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

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

* Griffini Giorgio wrote:
>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. 

man X.500.

>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.

That's X.500, despite there is no dispute, because there are more attributes
to distiguish otherwise ambigious entries.

>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. 

That's X.500.

>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 ?)

Please forget IPv6 immedeatly in this context. Thank you.

>Sure...It is easier to say than do...

There is no full X.500 implementation.

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