[governance] Re: Alternative DNS systems and net neutrality

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Karl Auerbach [19/11/07 18:46 -0800]:
> I'm kinda wondering why one might think that competing roots would not use 
> 100% exactly the same technology base as used to disseminate the existing 
> NTIA/ICANN/Verisign root zone?  In other words, there is no reason why 
> competing roots would not be exactly as scalable as the current legacy 
> system.

Except for the way they are deployed and the way resolvers query them etc
etc etc. That's the other side of the equation.

Setting up bind to serve as a root server is probably straightforward
enough compared to the interoperability issues.

> As for "politically acceptable" - it depends what metric one uses.  Some of 
> us find the present incumbent favoring, restraint of trade mechanisms to be 
> not merely politically questionable but also a stark departure from the 
> end-to-end principle, the rules and laws of open and competitive trade, and 

If you think the end to end principle even exists these days .. please stop
living in the past.
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