RE: [ga-roots] MOTION - Consensus-Based Policy on Alt Roots

["Gene Marsh" <marshm@anycast.net>]

Please see below.

Gene...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga-roots@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga-roots@dnso.org]On Behalf
> Of Harald Tveit Alvestrand
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 6:32 AM
> To: Patrick Corliss
> Cc: [ga-roots]
> Subject: Re: [ga-roots] MOTION - Consensus-Based Policy on Alt Roots
>
>
<SNIP>

> Recognizing the need for an unique namespace at the root of the DNS as
> specified in RFC 2826, ICANN reaffirms that it will not initiate services
> where root servers under ICANN control will return different answers for
> the same domain name; ICANN will operate only one namespace.
>
> Recognizing that there is an urgent request for the addition of
> names to this
> namespace, ICANN has started establishing procedures for such additions,
> the first of which are scheduled to be added in 2001.
>
> ICANN recognizes that there are other name spaces served by organizations
> unrelated to ICANN, for purposes other than serving as the traditional
> DNS root.
>
<SNIP>

Interesting wording.  This would seem to be an acknowledgement that there
are other legitimate root systems.  Does this acknowledgement, with a
statement that ICANN believes their purposes are for "other than serving as
the traditional DNS root" absolve ICANN from the practice of implementing an
existing TLD in their root system?  If this were indeed the case, would not
any alt.root system have the right to implement a new .COM, since its
purposes (as defined by ICANN) are for "other than serving as the
traditional DNS root"?

Is this really the most prudent path?

Sauce for the goose...

Gene...


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