AfriNIC put these wonderful people on stage at the African Internet
Summit.
AfriNIC did not put them on the stage. AIS was not convened by AfriNIC. It is very much like holding APNIC responsible for the content of other parts of an APRICOT meeting. It just doesn't reflect the facts.
I agree that these TLD sellers are rather silly, but the organizers of the conference chose to allow free speech.
You are, of course, free to criticize as you wish, but ideally, you should at least direct your criticism at those responsible.
Owen
Indeed, you should point out the simple fact that anybody with a budget
can simply buy their time to sound like they belong somewhere and that
people approve of what you do, and being the 'lunch sponsor' gets you
there; ergo: verify what those sponsor's message is before letting them
pay for spamming at your conference...
Greets,
Jeroen
How is AFRINIC responsible of that?
AfriNIC put these wonderful people on stage at the African Internet
Summit.
afrinic put them on the stage. it is said because you needed to fill
slots in the program, but i really do not know why or care.
randy
I agree that these TLD sellers are rather silly, but the organizers of the
conference chose to allow free speech.
I'm not sure it matters. Besides, you can always ignore their
presentation, abstain from the meeting, go home, or bitch on NANOG;
I'll agree TLD seller speeches are a waste of your time - well,
unless the folks are from ICANN, who probably will be selling gTLDs
en mass before too long, as they undergo technical feasability
studies ---- and of course
"the answer to a feasibility study is almost always “yes”". (see
Robert Glass, Facts and Fallacies)
Although, the bitching on NANOG bit only really serves to draw more
attention to their existence, which is what the unauthorized 3rd party
TLD selllers want anyways.
You are, of course, free to criticize as you wish, but ideally, you should
at least direct your criticism at those responsible.
AfriNic kind of choses to associate themselves, by allowing their
meeting to be at a venue, and proximal in time to the TLD sellers'
speech.
At least they are good enough to include the facts in their FAQ :
* 5 - Do business firms use open roots?*
*Nowadays, no, or they are not identified. *
Scott
Am I missing something, or is that purporting to be an IPv4 address
beginning with 478?
http://www.open-root.eu/about-open-root/how-to-install-an-open-root-website-69/
Am I missing something, or is that purporting to be an IPv4 address
beginning with 478?
Heh... it seems as though they mistyped '*78.47.115.194*' there.
> 7 - How to distinguish between identical TLDs?
Within the Icann framework, names such as: tube.com, tube.net,
tube.org, etc. allow in principle to differentiate different domains
under the same name.
Within the open root framework, if there are several .tube, one will
distinguish them according to the root being activated.
Wait... so 'open root' isn't a single alternative root namespace? It's
different depending on... near as I can tell which part of the planet
you're in?
Or is the product multiple independent roots... are you buying your own
'.' tree or a 'tld.' tree?
Clearly, this will work?
Is this the future? "Visit my site at
http://fluttershy.turgid.wonka.^78.47.115.194/index.go"
If you're re-defining the general perception of DNS, why not re-define IPv4
whilst you're at it?
It looks like the 4 at the start shouldn't be there - or at least, there is
a DNS server at the IP address you get without the 4...
Scott
you clearly are being limited by your bias to binary maths.
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-terrell-math-quant-ternary-logic-of-binary-sys-10
They apparently have different "zones" (ie, they run 5 different, separate
roots), and you pay a different price depending on how many "zones" you
want your TLD to be active in. (cf
http://www.open-root.eu/our-rates/list-of-zones-and-pricing/)
Wow... that's pretty exciting; long has the internet been plagued
by the scourge of global DNS name uniqueness.
The 10,000 fee to register in all zones, practically guarantees,
that for some TLDs, you could take advantage of the fact that the
company only registered in one zone -- in order to piggyback on their
good name in other regions, to display pages dedicated to
advertising in those regions, for the 2 or 3 people in that
region using a DNS resolver that consults their root.
Now they just need to work on overcoming the fact that their root
would nonetheless be inaccessible to fewer than 0.01bps of
internet users' DNS resolvers.
I hate you, Chris.
My brain just ran and hid under a rock,
and won't come back out anymore. 
Matt
hilarious! Now we know that open really means ... closed.
C
Alex Buie wrote: