Re: Internet standardisation remains unilateral

Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> Tue, 22 October 2013 06:47 UTC

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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 02:47:42 -0400
From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com>
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Subject: Re: Internet standardisation remains unilateral
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I know, I know, responding to myself, but a follow-up conversation
makes me think I should be a little more charitable.

On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 11:56:41PM -0400, Andrew Sullivan wrote:

> He has just advocated "multiple roots"

This turns out to be a consequence of his (quite correct) observation
that, for a user, the full context isn't necessary.  We already have
this notion in the DNS -- that's what the search path function is for.
M. Pouzin thinks this ought to be much more ubiquitous, in much the
way that you don't have to dial the full phone path (or anyway, not
everywhere) every time you call a local number.  From this, he gets
alternate roots.  So he's not simply being a crank, though I don't
fully understand how he gets to the conclusion he's reached.

Now, having corrected my previous uncharitable description, I suggest
that if people want to discuss DNSng, we do it on another list.

Best,

A

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Andrew Sullivan
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