Depends on how much is centralized. If you don't keep a
central repository for logins, you could keep one for "registered"
servers that follow guidelines, which would allow you to enforce
things with them that are best standard practices. I didn't go any
further than what I said because nobody seemed interested in
discussing it. I'm happy to however, there's an entire world
worth of possible options when working with a new system.
Centalizing things isn't necessarily bad, and that's not neccesiarly
exclusive. Filesharing networks found out that they can work
if they are decentralized, but they work *better* with at least some
coordination. I suspect the same goes for DNS, if you took away
the root servers it'd be almost useless.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kee Hinckley" <nazgul(_at_)somewhere(_dot_)com>
To: "Paul Tenny" <pwtenny(_at_)earthlink(_dot_)net>
Cc: <Asrg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Asrg] If You Don't Fix It, The Politicians Will
At 9:02 PM -0500 3/26/03, Paul Tenny wrote:
I have actually already suggested such a system. The only differences
were it did not cost anything, and it was not run by a government.
Reference:
https://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/working-groups/asrg/current/msg01565.htm
l
Actually you don't seem to mention who would run it. However, what
you proposed was taking something that is currently highly
distributed and centralizing it. I don't think that's going to fly.
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I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to
regulate
everyone else's.
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