Re: CORE Show Stopper

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Kent and all,

Kent Crispin wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Nov 29, 1997 at 05:57:54PM -0600, Phil Howard wrote:
> > Jeff Williams writes...
> > >
> > > Jim and all,
> > >
> > >   yes this is certianly a possibility.  Let's hope it does not occur.
> >
> > Better yet, let's make sure it cannot occur.  How about a central
> > registry where it can be verified for certain whether the name is
> > or is not available, and registered on the spot if available.
> 
> Good Idea!  We could call it CORE, since that is precisely what CORE
> provides.

  Where is it?  I don't see any running code yet.
> 
> > Collisions can be avoided by having a short time frame (10 minutes)
> > where the inquiry locks out any other registration (though it will
> > say why it is locked out).
> >
> > It would not totally prevent the scenario, because anyone can lie and
> > say the name is taken after checking and seeing that it is not.  But
> > it will also be knowable that it is not possible to check and get a
> > false negative, so the scenario of someone signing up for a domain and
> > later being told "oops" isn't likely to occur to a well educated public.
> 
> This issue has been known for a *long* time, and registrar collusion
> is one of the central design concerns of the CORE registry design...

  To bad they don't have anything running that even comes close to
meeting ANY design.
> 
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