---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 00:17:59 -0400 (EDT) From: !Dr. Joe Baptista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: YJ Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Opinion from China regarding new gTLD. On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, YJ Park wrote: > 2, The NEW gTLDs will be surely tightly controlled by the ICANN, because > they > controls the ROOT. YJ - this is very ignorant icann propaganda. I assume you have a limited understanding of the exsisting network infrastructure. ICANN controls about 99.6% of the root. 0.4% of the ROOT is run by alternate confederations. I believe this number is authoritative, it is based on a sample size of 17,242 nameservers. I'll be publishing the full results in a few weeks - but for now, here's a list to get you all wet. There may not be not be many people running alternates, but then few dns administrators realize the can run thier own root - or have options. 9 . . 1 11_DMHDNS_FS1.MDCH.STATE.MI.US. ROOT.MDCH.STATE.MI.US. 6 A.I-DNS.NET. HOSTMASTER.I-DNS.NET. 17178 A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. HOSTMASTER.INTERNIC.NET. 1 ALFA.ANEP.COM.UY. ROOT.ANEP.COM.UY. 1 ALTERNIC.NET. ROOT.NYC.ALTERNIC.NET. 1 ARGOS.PHIL-INST.HU. ROOT.PHIL-INST.HU. 1 AUTOEQUIP.IT. HOSTMASTER.AUTOEQUIP.IT. 1 CANALE.IT. HOSTMASTER.CANALE.IT. 1 CLUBAMI.QC.CA. ROOT.CLUBAMI.QC.CA. 1 CNA-GDWI-0.CNA.AT. POSTMASTER.CNA-GDWI-0.CNA.AT. 1 CNA-GDWI-2.BRZ.GV.AT. POSTMASTER.CNA-GDWI-2.BRZ.GV.AT. 1 COLONEL-HATHI.KO-NP.DE. ROOT.KO-NP.DE. 1 COM.GAC.COM. POSTMASTER.COM.GAC.COM. 1 CORREO.CHILQUINTA.CL. ROOT.CHILQUINTA.CL. 1 CSERVE.CODESOURCER.COM. ADMIN. 1 CSL.CSLIB.ORG. ROOT.CSLIB.ORG. 1 DAFFY.PISCES.ENGELSKA.SE. ADMIN. 1 DCIS1.COM. ROOT.DCIS1.COM. 1 DNS.CNXXN.COM.SG. ROOT.CNXXN.COM.SG. 2 EEK.HTTPD.COM. ROOT.EEK.HTTPD.COM. 1 MX.ALTERNIC.NET. ROOT.ARAGORN.ALTERNIC.NET. 1 NS.CARMELWW.COM. BRUCE. 6 NS1.VRX.NET. HOSTMASTER.NS1.VRX.NET. 2 NS1.WEBPROVIDER.COM. SUPPORT.WEBPROVIDER.COM. 3 NS2.TELALINK.NET. HOSTMASTER.TELALINK.NET. 1 OMEGAWEB2.ONSI.OMEGA-NETWORK.COM. ADMIN. 2 RS2.AURSC.AH.NET. AT.AH.NET. 1 SCRNET.COM. HOSTMASTER.SCRNET.COM. 1 SERVER.EBCENTER.COM. ADMIN. 1 SUSIE.YPM.AB.CA. ADMINISTRATOR.YPM.AB.CA. 1 TEST1.NET.NCU.EDU.TW. ROOT.TEST1.NET.NCU.EDU.TW. 5 TINC-ORG.COM. TINC.TINC-ORG.COM. 1 WEB.ARA.CL. ROOT.ARA.CL. 1 WWW.GSE.FR. ADMIN.GSE.FR. 1 XX.YY.ZZ.COM. HOSTMASTER.XX.YY.ZZ.COM. ==================== 17242 TOTALS In closing let me say - it's a sad day for the internet when people involved with icann have no clue about what is going on in the real internet. Regards Joe Baptista --- You are currently subscribed to ncdnhc-discuss as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]