Re: RFC? IETF? What's That? (Was_Fwd: Re: The opening up of .com)

[Bob Allisat <bob@wtv.net>]

I wrote:
>  The reasons both the RFC process and IETF
>  have been dispensed with are complex. Primary
>  among these reasons is the fact that if the
>  process was followed we would have thousands
>  of Domain Name Registries in operation. Right
>  now. Without much fuss. Because there are no
>  technical limitations to having unlimited new
>  Top Level Domains and we were this close to
>  agreeing on an RFC back in 1995-6...

John Broomfield wrote:
>	Repeat something long enough and some people start to think it's
>true. I have NO idea who you spoke to to get that point blank affirmation
>(you just give vague statements like "the IETF has told me there is no
>technical limitation"...).

 The IETF according to many e-mails
 is steering clear of the issue of new
 domain names. IETF holds this is *not*
 a technical issue. They fear legal
 entanglements, realize there really is
 no technical question involved here and
 "don't officiate jello wrestling" (as
 one IETF funster put it!). That is the
 way I interprete their trepidation and
 wariness in even approaching this issue.

 There are no technical restrictions for
 ten thousand or more new domain names
 according to Vixie (or was it Postel?).
 This is also the implicit opinion of the
 IETF. I have Cced all of the above for
 definative and public comment on this
 specific point to put this question to
 rest. Thanks in advance for your comments!


 TeleVirtually Yours,

 Bob Allisat

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