Hold on, just allow me a moment for Marvel 2099 scenarios to clear....okay..done
(I thought your Tolkien reference needed some balance)
I would have to agree with an agency with the powers and authority of a government agency, we could call them the FBI. While that may sound a bit "snarky" it comes from a life-time (so far) of being in government service.
The problem is that going down that path may very well invoke a long habit of delegating authority (ie - delegating work). This will mean going to profit driven companies because they
1) are already in the middle
2) MUST know all about the "tubes"
3) have a vested interest in it all going well
4) already have the manpower and infrastructure in place to deal with it.
Now Walrus, I realize that you weren't suggesting this, I'm just saying that, in this country, there is a danger of it happening.
On the other hand, if an arrangement like this involved 100% exposure to the public AND had a business model that only brought income from this (in other words, NO commercial activity) this might work.
How about shooting for an entity like the US Post Office (and avoiding a situation like DHL handling being the nations postal carrier....or UPS...or FedEx...). While the USPS does collect fee's, makes a profit, etc....
1) government agency with a defined responsibility
2) have a great deal of authority within their own bailiwick
Well "Anonymous Coward".....who signs your paychecks?
It's just a little interesting that the company that handles dns ORG also provides direct access to the company who may have re-directed dns queries for a ORG domain
...also the company who has a history of "suddenly" showing usage for companies to quadruple (with no proof)
...also automatically renews contracts UNLESS you let them know not to AND only if THEY still have proof (not if you do)
...consistently has network problems (plenty of blog traffic)
...sales people who telemarket like they were selling time share condo's in Miami Beach (apologies to Miami and ACTUAL time share sales)
the point it...not the most clean running company...put that together with a company in trouble (but still a large customer stash) and "oops! that was mistake...I have no idea HOW that happened"
Here's a nice little tidbit...
UltraDNS (now owned by Neustar) runs the nameservers for the TLD 'org' (among others).
They ALSO provide DNS services to AOL (I don't mean recursive services) via a service called DNS Shield.
You can check this by running a dig check:
dig amazon.com @mn1aol.ultradns.net
basic_login_account:~ toms-computer$ dig amazon.com @mn1aol.ultradns.net
Slashdot Mirror
(I thought your Tolkien reference needed some balance)
I would have to agree with an agency with the powers and authority of a government agency, we could call them the FBI. While that may sound a bit "snarky" it comes from a life-time (so far) of being in government service.
The problem is that going down that path may very well invoke a long habit of delegating authority (ie - delegating work). This will mean going to profit driven companies because they
1) are already in the middle
2) MUST know all about the "tubes"
3) have a vested interest in it all going well
4) already have the manpower and infrastructure in place to deal with it.
Now Walrus, I realize that you weren't suggesting this, I'm just saying that, in this country, there is a danger of it happening.
On the other hand, if an arrangement like this involved 100% exposure to the public AND had a business model that only brought income from this (in other words, NO commercial activity) this might work.
How about shooting for an entity like the US Post Office (and avoiding a situation like DHL handling being the nations postal carrier....or UPS...or FedEx...). While the USPS does collect fee's, makes a profit, etc....
1) government agency with a defined responsibility
2) have a great deal of authority within their own bailiwick
3) are 100% open to the public
It's just a little interesting that the company that handles dns ORG also provides direct access to the company who may have re-directed dns queries for a ORG domain
the point it...not the most clean running company...put that together with a company in trouble (but still a large customer stash) and "oops! that was mistake...I have no idea HOW that happened"
Here's a nice little tidbit... UltraDNS (now owned by Neustar) runs the nameservers for the TLD 'org' (among others). They ALSO provide DNS services to AOL (I don't mean recursive services) via a service called DNS Shield. You can check this by running a dig check: dig amazon.com @mn1aol.ultradns.net basic_login_account:~ toms-computer$ dig amazon.com @mn1aol.ultradns.net