Re: Comments on Karl's draft

[Hank Nussbacher <hank@ibm.net.il>]

On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Karl Denninger wrote:
> > I think there is another rule that needs to be stated: that the
> > ISOC/IANA/IETF, being entrusted with the responsibility for ".",
> > shall take all necessary measures that the Internet name space not
> > become balkanized and that the Internet continue to function in a
> > suitable manner as it does today (probably needs lots of
> > embelishment and fixing up but you get the idea).
> 
> Is the ISOC/IANA/IETF also going to take up the banner when it comes to
> peering agreements and the stupidity that is ALREADY causing balkanization
> of the net?
> 
> If the I* organizations think THIS is properly their area, then address the
> whole problem.   Frankly, DNS is the least of your worries in this arena.

If it is a problem, then we need to do our small part to make sure that
the problem doesn't get any bigger.  Addressing "the whole problem" is
a bit too big for the IAHC to handle.

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Hank Nussbacher
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