At 01:39 AM 2/28/99 -0800, you wrote:
However, I acknowledge that ICANN is a different beastie than
>NSI. BTW, from a tech stand-point, I already have the TLDs running
>internally and providing service, for which I get paid. Also, the ICANN is
>not the sole gate-keeper of the Internet.
>
>Uh, I'm on the net whether ICANN likes it or not. Therefore your first "if"
>fails. Also, I don't have to state a dependency of getting into the root. I
>can provide the service under a private TLD and thus qualify for trademark
>registration. Anyone using my name servers (which include my own
>root-server cluster) can access my TLD. Now I want wider access for the TLD
>and I petition the ICANN for root-server inclusion. Failing there, I file
suit.
></hypothetical>
>
Picking out just one aspect of this bit, you say you're on the net whether
ICANN likes it or not, but at a particular stage you are not included in the
root server. So, who knows you're there? Will I get your site if I enter it
here from the wilds of Oregon? What DNS will you be on? Do you show
up in anyone's whois? Which one(s)? Could I email you, and you email
me? Can you get the newsgroups, download messages and upload your
own? What if I PINGed you? etc., etc. In short, what would you have
if you were included in the root server that you don't have now? Who
would your alternative gate keeper(s) be?
These are not smart alec questions: I just want to make sure we're
operating from the same premises. Uh, logical premises, that is. :-)
Bill
