Re: AW: [ICANN-EU] root-server-problem

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

Jefsey and all,

Jefsey Morfin wrote:

> Dear Gerhard,
> I understand your point.
>
> - if you want to discuss this further, may be could you discuss it on the
>    icann-debate list, Andy wants to see used for that kind of topics.

  It seems that this ML is more than sufficient for this discussion.  Not
everyone can monitor so many ML's.

>
>
> - if you want to set-up an european alternative root system, I am
>    interested  as I precesely work on such a project. Do you have the
>    necessary funding? Let consider that one DN represents an average
>    of 100 nameserver calls a day and roughly 50 mails and that a
>    minimum replication of the system three times with mirror and central
>    management is necessary plus a whois service and administration.
>
> Jefsey
>
> At 13:07 15/10/00, you wrote:
> >At 18:23 14.10.00 -0700, Jeff Williams wrote:
> > >Jefsey and all,
> > >
> > >Jefsey Morfin wrote:
> > >
> > >> Dear Christian,
> > >> At 22:04 14/10/00, you wrote:
> > >> >Spiegel has the right opinion:
> > >> >Even when there can be only one root server: Why we, the @Large-members,
> > >> >have never discussed about our wish for independency of any government
> > >> >control?
> > >>
> > >> I suppose that it is because it is pretty obvious to everyone that no
> > >> government
> > >> has any control but the USG one. And quite all the discussions are how
> >to get
> > >> rid  of them in a concrete maner.
> > >
> > >  Although this may be goal of some, it is not likely to happen anytime
> > >soon.
> >
> >Of course this will not happen, unless it will be explicitely declared by
> >the non-US spokesmen, that they don't accept this status.
> >If they not do so, the USG will  also the next 50 years hold their hand on
> >the root-server.
> >Its easy for each one, who observed the acting of the USG in the last 10,
> >20 or 50 years, to see, that if they have some key-position under control
> >(with no expensive costs), they will not release it, unless their is a very
> >strong pressure to do so.
> >
> >So I think, the only way to have not an US-dominated Internet is to have
> >alternate root-server, that are independent administrated. Maybe its
> >enough, to keep this as a serious and realistic-practicable option (maybe
> >here are one or two things to do,to solve technical problems, but also
> >name-space.com shows, that its not really unrealistic), and also (and more
> >important) to get the political support, to do so: if this option is
> >concrete enough and about to get real, than (maybe) the USG will be
> >convinced to release the root-server to an real international, democratic
> >control.

Regards,

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