Re: War of Internet Governance: 1995 - ????

[Jay@Iperdome.com]

At 01:25 PM 11/10/97 -0500, Bob Helfant wrote:
>The models are inherently at odds.  I suggested a model that allowed shared
>TLDs for those Registrars and customers who felt most comfortable that way
>and TLDs run by single companies for Registars and customers who wanted to
>go that route at the MoU signing in Geneva, as well as to NSI a few weeks
>later.  I told the IAHC/iPOC that allowing non-shared registries would
>possibly prove their contention that this is not what people want.
>Experience tells me us all that diferent people want different things and
>there is no need to force one view on people.  When that is done, it
>creates an oppressed group and oppression creates dissention, etc...  Maybe
>the IAHC felt it would weaken their position to embrace both camps.  For
>whatever reason, they didn't take my suggestion for world peace.  

Bob,

You were right.  Of course, back then, the IAHC still had dreams
of global dominion over root.  Now that they have backed away from
that claim, your original approach is the only rational solution
to the current situation.

>Perhaps
>if eDNS was better presented, with similar support as CORE now has, it will
>be brought in as an parallel alternative to CORE for Registrars and
>registrants with a first use protection on the TLDs to get it rolling and
>mutual agreement before any new ones are added.

eDNS was a response to the IAHC final draft.  Now that the IAHC has 
redefined their role to that of a super-registrar, eDNS is no longer
required for other free-market TLDs (like .per) to be entered directly 
under root!  As we've argued all along, we have as much right for our 
TLDs to be added as the so called IAHC does, if not more.

Remember, there are companies like Iperdome that have already 
been active in this business.  There are companies like Iperdome
that have already established significant Intellectual Property 
rights.  We have working registries, working code, working name 
servers, and yes, working root servers.  The IAHC does not.

For these reasons, I believe the IAHC should not gain *automatic* 
entry into root, nor should the existing, free-market TLDs be 
*automatically* excluded.  

This is not to say that private root servers should no longer
exist.  In fact, I suspect that they will become more popular 
as the name space evolves.


Regards,

Jay Fenello
President, Iperdome, Inc.  
404-250-3242  http://www.iperdome.com