On 18:09 29/11/02, Steven M. Bellovin said:
This is precisely the point. It doesn't matter who selects the TLDs;
all that matters is that there be a consistent set.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
http://www.wilyhacker.com ("Firewalls" book)
ICANN ICP-3 even goes to the extent to explain how a non-profit, harmless,
temporary experimentation by the global community could lead to a
root-management by multiple organizations instead of ICANN.
On 18:47 29/11/02, Keith Moore said:
Well, it also matters that the set be constrained to some degree.
A large flat root would not be very managable, and caches wouldn't
be very effective with large numbers of TLDs.
That is also what is to experiment. Local TLDs are probably not going to be
an as big burden as professional TLDs.
This is why to be relevant technical, societal and political
experimentations must be carried together.
jfc