Todd Glassey wrote: > So SEARS is a method of replacing the DNS roots with a well-known > service portal providing a Google or other SE based access model. The > session can interface with traditional HTTP or DNS-Lookup Ports to > deliver content or addresses to a browser in the form of a HTTP redirection. It's no different from plain search engine with "I'm feeling lucky" turned on. > The protocol specification is almost done and is intended to make > threats of attacks against the DNS roots less of an issue. I heard that Anonymous is planning to attack root servers. Is it google who hired them to promote SEARS. :-) Anyway, root servers are (or will be) anycast with a lot less centralized management than google servers that they are more resistant against attacks. Masataka Ohta _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf