Peter, I think the only aspect of your remarks that would be of concern to me is trying to change the current DNS to operate with "external clocking" rather than devising something new. I don't think you were advocating that, since you made reference to the "next DNS" which I took to be something new and different that might indeed operate as you suggest. I certainly agree that the CDN/redirect mechanisms do some pretty complex things behind the DNS scenes. However, enough other applications assume the the resolution is equivalent no matter where the query is made (e.g. for email) that I would be concerned about making a radical change to the current system. We've already seen how complicated IDN is proving to be (as another attempt to extend the functionality of present-day DNS). Vint At 06:17 PM 7/30/2002 -0700, Peter Deutsch wrote: >Sure, if you need universality of reference you need a >universal namespace, but I guess I'm starting to believe >that the number of times I could do without, or actively >don't want, such universality is growing enough that I might >want my *next* name resolution service to give me a bit more >flexibility and choice. Hide the nerd knobs behind flipup >panels, but the lack of flexibility in the current system is >getting in the way and I suspect will need to be revamped to >get it ready for the next 100 million users... Vint Cerf SVP Architecture & Technology WorldCom 22001 Loudoun County Parkway, F2-4115 Ashburn, VA 20147 703 886 1690 (v806 1690) 703 886 0047 fax