Re: shared TLDs

[davidk@ISI.EDU]

Perry,

> Perry E. Metzger writes :
> 
> Personally, I like the idea of having all TLDs operate under shared
> registries, and I think there is now widespread community sentiment in
> this direction.
> 
> However, we really do need some solid technical work done to produce a
> reasonable standard set of protocols for doing this. I highly
> encourage people to work on prototypes and specific proposals.

The protocols between a registry and the META-registry are probably not
the problem. I even think that it is not a difficult task to adapt the
current registry software quickly for such use, whether you use the RIPE
database (I used to maintain this software ... so I might be able to
speak for it ;-)) or InterNIC database as a starting point. Yes, it might
be possible to define better or other standards but there is time for
doing this since there are intermediate solutions.

David K.
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