Re: [DNSOP] Some distinctions and a request - Have some class?

["John R Levine" <[e-mail]>]

> Avoiding collisions between DNS and non-DNS use of domain names is 
> probably important to us (to some degree that’s what we’re trying to 
> decide). But I have thought, and continue to think, that we make a 
> serious mistake if we regard it as our purpose to “say what strings in 
> the name space should NOT be TLDs.” The IETF delegated that 
> responsibility long ago to someone else, and for good reason.

I thought we were heading toward a process to identify domain names that 
should not be in the DNS for engineering reasons.  In practice they're 
likely to be TLDs, but I can imagine hypothetical situations where someone 
invents a son-of-onion under .ARPA or somewhere else.

Regards,
John
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