[governance] Comments related to the WGIG report

[Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law]

Actually, you can easily have decentralization and hierarchy at the same 
time.  Here's a simplified example:

Suppose that the controller of the root were to create 26 organizations to 
help it run the DNS, each controlling assignments starting with a 
different letter of the alphabet.  Each subsidiary organization could 
create no more than X new TLDs per year.

Now you have all the virtues of hierarchy, no collisions, no creation of 
TLDs above quota, and 26 bodies empowered to experiment safely.

More real-world structures of this sort are left as an exercise for the 
reader....


On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, McTim wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> On 8/9/05, Robert Guerra <rguerra at lists.privaterra.org> wrote:
>> Carlos:
>>
>> A more decentralized & distributed DNS system that doesn't get us
>> into multiple name-spaces and is more secure than the current regime
>> would be ideal - but is it possible? if so, how would the transition
>> occur?
>
> I think you want too much.
>
> The DNS is distributed by it's very nature.  It is also hierarchical
> in architecture, this can't be decentralised.
>
> Security is another matter, and is deployable now.
>
> You'll have to design the new *thing* yourself, I can't imagine much
> enthusiasm amongst IETF DNS folk.  You'd obviously have to design it
> with transition in mind.
>
> good luck with this one.
>
>>
>> if details are available, by all means point me to them.
>
> For the security aspect, www.dnssec.net
>
>
>

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