Re: [DNSOP] draft-wkumari-dnsop-alt-tld-04

the concerns in my mind divide up into politics and technology.

The politics response is really simple: "this idea is doomed." -I wish I
felt otherwise, but I think given the context of the debate over ICANN, who
'owns' names, $180,000 application fees, IAB directions to IANA, NTIA role,
this is mired.  I don't want to be a prophet of doom, but this is my honest
perspecive.  Reality is a harsh blowgun which occasionally fires of
beautiful butterflies.

Technology wise, this is short, and simple and clear. Would we had this
before .onion eventuated, and dare I say it even .local from another time
and place. WIring a TLD to be used for alternate namespaces so that we can
safely anchor non-DNS names into the DNS and avoid repetitious stupidity is
a good plan.

Would it be DNSSEC signed with a well known key?

I like the draft. I felt I could understand it, which is always a huge win
for me.

_G

On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Warren and I have prepared draft-wkumari-dnsop-alt-tld-04.  We'd
> appreciate feedback.  If there isn't any, maybe that's a sign that we
> could just publish it and thereby create a special TLD in which people
> could set up their various special use special names?  This would be
> tidier than having people doing it in the root zone.
>
> Thanks,
>
> A
>
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