The DNS problem

[Carl Smith]

Nicolas,

To bring you up to date of all the power and influence of the Microsoft,
IBM and Intel consortium would be outside the resources and intent of
this forum, I believe.  But I am sure there are many Internet references
available at your finger tips.

with respect,
Lou

On 8/22/2012 4:12 PM, Nicolas Adam wrote:
> I'm pretty sure it refers to microsoft but -- and I don't usually
> display an over-exuberance of love for ms --  I fail to see how it
> [sic] has the major influence in the DNS system.
>
> Nicolas
>
> On 22/08/2012 4:04 PM, Kerry Brown wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure who or what you mean by "MS"?
>>
>> Kerry Brown
>>
>> *From:*NCSG-Discuss [mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] *On Behalf
>> Of *Carl Smith
>> *Sent:* August-22-12 12:59 PM
>> *To:* NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>> *Subject:* Re: [NCSG-Discuss] The DNS problem
>>
>> Thanks McTim,
>>
>> However, DNS is an IP look up system and re-director, where LISP is a
>> programing language.  MS has the major influence in the DNS system.
>> We need a less single source dominated system.  Our hope must come
>> from the Open Source mavericks to provide the way.
>>
>> Lou
>>
>> On 8/21/2012 11:29 AM, McTim wrote:
>>
>>     On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Carl Smith
>>     <lectriclou at hotmail.com <mailto:lectriclou at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     The DNS problem and reason for confusion is due to limitations
>>     imposed during the infancy of development stages of machine
>>     inter-connectivity. Basically, IP is insufficient to grant each
>>     machine a unique identity. The limited IP addresses are licensed
>>     to master networks which in turn are sub-netted to machines which
>>     only have a local identity slaved to the master.
>>
>>     Ultimately, we need a unique ID for each machine which is not
>>     slaved or controlled by a master.
>>
>>
>>
>>     Is this a DNS issue or an ID/Locator problem?
>>
>>
>>     If so, LISP may be what you want to look at here, not the DNS.
>>
>>
>>     --
>>     Cheers,
>>
>>     McTim
>>     "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is.
>>     A route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>>
>

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