[IP] ICANN - And here's who will be running the Internet for the next 3 years

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

I strongly agree djf

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From: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 15:21:45 -0400
To: Wdimitr@aol.com, GLIGOR1@aol.com, dave@farber.net
Cc: karl@cavebear.com
Subject: Re: [IP] ICANN - And here's who will be running the Internet for
the next 3 years

 > And here's who will be running the Internetfor the next three years

I'm sorry, but can we please reduce the nonsense level here?  I keep
trying to turn the knob down, but it's stuck.  ICANN is in charge of
the mapping from names to numbers.  That's IT.  That's ALL.  That's
ONLY.  No more, and no less.

One perfectly reasonably way to publish your web pages is to use a
numeric-only address, such as http://192.203.178.8, and tell people
"Google for Crynwr".  Try it.  Lo and behold, the very first match is
for Crynwr software.  No www, no com needed.  Just "Google for
Crynwr".  Works for Russ Nelson, too.  "Google for Russ Nelson".
First hit.

Now, in case you think that Google is just doing a
www.ALLYOURWORDS.com search, it isn't.  I got my daughter
"rebeccanelson.com".  Google for Rebecca Nelson and you get some
actress and a few PhDs.

ICANN doesn't run the net.  They don't even control the only mapping
of names to numbers.  They only control one such mapping.  You can:

  o Use Google.  Domain names aren't a search mechanism anyway.
  o Use IP addresses.
  o Use domain.name/yournamehere.
  o Use tinyurl.com (or makeashorterurl or whatever).
  o Configure your nameserver to use an alternative root.

ICANN has no real power.  They can do irrelevant things, like create
.museum and .coop.  If they try to use the power people have granted
them, they will quickly find out how little power they really have.

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