Re: [ICANN-EU] more questions: Future of the DNS?

[lutz@iks-jena.de (Lutz Donnerhacke)]

* Oliver Thuns wrote:
>Hello Lutz!
>>>My idea is:
>>>- Introduce the new TLD
>>>- Look what happens
>>>- Analyze it and make it better
>>
>>Will you pollute the name space again and again? When do you expect to find
>>the DEFINITE SOLUTION (TM)? When shut the failed TLDs down?
>
>You want a clean unpolluted name space?

Yes. DNS works because it's structured hierarchically.

>I understand how I could pollute the environment, but how could I pollute
>a name space?

Allow more elements per node than desirable.

>What is a failed Domain, why should domains shut down?

A failed TLD (in your sense) is a TLD which failes the process described in
text quoted by me. It is NOT my suggestion to create TLDs to experiment with
policies. So please answer my questions.

>Make the name space big and don't try to keep it clean, which is not
>possible.

Why?

>It's the first time that new TLDs are introduced. I don't think it will
>work very well with a few new TLDs. But the elected directors will not
>have the chance to discuss this.

Definitly. My point of view is clear to everybody before voting.

>>>>- What do you expect from additional gTLDs?
>>>
>>>There should be many. Not 5, not 10. Maybe 100 or thousands (or
>>>unlimited). The ICANN only make technical decision? Okay, do it 100%
>>>technically, make the name space unlimited. Introduce unlimited TLDs.
>>
>>How should such a net work?
>
>Technically? Don't know exactly, but it would work.

Great. NOT!

>>>If the ICANN introduce only a few (<20) TLDs, it has to discuss it very
>>>well. Which TLDs are useful?
>>
>>Your answer? I see no benefit.
>
>I have no answer which new TLDs are the best. I like the idea of
>introducing many (> 100 or >1000) new TLDs.

And I don't like it. For serious technical reasons.