At 3:31 PM -0400 8/2/02, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
>
>% dig . ns | grep 'IN A' | awk '{print "root@"$1}'
>root@A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>root@H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>root@C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>root@G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>root@F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>root@B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>root@J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>root@K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>root@L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>root@M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>root@I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>root@E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>root@D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>
>That's who *REALLY* controls '.'. I doubt any of them qualify as
>"Joe Clueless"
Not so;-)... "." is the total collection of all TLDs in what ORSC
calls the Inclusive Root.
"." is just an abstraction, and it has no (other) name or management handle.
"." is, indeed, whatever DNS server that people point to with their
local password controlled TCP/IP set-up panels and /etc files all
around the Internet.
This is what creates one of the most responsive democratic
technologies of all time.
I, and all other users of the Internet, get to vote early and often
for our candidate for "." just as called for in the DNS standards.
And, there is no way that I can see for anyone, Govt or non-Govt, to
control where Internet users choose to point for "." service.
So, at the bottom line, ICANN and DoC are only dreaming about
controlling the use of domain names in the Internet.
Cheers...\Stef