On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, Masataka Ohta wrote:
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 mean "people useful" names. Whois is a protocol for accessing the
registration of names. DNS is a a protocol for distributing Records
associated with names. Registries of names are found all over
civilization. At the Department of Motor Vehicles, at the Patent and
Trademark Office, at the Department of State Division of Corporations,
etc.
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.
So am I, above.
In this case, "someone" was verisign.
Verisign was given that control, and there is no evidence that they have
somehow abused that control.
DNS has nothing to do with registration
It mathematically means:
Registration !-> DNS
DNS !-> Registration
No, that isn't what it means, mathematically. But perhaps this is what it
means to you. If so, this is the source of our difficulties.
I think you missed this:
Registration -> DNS
DNS !-> Registration
Study mathematics.
I have. I think you need to go back and check out your logical
connectives. The following is a perfectly valid construction:
Registration -> DNS
DNS !-> Registration
It represents the relationship between domain names services, and
registration services.
--Dean