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- yakk0dotorg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2things like this have been around for years. It requires you to add their DNS servers to your computer settings. Not very good if you want a lot of people to come to your site. You'll be explaining network settings for a long time.
- calking, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2who knows, maybe soon www.clownpenis.fart will become a real site.
(Saturday Night Live Humor) - stuntpope, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I got forwarded this from so many people I ended up blogging my take on it on our company site, but the basic gist of it is:
* There is nothing revolutionary or innovative about creating an alternative root structure. All it takes is a nameserver. You can load anything you want into your root hints file and then try to convince people to use it.
* The current state of the DNS and the internet naming structure is built entirely on consensus and held together by convention. Thus, it is theoretically possible to alter consensus and change convention.
In practical terms, all you have to do is convince every nameserver operator in the world to change their root hints and if enough parties do it, absolute chaos will reign supreme until 100% uptake is achieved.
Thus, the best an alternative root structure can hope to achieve is to cause permanent and lasting damage, to in effect "break the internet".
At worst they just die quietly and forgotten like all the others.
The complete post at:
http://blog.easydns.org/archives/47-Domain-suffixes-not-an-endangered-species.html - Cheyne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1yeah, while it's interesting, it's been tried before and will never take off
- sekyuritei, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0scam... good luck getting root name servers or any major ISPs to resolve these...
- dude3609, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0..... I'm a bit skeptical of this.. This sounds like it won't be available for quite a long time.. lol
- rompom7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0while it is possible, it's not logistically feasible. or it would cost a HEAP to get a custom .whatever
- GR3G, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Didn't new.net try something like this?
- neekers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0We just need a .MOVIE!!! Hollywood, please do something right.
- dylan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What spyware needs to be installed on a users computer for this service to work?
- Sandwiches_Time, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I can't believe someone already beat me to the "clownpenis.fart" joke. That was the first thing that popped into my mind.
- anetadmn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Sounds like it would be a mess...
- sekyuritei, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Just goes to show you that the editorial staff @ eWeek are tards for letting this one through...
- sjors, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Even worse, there are providers who use there alternative DNS!
In my country (the netherlands) there was a big provider called tiscali who used those alternative domainnames, just to make some extra money. - Everen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0While it's a scam, at least we're safe from sites like http://www.your.mom showing up.
- Hoohoonick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is so bad if it's true. I hope this won't take off, cause you will get the most terrible domain names, and people will be so confused.
- sound, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wow, what a truly stupid idea ... if there are *no* restrictions on TLDs, then the root servers will be more overloaded then they already are. This is a recipe for making DNS unreliable.
- counsel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think it is a good topic of discussion. With the 'official' suggestions for .xxx and others, I think the net is moving to address the desires of the web browsers (not net aware).
- makenshi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Any root servers not endorsed by ICANN are a waste of space.
- mattboston, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0For those of you from the old days of the internet, it sounds like they are trying to become another AlterNic.
- dnt4getdawld, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is so insanely useless. creating complicated domains would only ad to the confusion of websites with the same name. now instead of stupid.com and .net and .org for example there would be stupid.screwuoutofurmoney and stupid.wtf
- wazoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yeah and its expesnive, it says on their site that it is 1000$ too establish the TLD and then 250$ to renew. I could see www.google.google or www.search.google though, now that would be scarry.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0sweet!!!
http://fluck.you
oh the possibilities - SecularG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0reminds me of NEW.net. Had to install an activex component to get the functionality. If it isn't ICANN standard, it is worthless.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Without open standards, we are doomed. Hopefully this company is too.
- ihate2regist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.unifiedroot.com/&prev=/search%3Fq%3DUnifiedRoot%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D
- ihate2regist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0TLD Fees
TLD Application Fee USD 1000
TLD Renewal Fee(after the first year) USD 250 - dFaktor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0different source, same story. dupe.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0It requires you to change your DNS to use their nameservers. Load of crap.
No digg. - slhilbert, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0I was getting ready to post the clownpenis.fart joke too! Dang it. That is such a funny SNL commercial.
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http://www.getyourowntots.com - arr28, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1A change to the rating system. Who says that "Off Topic" should score -1, "Flame" -2 and "SPAM" -3. I'd rather indicate the type of problem and the severity of the problem separately. If implemented some additional options would be useful as well.
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