Hello:
Well, the current DNS was designed around 1983 by
Mockapetris et. al. ( See also http://gnIETF.vlsm.org/127.txt ).
AFAIK, it was based on assumptions like a "single root"/
"single person authority", a simple categorizing scheme (.edu,
.gov, ...), etc. Unfortunately, nowadays, XYZZY lawyers believe
that XYZZY is entitled to XYZZY.net, XYZZY.com, XYZZY.org,
XYZZY.ALL-TLDs, etc.
So the questions are:
- why not design a new DNS scheme?
- is there any WG, or organization, or list, or whatever
which is actively discussing the TECHNICAL (not political)
aspect of how a new DNS scheme should be?
- for example, what is the technical problem if everyone is
running hir own "address book"; so that "my-favorite-soda"
or "soda" will be mapped to whatever favorite soda
(Dr. Pepper for myself :-).
- or, what is the technical problem, if creating about 40++
"alternate" TLDs like: "0", "1", ... "A", "B", "C", ...
"Z", ".", .... Example: the classical ".com" will be
mapped to TLD "m", etc.
- is NameDroppers the answer?
regards,
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