Dean;
The "set" is the set of *registered* names. The proper and only way to
query this set is through whois.
The only reason to have domain names registered is to use it
through DNS.
The only reason we have DNS is to associate information such as IP
addresses with names.
I think you should clarify your terminology.
You say "names". But, is it "whois names" or "domain names"?
I think you know what D and N of DNS stand for.
Registration is far more important than the
protocol.
In this context, yes.
I'm talking about not protocols, but names retrieved through the
protocol, domain names retrieved through DNS.
If you disagree, let me control DNS reply of your domain "av8.com",
while keeping whois response to "av8.com" as is.
I also say that power is of secondary importance to computing. What we
are interested in is the result of computing.
As the computing use DNS, not whois, the result of computing is
controlled by DNS.
We do not care about power,
unless I give you control over the power switch.
You are saying we should care about power, if we give someone
control over the power switch.
In this case, "someone" was verisign.
DNS has nothing to
do with registration
It mathematically means:
Registration !-> DNS
DNS !-> Registration
I think you missed this:
Registration -> DNS
DNS !-> Registration
Study mathematics.
Masataka Ohta