Re: [ga] DNS Root-Level Pollution

[JFC Morfin <jefsey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:46 14/06/2008, David Scott wrote:
> With this upcoming fiasco, (the auction of TLD's) does this mean the 
> internet will go away? oh pooh :(
> Hopefully there is enough RSC's out there that can take the load. 
> The structure of most of the worlds economics actually rely on the 
> internet in one way or another; and incidentally ICANN's structure. 
> (have to use them to get the dot coms)
> If ICANN's structure where to completely fail, I mean 100% failure, 
> what is the real impact. I don't think really anyone could 
> understand that, and on top of which, since they are not allowing 
> completely AXFR's from their servers, (that i know, haven't check it 
> lately) when.. i mean IF they fall, how long before the caches actually clear?
> Was 7 really enough. Guess closing doors MIGHT have been a bad idea huh?
David,
we are an increasing number of people who think (we ran a two years 
community testing over the point) that the real only internet need is 
not two (or more) uncoordinated registries per TLD and the end of the 
ICANN solitude as a root admin (a part from an  architectural 
replacement). The 14th root server case, operating for several months 
without being noticed while replicating the ICANN machine, shows that 
the security/stability ICANN fairy tale story only makes the world 
more vulnerable, with a single point of easy confusion.
The Root Server System is only a lucrative service (there must be a 
poistive return somewhere for them to continue) which made a good PR 
(collective brain washing ?) operation and uses ICANN as a 
smokescreen for it. ICANN's complexity/complications is just to keep 
the focus far from a single simple question: what do we really need 
the root server system for ?
jfc