[dns-operations] First new gTLD using ICANN's "Name Collision Occurrence Management Framework"

[Patrik Fältström]

On 28 aug 2014, at 23:36, Warren Kumari <warren at kumari.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Warren Kumari <warren at kumari.net> wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 12:50 PM, SM <sm at resistor.net> wrote:
>>> Hi Chris,
>>> 
>>> At 05:38 28-08-2014, Chris Thompson wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> The gTLD "otsuka", created sometime in the last 24 hours, appears to be
>>>> the
>>>> first to use the wildcards described at
>>> 
>>> 
>>> [snip]
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> What do people think about this business? Is anyone taking specific
>>>> precautions
>>>> to detect attempts to connect to 127.0.53.53?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I presume that the people who invented this stuff know what they are doing.
>> 
>> Mwahahahahahhah.... hahhhahaha.... teehee...
>> 
>> Thanks, I needed that.
> 
> So, I just realized that this sounded like a jab specifically at JAS
> (the folk who proposed the 127.0.53.53 answer) -- this was actually
> instead supposed to be a jab at everyone :-)
> I had long discussions with the JAS folk, and have huge respect for
> them - they did, IMO,  a good job.

It was a very messy discussion with lots of good people having different views. The result is the outcome of a consensus based process which as we know can be complicated sometimes.

What I think we should remember is that the process did conclude, compared with some that because of interest of complete consensus (and not acceptance of rough) that never terminate. I.e. a strength.

   Patrik Fältström

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