Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Control of the .ORG TLD

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the insert-group-sex-joke-here dept.

rhwalker22 writes "TechNews.com has an in-depth look at the 11 groups bidding to run dot-org when VeriSign gives it up later this year." I have a sneaking suspicion that my bid of $100 and a case of guinness has been outdone.

10 of 158 comments (clear)

  1. just don't let the XXX zealots get it. by edrugtrader · · Score: 5, Funny

    i don't want to have to change my bookmarks to slashdot.orgy

    --
    MARIJUANA, SHROOMS, X: ONLINE?! - E
  2. I see'll your guiness.... by wo1verin3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    .... and raise you Celine Dion.

    (I'm in canada, we don't want her)

  3. This is about the back end, not the registrars by Animats · · Score: 5, Insightful
    This is about control of the back end, the common registry database and zone file distribution system. It doesn't affect registration of .ORG domains, which is handled by all the current registrars.

    The way this ought to work is with the database is distributed and replicated across all the registrars, with a majority-voting system for forcing consistency. That would eliminate any single point of failure. .ORG would be a good place to deploy such a technology, so that when .COM comes up for renewal, we can get rid of the current single point of control.

  4. if Microsoft got it... by sulli · · Score: 4, Funny

    they could register B.ORG

    --

    sulli
    RTFJ.
  5. how about .ARG! by jhampson · · Score: 4, Funny

    That will describe the sound you make when your site's been slashdotted.

  6. Harrumph .... by Carl+Malamud · · Score: 5, Informative

    As one of the official supplicants, I naturally read the profiles (and even read the full proposals). So, it was with some bemusement that I noted a continued strain of ".org has to go to a for-profit registry provider because that is the only way the system will be stable."

    We posted a few choice words on this subject. The "trust us because we're a .com and will run a stable argument" argument just doesn't wash.

    Carl Malamud
    Internet Muticasting Service

    1. Re:Harrumph .... by PatientZero · · Score: 4, Interesting
      I don't have anything against commercial interests, but in this case I can't see any reason to not let a non-profit run the .org domain. It's not like the internet doesn't provide enough commercial opportunities already.

      As well, I noted in the article that if a non-profit wins the bid, VeriSign has agreed to give them a $5 million endowment. Given the amount of politics going on within ICANN, can we be sure that VeriSign isn't campaigning for a commercial winner to save them some cash?

      --
      Freedom to fear. Freedom from thought. Freedom to kill.
      I guess the War on Terror really is about freedom!
  7. chalk up another blow by natefaerber · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Dot-org is important now because it the one space on the Internet that ... has been devoted to noncommercial speech," said Barry Steinhardt, the director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Technology and Liberty Program. "If it were to be turned into just another dot-com, that would be a blow to speech." (emphasis mine)

    [cheapshot]
    mpaa.org?
    riaa.org?

    What is 'noncommercial' about that? I guest we can chalk up another 'blow to speech' by the corporations that RUN mpaa and riaa.
    [/cheapshot]

    --
    -- My HARDWARE, My CHOICE.
  8. Re:Affects all of us by sweetooth · · Score: 5, Funny

    You should really try slashdot.com some time.

  9. Support by zobo · · Score: 5, Informative
    The Internet Multicasting Service and Internet Software Consortium (as a team) are among the bidders for .org.

    The IMS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit run by Carl Malamud, who was responsible for getting the SEC's EDGAR filings freely available online. There is more info here.

    --
    83chrise.nuf