technical accuracy (was Re: [NCSG-Discuss] [governance] RE: [bestbits] Rousseff & Cheha, etc.)

[David Conrad]

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JFC,

On Oct 25, 2013, at 9:34 AM, JFC Morfin <jefsey at jefsey.com> wrote:
> In order to have a chance of success that "Technical Coalition" strategy has to be inclusive both technically and conceptually. Your responses show that it is not. 

My responses show that I take issue with technical inaccuracy, nothing more.  Well, OK, that and I personally find it discourteous to folks who might not be fully comfortable in English to make up words and play silly word games.

> For you the internet root is the unique reference point of the universe instead of being one of the 65,635 windows for the universe on the Internet DNS (RFC 1035).

For me (and I believe most people), the Internet root is the unique reference point to the common namespace used in resolving names on the Internet via the DNS protocol suite. Also, I do not equate the Internet with the universe.

> 2. I talked of the INTLFILE as the open repository of the roots of the human digital names and numbers. You doubted it because the authors of its IANA abstract did not acknowledge the names of those who selected the labels they used. 

Well, no. I expressed surprise that there was no reference by the authors of the DNS specifications to your and your colleagues work since it would comprise a core component of the DNS namespace and according to you it pre-dated the DNS specifications by nearly a decade. Next time I meet up with Paul Mockapetris, I'm planning on asking him about it -- I've always  been a bit curious how the initial set of TLDs (other than .ARPA -- that one is obvious) were chosen.

>> When someone asserts "This why they designed the DNS to support 35,635 roots." I feel a need to comment.
> RFC 1035, ICANN ICP/3.

I am reasonably familiar with both RFC 1035 (having written a couple of partial implementations of the DNS) and ICP-3.  I guess I'm not bright enough to derive how either of those documents lead to a view that the DNS was designed to support 35,635 roots.

> You certainly have to contribute in the way that is best for maintaining technical accuracy in a distributed globalized/wholized IANA system.

Actually, I think I get to figure out how I get to try to contribute.

Regards,
-drc

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