[LINK] alternative DNS root clients

[TKoltai]

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> From: link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au 
> [mailto:link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Kim Davies
> Sent: Monday, 19 March 2012 5:13 AM
> To: Kim Holburn
> Cc: Link list
> Subject: Re: [LINK] alternative DNS root clients
> 
> 
> 
> On Mar 17, 2012, at 9:29 PM, Kim Holburn wrote:
> > 
> > Hmmm..., which is why I was wondering whether you could use several 
> > root DNS alternatives.

Of course, one way of doing it is to run:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/distributeddns/files/latest/download

> > 
> > Also, if enough people move to an alternative then it will 
> become the 
> > standard.  Of course it will probably be subject to 
> significant political pressure just like our current system.
> > 
> > What we have now is an indication of where we're going.  
> Why shouldn't 
> > we look at alternatives?  If nothing else it might just 
> pressure ICANN 
> > to do something about it or the UN.  The first is unlikely, 
> the second 
> > worrying.
> > 
> > When the US government can, without due process, confiscate 
> the domain 
> > names of 80,000 web sites and put up notices declaring the websites 
> > have been involved in child porn, what do we do about it?  Nothing?
> 
> I think it is worth noting these cases have had nothing to do 
> with the root zone. These confiscations and actions have 
> happened to registrations lower down the DNS tree. The root 
> zone itself only lists the authoritative name servers for the 
> TLDs themselves, and not delegations further down the tree.
> 
> The net effect is if you wanted to create an alternate DNS 
> mechanism to prevent the seizure of say, a .COM domain, then 
> it is the .COM zone - not the root zone - you'd need to 
> replicate and manage. At around 100,000,000 entries, I am not 
> sure that would be a simple task.
> 
> kim
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