Re: [icann-europe] Recommended Reading: Brad Templeton on ICANN and the DNS

["Griffini Giorgio" <grunz@tin.it>]

> On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, at 02:26 [=GMT+0200], Griffini Giorgio wrote:
> Marc Schneiders wrote:
> 
[zip...zip...zip...]
> > When a user want to contact him use: a) direct opaque identifier as shown 
> > on business card, email, ad...  b) search the directory by keyword which 
> > likely identify the registrant (trade marks , company name, product name, 
> > family name)  c) resort to a local directory entry where the opaque identifier 
> > has been collected by method a,b  
> 
> I am not sure I get it. In any case, I do not understand what I can
> put on my trucks with your system in stead of, say, www.kizz.com or
> www.bargainbook.com.
> 

If on your trucks you put just your personal name name you are not giving a 
precise way to reach you. If you also add your phone number you will have 
an absolute reference to you.  In system I'm talking about the 'absolute 
reference' is the opaque unique identifier and you are still 'searchable' by 
attributes you gave when getting the identifier registered. 
You may put into such attributes whatever you like... your company name, 
your pet name or just another number . It is up to you assure that what you 
choose to use to be found is distinctive enough for your purpose.  And if 
someone else claims about you using same/similar/confusing attributes the 
dispute is not different on what actually happen in the real world and is more 
likely confined to a precise jurisdition. Looking from this point of view when 
using the DNS the way is currently used today the uniquiness of DNS 
names is a flaw rather than a feature and many look at DNS names as a way 
to have a very cheap way to make 'distinctive'  a name/brand without dealing 
with the inherent costs. 

In summary you may put on your trucks the opaque unique identifier and you 
are sure to get uniquely identified and reached...add human 'remindable' 
keyword to your attributes and put them also on your track and you will even 
more facilitate other people in search and reach you. And if technology 
evolves you will not even need to have several different identifier per each 
technology you may be contacted with...one will last and the tecnique used 
to reach you will quickly became irrilevant. 
I know,  the unique opaque identifier sound like the Big Brother most wanted 
feature... but if not implemented by a dns entry (which stiil allows for phisical 
relocation and do not suffer about routing) another identifier will take the 
same role ( the IPv6 address/block uh ?)

Sure...It is easier to say than do... I know ... but I had almost to say...
(at first :-) 

Best Regards
Giorgio Griffini


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