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

[Paul Vixie <[e-mail]>]

> David Conrad <mailto:[e-mail]>
> Thursday, February 12, 2015 5:38 PM
> George,
>
>> 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.
>
> As with most "really simple" answers, the reality is a bit more complicated.  My impression of this draft is that it creates a space that would avoid some of the risks associated with RFC 6761. Politically, I suspect this is desirable, even to all the parties you mention. As for the fee, ICANN already defers to the IETF in protocol-related matters, so I don't see why a new gTLD fee would be applicable.  With my ICANN hat on, I'll look into this and report what I hear back.

can we sit back and ponder what it will mean if .ALT becomes an implicit
extra search list for many end users, and then xyzzy.alt is created, and
later, .xyzzy is created. i expect this eventuality to spur considerable
interest from icann, perhaps coming in the form of "since we can't
control what the ietf does with implicit search list behaviour, we're
skittish about allowing something like .ALT to come into existence that
would, when combined with implicit search lists, lead to complete and
utter chaos."

this is not in other words simply a protocol-related matter.

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Paul Vixie