RE: [IFWP] Moving Up the Ladder

2002-03-18 Thread Richard J. Sexton
The root Zone is minuscule these days relative to the size, for instance of Windoze. Or IE or OutLook, etc, ad nauseum... How many bytes is it Richard? 368738 bytes It got pretty big when we added the Name Space tlds. -- Clique \Clique\, n. [F., fr. OF. cliquer to click. See Click, v. i.]

RE: [IFWP] Moving Up the Ladder

2002-03-18 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 01:03 AM 3/18/02 -0700, you wrote: Wasn't the original idea a decentralized network that could survive a nuke attack? Not exactly, but close enough. But that's why you should primary the root for yourself, you rely even less on the n-way redundent root servers. Should decentralization of the

RE: [IFWP] Moving Up the Ladder

2002-03-18 Thread Ellen Rony
Doesn't name.space have some colliders,the same TLD delegated to more than one administrator in the inclusive TLD universe? [Aside: .SHEESH still is a collider because Adam Todd REFUSES to make the simple redelegation change I have been requesting for 1.5 years. One excuse after another.]

SHEESH (RE: [IFWP] Moving Up the Ladder)

2002-03-18 Thread Marc Schneiders
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, at 08:04 [=GMT-0800], Ellen Rony wrote: [Aside: .SHEESH still is a collider because Adam Todd REFUSES to make the simple redelegation change I have been requesting for 1.5 years. One excuse after another.] Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't this just a matter of a root

RE: [IFWP] Moving Up the Ladder

2002-03-18 Thread Marc Schneiders
On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, at 22:00 [=GMT-0500], Richard J. Sexton wrote: and in fact, if you adopt the recommended practice of running your own private root server [1] then the ORSC servers could get taken out by that same thunderbolt and everything would still work for us. root servers are a

RE: [IFWP] Moving Up the Ladder

2002-03-18 Thread Einar Stefferud
There is no Internet Governance involved with ICANN, except for the hidden agenda of gaining control of Information Distribution by means of contracts binding users of DNS names to control by the name delegators who in fact have no natural reason to be controlling what people do with their

RE: [IFWP] Moving Up the Ladder

2002-03-18 Thread Einar Stefferud
Isn't 368738 bytes well within the max size limit of a single SNMP message? Cheers...\Stef At 10:07 AM -0500 3/18/02, Richard J. Sexton wrote: The root Zone is minuscule these days relative to the size, for instance of Windoze. Or IE or OutLook, etc, ad nauseum... How many bytes is

Re: SHEESH (RE: [IFWP] Moving Up the Ladder)

2002-03-18 Thread Ellen Rony
Yes, you are correct, and I don't know why any of the root zone operators would point to his AURSC or IRSC knowing this. Seems like there should be encouragement to route around anyone who doesn't handle the responsibily ethically and professionally, but then comes the question abo9ut who

RE: [IFWP] Moving Up the Ladder

2002-03-18 Thread Richard J. Sexton
Internet governance my butt. This is just about domain names. If all you do on the net is send mail, read usenet news and use IRC you'll probably never hear of icann; it has no affect on any of those things. -- Clique \Clique\, n. [F., fr. OF. cliquer to click. See Click, v. i.] A narrow

RE: [IFWP] Moving Up the Ladder

2002-03-18 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 08:04 AM 3/18/02 -0800, you wrote: Doesn't name.space have some colliders,the same TLD delegated to more than one administrator in the inclusive TLD universe? Maybe 2 of them. 2 out of a thousand isn't bad. [Aside: .SHEESH still is a collider because Adam Todd REFUSES to make the simple

RE: [IFWP] Moving Up the Ladder

2002-03-18 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 08:14 AM 3/18/02 -0800, you wrote: Isn't 368738 bytes well within the max size limit of a single SNMP message? Beats me. It's been years since I've even looked at SNMP. -- Clique \Clique\, n. [F., fr. OF. cliquer to click. See Click, v. i.] A narrow circle of persons associated by common

[IFWP] OpenSRS Live Reseller Update - 04/18/02

2002-03-18 Thread Richard J. Sexton
Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 12:55:37 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OpenSRS Live Reseller Update - 04/18/02 Greetings - Please find following an update on OpenSRS. 1. .us landrush order logic - Please be advised

