Re: do it yourself roots, was Something better than DNS?

[Peter Dambier <peter at peter-dambier.de>]

John Levine wrote:
> > If they can suck down all the top level zone files then it is easy
> > for them to publish an ALTERNATIVE DNS VIEW that contains their own
> > additions. Anyone who uses their view will then see the so-called
> > official DNS info as well as the overlay.
>
>
> When I see claims like this, I really have to wonder how well people
> understand the way that the DNS works.  If you want to publish your
> own root that merges the real root (the one that the A through M root
> servers publish with advice from ICANN) with stuff of your own, you
> can do it now, and it wouldn't make any practical difference if you
> could AXFR every zone in the world.
>
> If you want to add your own TLDs, the easiest way to do it is to FTP
> the root zone, which is easy and quite legal to get, add in your own
> TLDs, and try and persuade people to use your servers.  The root zone
> changes slowly, so downloading and remixing your root once a day would
> be plenty.
...
 >
> The real reason that alternate roots haven't caught on is that there
> is no demand for them from the people who use the DNS.  (There's
> plenty of demand from people who imagine they would get rich if they
> could own .WEB or .SEX or whatever, but that's irrelevant.)  For all
> of the failings of the current roots and of ICANN, with which as a
> member of the ICANN ALAC I am extremely familiar, it works well enough
> for the things that people use it for, and that shows no sign of
> changing despite occasional efforts to screw it up like wildcards in
> TLD zones.

John, there is demand for it.

To find out why, look at these domains:

Status China Root

soa("XN--55QX5D.","2006112704","CDNS3.CNNIC.NET.CN","210.52.214.86").
soa("XN--55QX5D.","2006112704","CDNS4.CNNIC.NET.CN","61.145.114.120").
soa("XN--55QX5D.","2006112704","CDNS5.CNNIC.NET.CN","61.139.76.55").
soa("XN--55QX5D.","2006112704","HAWK2.CNNIC.NET.CN","159.226.6.185").

soa("XN--FIQS8S.","2006112704","CDNS3.CNNIC.NET.CN","210.52.214.86").
soa("XN--FIQS8S.","2006112704","CDNS4.CNNIC.NET.CN","61.145.114.120").
soa("XN--FIQS8S.","2006112704","CDNS5.CNNIC.NET.CN","61.139.76.55").
soa("XN--FIQS8S.","2006112704","HAWK2.CNNIC.NET.CN","159.226.6.185").

soa("XN--IO0A7I.","2006112704","CDNS3.CNNIC.NET.CN","210.52.214.86").
soa("XN--IO0A7I.","2006112704","CDNS4.CNNIC.NET.CN","61.145.114.120").
soa("XN--IO0A7I.","2006112704","CDNS5.CNNIC.NET.CN","61.139.76.55").
soa("XN--IO0A7I.","2006112704","HAWK2.CNNIC.NET.CN","159.226.6.185").

Status Arab Root

soa("XN--IGBHZH7GPA.","12","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12").
soa("XN--LGBBAT1AD8J.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12").
soa("XN--MGB2DDES.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12").
soa("XN--MGBA3A5AZCI.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12").
soa("XN--MGBA5B5CCEU.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12").
soa("XN--MGBAH1A3HJKRD.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12").
soa("XN--MGBAXP8FPL.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12").
soa("XN--MGBB7FJB.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12").
soa("XN--MGBB7FYAB.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12").
soa("XN--MGBC0A9AZCG.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12").
soa("XN--MGBCPQ6GPA1A.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12").
soa("XN--MGBERP4A5D4AR.","2006111409","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12").
soa("XN--MGBG8EDVM.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12").
soa("XN--MGBU4CHG.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12").
soa("XN--NGBEE7IID.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12").
soa("XN--WGBL6A.","5","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12").
soa("XN--YGBI2AMMX.","9","AR-ROOT.NIC.NET.SA","212.26.18.12").

soa("XN--MGBAAM7A8H.","12652","NS1.UAENIC.AE","213.42.0.226").
soa("XN--MGBAAM7A8H.","12652","NS2.UAENIC.AE","195.229.0.186").

soa("XN--PGBS0DH.","2005062700","NS.ATI.TN","193.95.66.10").
soa("XN--PGBS0DH.","2005062700","NS2.ATI.TN","193.95.67.22").

Status I-DNS.NET

soa("XN--3RC8E2BB9H.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131").
soa("XN--81B8B9A9C.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131").
soa("XN--C1AVG.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131").
soa("XN--E1APQ.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131").
soa("XN--G2B9A1A.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131").
soa("XN--I1B6B7E.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131").
soa("XN--J1AEF.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131").
soa("XN--P1AG.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131").
soa("XN--P1AI.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131").
soa("XN--QLC9A5A.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131").
soa("XN--USC8B9A.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131").
soa("XN--USCN1BV9BH3H.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131").
soa("XN--VF4B131B.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131").
soa("XN--ZB0BNW.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131").
soa("XN--ZV4B74Y.","2006112608","NSA.I-DNS.NET","64.62.142.131").

Those people dont talk english and they dont use latin keyboerds.
That is why you never heard of them.


Kind regards
Peter and Karin

--
Peter and Karin Dambier
Cesidian Root - Radice Cesidiana
Rimbacher-Strasse 16
D-69509 Moerlenbach-Bonsweiher
+49(6209)795-816 (Telekom)
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mail: peter at peter-dambier.de
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http://www.cesidianroot.com/


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