[ncdnhc-discuss] Internet pioneer criticizes ICANN over response to root server at tack

[Dave Crocker]

Chris,

Thursday, October 24, 2002, 2:55:08 PM, you wrote:
Chris> Bob Alberti, the creator of the Internet Gopher protocol, has savaged the
Chris> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' over a recent attack

Everything you need to know about Alberti's rant is contain in one
paragraph:

          "Why is the Internet supported by only 13 root-server arrays?
          Are there no other data centers on the planet qualified to
          support top-level domain service? Is there no better
          architecture than a root arrangement? Most importantly, why
          is ICANN in charge of the Internet, and to whom is it
          accountable?"

For someone willing to make such forceful criticisms, how is it that
he does not know about the technical limits that make 13 the maximum
number of root servers that can currently be supported?  This issue
has been discussed many times, in many venues.  Apparently Alberti's
expertise does not extend into tracking -- nevermind participating --
in any of the DNS technical work.

d/
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