[governance] Using the DNS classes is long-term research, not a realistic short-term solution

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:50:14AM +0200,
 Dr. Francis MUGUET <muguet at mdpi.net> wrote 
 a message of 220 lines which said:

> My proposal is a realistic approach taking into account the existing
> DNS system as a constraint, it is not a clean slate approach, it is
> as much as KISS as possible.

For the record, I 100 % agree with Avri Doria and Karl Auerbach, about
the technical risks of navigating in unchartered and unexplored
waters.  I strongly suggest that you take into account their vast
practical experience, specially Karl's remarks about the issue of
robustness (and you certainly cannot accuse them of being ICANN
puppets).

Classes are a cute idea but not realistic in the short term.

Anyway, I understand that, four months ago, the ITU commissioned a
study on the feasability of this solution
<http://net4d.org/index1.html>. Certainly, elementary things such as
loading a root with class 65280, resolving it through different
resolvers and middleboxes, and setting up a Web site, reachable
through class 65280, certainly, all of this was already done? Is there
an interim report about this interesting experiment?

If ITU were to pay, I would certainly volunteer to perform such a
study. But I would not pretend it may produce any useful result.


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