Alternative DNS systems and net neutrality - Was: Re: [governance] DNSsec and allternative DNS system

[Karl Auerbach]

Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> Karl Auerbach wrote:
> 
>> Where is the source of power, of legal authority, to deny existence to
>> those who wish to offer competing DNS roots?

> No legal authority as such. 
> 
> However, there's no shortage of crackpot alternate roots already out there.

I agree completely.  This whole issue has been colored by the absolutely 
terrible operational behavior of most competing root operators.  They 
have often been completely disorganized and sometimes engaged in overt 
violation of broadly accepted and practiced written internet technical 
standards.  I was quite disgusted with many of them.

And in contrast the behavior of the legacy root operators has been so 
superlative (yet under appreciated) that they have created a gold 
standard that any other should strive to attain.

But none of this vitiates the fact that consistent - again I stress the 
word consistent - competing roots are a valid tool.

		--karl--
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