On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 08:32:38PM -0500, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
> > notbeing Paul, its rude of me to respond - yet you posted this
> > to a public list ... so here goes.
> >
> > Why do you find your behaviour in your domains acceptable and yet
> >the
> > same behaviour in others zones to be "a Bad Thing" and should be
> >stopped?
>
> Thought I was clear: Choice.
>
> I believe there is a qualitative difference between a *TLD and a
> second level domain. /Especially/ for the GTLDs.
so you are making the arguement that as one navigates
the dns heirarchy, operational choices nearer the root
affect more people.
as may be. - yet we see ICANN under serious pressure to
flatten out the root zone - to create the same amount of choice
at the root as one might find in .COM
I will echo your original question to Paul, If its a "Bad Thing"
at the root or TLD, is it a "Bad Thing" in ianai.com?
I would say yes it is - looking for consistency in the stewardship
guidelines for any delegation. personally, I take the path less
traveled and woudl suggest that a wildcard - at any delegation point -
can be a useful tool.
the unspoken compoent here is the diversity of expectation on what
one might do with a wildcard. Is the wildcard in and of itself a
"Bad Thing" or has the wildcard been used in conjunction with other
heinous practice to unfairly exploit the gullible masses?
I don't think it fair to blame wildcards here - they are a symptom
but not the actual cause of "Bad Thing" - for that you need other
bits in play.
--bill
