ORSC does not support what NEW.NET is doing either, but please note that this has nothing to do the lack of cooperation that ICANN exudes. NEW.NET is just as hard to deal with as is ICANN;-)... NEW.NET is just following the lead of ICANN, along with a cast of millions. Enjoy;-)...\Stef At 10:45 PM -0700 7/29/02, Joe Touch wrote: >Ole J. Jacobsen wrote: >>Uncle Stef, >> >>What is this "choice" crap??? > >Not that I think it's a good idea, but see new.net, e.g. > >There's a button which people - like your father - can click and do >damage to their own DNS configuration. :-) > >Internet users may have no idea what the DNS is, but their >configurations are being hacked already, perhaps without their >knowledge, to consult these alternate roots. > >It happens when you use DHCP with an ISP that uses one of these >alternate trees - unless you run your own server, any request that >you delegate can get shunted. > >It also happens when you run software for configuration, ala >'install-me' CDs from Juno, or clicking as above. > >Joe