Re: [ICANN-EU] coming late / root-server

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Lutz and all,

Lutz Donnerhacke wrote:

> * Gerhard Wendebourg wrote:
> >But why can't the european not act independent, and administrate their own
> >root ?
>
> The nature of a hierarchy is that there can be only one root.

  This is a myth not a fact.  Shared Roots is in use today.  ICANN
just doesn't except it.

>
>
> >If the european Internet-Provider mostly decide, to grep their information
> >on IP's,  and domains from an european administrated root, what have we to
> >care for an US-dominated Internet ?
>
> RIPE does this job already for IPs.

  As do other IP registries ( ARIN and APNIC)

>
>
> >Of course it needs a bit of synchronizing, but this cannot be the real
> >problem.
>
> Please provide a good proposal how to inject names under a unique contraint
> into a decentralized database. AFAIK it's an unsolved problem of computer
> science.

  The IANA was provided this proposal in 1996.  It is already
on file with them.

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