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Originally Posted by anothergeek yes a very interesting response - thank you - but I wonder (technically speaking) did icann break the spirit of its own code (or maybe its own rules) by offering a tld (.biz) that was already in existence - your thoughts appreciated
also - dotworlds gives spam-free email addresses with their domains, I think these are totally unspammable by commercial mailers. Surely this has a lot of use |
First, let me say that I am not a rabid supporter of ICANN or some of there policies. I do support DNS the way that it was proposed and I do support following standards put in place. One of these standards in DNS is the use of a single root. DNS may not be the perfect solution, but it was a good solution for the problem at the time that it was created. Much like Verisign's ill conceived Site Finder service, breaking or trying to hack the fundamental standards of the Internet is confusing to consumers, technically wrong, and potentially disruptive. What ICANN did in the .BIZ situation may not have been "right" according to the alternative root operators that were running .BIZ, but as far as ICANN was concerned I do not think the best interest of the alternative root operator was an item they considered when choosing new gTLD's. There is no ICANN code or rules about allowing alternative root TLD's to operate. Their purpose is for the stability and betterment of the Internet (how well they do this is left open to debate). There are also no code or rules about alternative root operators creating competing TLD's with other alternative root operators. I think the lack of codes or rules underscores the necessity for a central root.
As for spam free email addresses, the reason they are spam free is because there is no reason for a spammer to spam those email addresses. There is not enough volume of dotworlds email addresses for it to make financial sense to a spammer. If there was ever a large enough number of email addresses worth spamming, they would be just as susceptible to spam as any other email address. Not to mention that those email addresses are not even deliverable by any standard email delivering software without some sort of modifications being made and users of those email addresses could not depend on any kind of reliable mail service between themselves and other Internet users.
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I think the selling of sub domains for ICANN sanctioned TLD's is an entirely different thing then selling non ICANN TLD's. Domains are meant to have sub domains and sub domains are meant to be delegated to other users. The users of sub domains of ICANN sanctioned TLD's don't have to worry about their domain names not being in the root name servers as long as the operator of the domain does their part in properly administrating DNS for that domain. Selling sub domains also does not require fragmenting or violating the DNS standards. An owner of a sub domain also does not need to worry about conflicting sub domains. I think it is definitely worthy of discussion and sub domains definitely do not belong in the same category as the domains offered from the registries, but I think they are a valid product and a good one if offered by a reputable and competent person/company. I think if one were to sell sub domains they should be very frank and up front about what exactly a consumer is buying.