Re: DNS under o=Internet

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> Wngyik says: "My solution is to avoid the problem altogether by viewing
> the DIT as a listing hierarchy :-)."  The problem is that *somebody*
> has to take responsibility for *registration*

The problem of coordination with registration authorities is a general
one. The moment you view any part of the DIT as a reflection of
some external structure, you have to coordinate with the people
who have responsibility for that external structure.

The point you raised is equally valid with respect to the current
civil structure in the U.S. Because that is supposedly aligned
with the U.S. civil infrastructure, I *should* be checking with
the civil authorities when someone asks for a particular listing.
I don't, actually, since, as I said in my message (to the U.S.
pilot participants, not this list), I'm going to run this on the
honor system until such a time that I am no longer able to.

In my opinion, we should just leave registration in the hands of
the current authorities (the DDN NIC). Then operationally we can
either take requests to list under the toplevel domains on the
honor system, or check with the DDN NIC (which is easy enough
to do).

All this assuming that we do eventually end up with a listing
DIT, not a registration DIT.


Wengyik