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

[Harold J. Feld]

I'd add that there is nothing sacred about BIND.  Isn't it good to have 
multiple products that perform the same function?

Harold

Milton Mueller wrote:

> Until we add more than 500 TLDs a year there is 
> no issue with BIND and DNS. None. 
> 
> If VeriSign is having scaling problems might that
> have something to do with the amount of market
> concentration within its domain? Com is a pretty 
> big zone.
> 
> 
>>>>"todd glassey" <todd.glassey at worldnet.att.net> 08/28/02 04:57PM >>>
>>>>
> Milton - you are calling for the addition of more TLD's and this is an
> issue. It is an issue with DNS and BIND and how it works. Specifically how
> it scales and how it is managed. Bluntly the adding of more TLD's is not the
> answer with the current framework. In fact it is so costly to manage these
> that registrars are choked with what they have now.
> 
> Likewise the answer is not to add more Registrars per se. Its to make the
> Address Resolution process more scalable and certainly more manageable. If
> you have any doubts ask Verisign why it would spend money to develop an
> alternative to BIND and Name Service management infrastructures that they
> call Atlas.
> 
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