RE: [IFWP] Moving Up the Ladder

2002-03-18 Thread Einar Stefferud
No, I don't mean per any protocol. Is it not typical to receive messages in the size range of 368738 bytes?...\Stef At 11:40 AM -0500 3/18/02, Richard J. Sexton wrote: At 08:14 AM 3/18/02 -0800, you wrote: Isn't 368738 bytes well within the max size limit of a single SNMP message? Beats

RE: [IFWP] Moving Up the Ladder

2002-03-18 Thread Einar Stefferud
We should interpret Adam Todd's refusal as a request for removal. Simple action, positive result!...\Stef At 8:04 AM -0800 3/18/02, Ellen Rony wrote: Doesn't name.space have some colliders,the same TLD delegated to more than one administrator in the inclusive TLD universe? [Aside: .SHEESH

[IFWP] Poll

2002-03-18 Thread Richard J. Sexton
Go to http://icannwatch.org and vote your conscience. (see the top right corner) -- Clique \Clique\, n. [F., fr. OF. cliquer to click. See Click, v. i.] A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; -- generally used in a bad

RE: [IFWP] Moving Up the Ladder

2002-03-18 Thread Marc Schneiders
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, at 11:40 [=GMT-0500], Richard J. Sexton wrote: [1] http://cr.yp.to/dnsroot.html or http://support.open-rsc.org I do this on my home Windows box Slaving root? How? Windows9*? There's a $35 piece of sofware called Simple DNS+ that puts bind to shame for ease of

RE: [IFWP] Moving Up the Ladder

2002-03-18 Thread Richard J. Sexton
There's a $35 piece of sofware called Simple DNS+ that puts bind to shame for ease of use anf user friendlyness. http://www.jhsoft.com/ There's a 30 day free trial. I tried it and paid for it, it's really quite amazing; it does caching, authoritative nameservice and zone transfers. Works

RE: [IFWP] Moving Up the Ladder

2002-03-18 Thread Einar Stefferud
Will it run on OSX? Cheers...\Stef At 8:52 PM -0500 3/18/02, Richard J. Sexton wrote: There's a $35 piece of sofware called Simple DNS+ that puts bind to shame for ease of use anf user friendlyness. http://www.jhsoft.com/ There's a 30 day free trial. I tried it and paid for it, it's

RE: [IFWP] Moving Up the Ladder

2002-03-18 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 08:09 PM 3/18/02 -0800, you wrote: Will it run on OSX? Cheers...\Stef No, it's a windows program. Isn't OSX just BSD with a Mac GUI? -- Clique \Clique\, n. [F., fr. OF. cliquer to click. See Click, v. i.] A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the

[IFWP] Farber suggests the IAB

2002-03-18 Thread Jay Fenello
Farber suggests the IAB: Jay. (when did he join the PFIR?) At 3/18/02 10:34 PM, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility wrote: Overcoming ICANN: Forging Better Paths for the Internet March 18, 2002 PFIR - People For Internet

RE: [IFWP] Moving Up the Ladder

2002-03-18 Thread Einar Stefferud
Sort of. Its lineage is via NeXT, which includes NeXT STEP and some other non-unix stuff. It has a MACH kernel, among other things. So, lots of stuff will port easily, but not all. the people I talk to love it, and say It is REAL UNIX which I believe, but I do not have much info on what

RE: [IFWP] Moving Up the Ladder

2002-03-18 Thread Richard J. Sexton
Well if it's real unix then djbdns should work: http://cr.yp.to/djbdns At 10:30 PM 3/18/02 -0800, you wrote: Sort of. Its lineage is via NeXT, which includes NeXT STEP and some other non-unix stuff. It has a MACH kernel, among other things. So, lots of stuff will port easily, but not all.

RE: [IFWP] Moving Up the Ladder

2002-03-18 Thread Joanna Lane
Internet governance my butt. This is just about domain names. If all you do on the net is send mail, read usenet news and use IRC you'll probably never hear of icann; it has no affect on any of those things. Only for a heartbeat. ENUM. When your wireless number folds into the DNS and you can't