey) Morfin]

At 08:39 29/08/02, kent at songbird.com wrote:
>Yes, that has been a most interesting discussion.  It has reinforced my
>belief that no one -- absolutely no one -- really understands the
>behavior of DNS in the large.  One thing seems fairly clear -- the root
>zone really is different than a TLD zone.

This is a very well taken point. And one of the reasons of the 
http://dot-root.com project towards experimentation of the DNS evolution as 
suggested by ICANN ICP-3 document.

>In any case, it's moot: the issue isn't what the software will support;
>the issue is the far more complex matter of the procedures of the
>registry/registrar.  Verisign and most other registrars, for example,
>have largely automated procedures, and those procedures are not perfect
>-- there are many horror stories about lost domains, customer service
>screwups, and the like.  The idea that the root zone should be run under
>a similar model is entertaining, but it is simply never going to happen,
>regardless of the most fervent libertarian fantasies.

Totally true. The current US dominance model maintained by ICANN at least 
works. Most probably not for long as there are several horror stories about 
TLDs not being updated after months and even years. So it is urgent that 
all together we start working the hardway: analysis, studies, 
specifications, development, test, validation, acceptance loops and loops, 
towards the Intenational concertance.

Rome was not build in one day.

>This has nothing to do with ICANN, per se -- any agency with serious 
>pretentions of management of the root zone would inevitably be drawn into 
>the same position.

Totally true again. This is why the agency model cannot continue to support 
the job. And must be replaced by a concertance for decision process and a 
collaboration for operation management. This is well introduced by ICP-3. 
This is the only solution for a registry failure to have an impact only on 
that registry and to lead them to be self-responsible. ICANN cannot 
continue to babby-sit the world. The world is to grow up and take care of 
its destiny by itself.

jfc