RE: [dnsproc-en] Re: Suggestions for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names a nd Numbers

["Higgs, Simon" <SHiggs@whq.dcmdw.dla.mil>]

Brian,

So, as an IAB Technocrat, you are deliberately ignoring Moore's Law and
the similar increase in backbone bandwidth?

Obviously, you haven't paid much attention to the internet in the last
few years.

Simon


> From: Brian E Carpenter [mailto:brian@hursley.ibm.com]
> 
> I'm not talking about TLD policy. I'm talking about technical
> matters that haven't changed significantly for a number of years.
> 
>   Brian
> 
> Marsh, Miles (Gene) wrote:
> > 
> > Brian,
> > 
> > I believe it is time to re-address the issue of TLD's 
> without the prejudice
> > of what was determined a while back.  Much has changed, 
> including the
> > capabilities of the root server systems.  The impact of 
> thousands of TLD's
> > now is probably a fraction of what it would have been in 
> the past.  Even if
> > it is determined that, for the forseeable future, an 
> arbitrary limit of
> > hundreds of new TLDs is appropriate, the structure should 
> be set NOW for
> > thousands, tens of thousands, even millions of TLDs.
> > 
> > It is understood that we are already into unknown 
> territory, let's not be
> > afraid of pushing the envelope where appropriate.
> > 
> > Gene Marsh
> > Diebold Incorporated
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian E Carpenter [mailto:brian@hursley.ibm.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 8:33 AM
> > To: Joseph Friedman
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> > Subject: Re: Suggestions for the Internet Corporation for 
> Assigned Names
> > and Numbers
> > 
> > I hate to respond to such a large addressee list but it is necessary
> > to comment on two of Mr Friedman's points:
> > 
> > Joseph Friedman wrote:
> > >
> > ...
> > > 1) The name of the organization
> > >
> > > The name of the organization, currently the Internet 
> Corporation for
> > Assigned
> > > Names and Numbers (ICANN), should be renamed to the 
> Internet Assigned
> > Number
> > > Authority (IANA).
> > 
> > This is impossible. IANA is a technical function executed 
> for the IETF,
> > currently by ISI, which the IETF (acting through the IAB) will
> > re-delegate by the end of the year. The name is not 
> available for ICANN
> > as a corporation.
> > 
> > ...
> > > 8) Adding gTLDs
> > >
> > > Add as many new gTLDs as possible.
> > 
> > The technical opinion that the IAB reached a long while back is that
> > adding hundreds of TLDs is technically safe, but that adding
> > thousands would take us into unknown territory in terms of
> > operational scale, and should be avoided in the foreseeable future.
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> >    Brian Carpenter
> >    Chair, Internet Architecture Board
>