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[Rouben <rouben AT rouben.net>]

Way to think outside the box, Kevin!

That’s actually a really good idea. From a technical standpoint, there’s nothing really stopping anyone to start their own TLD, mimicking OpenNIC policy if they want to, and then bring it to the table for discussion, review and eventual approval.

This may be such a good idea, I am tempted to say that it should be a requirement; that is rather than just invent a TLD and hope it sticks, bring a live TLD with an actual userbase to OpenNIC that already has some history.

Granted the above is very much a knee-jerk response. I just really like Kevin’s idea. :)

Rouben

On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 14:35 kevin <krattai AT gmail.com> wrote:

Been a lot of email activity lately, can't remember who actually
suggested an idea of this in the more recent volley.

Many / most of us know that DNS itself has been designed to be quite
robust and scalable.  Part of why it works so well.  It is not OpenNIC
that has created an opportunity for anyone to create their own TLDs.
 Anyone with a DNS server can, at any time, create their own TLDs.  All
that OpenNIC really does, is provide an opportunity for someone to
enlist the useage of a TLD by other people, by way of adopting it to a
larger pool of general TLDs, co-maintained (as it were) by OpenNIC tier
1 maintainers.

It has appeared to me that many people who come to, and eventually go
from, active participation in OpenNIC conversations, have had some idea
that OpenNIC needs to be more organized than it needs to be.  Seeming
to have some idea that OpenNIC needs to function, in some ways, like
ICANN, or even operate in some form of co-agreement with ICANN.  As
though I might care, as an example, that someone using OpenNIC has
access to the .com TLD, or the ICANN version of .com as though ICANN
makes a TLD real and valuable.  Obviously .com TLDs are of interest to
many people and "blocking" or hijacking that established TLD makes no
sense, but that is the reality and prerogative of any independent DNS
operator.

It's my opinion that the value of OpenNIC is that IT DOES NOT operate
like ICANN and is not some over regulated, over-reaching, user pay
system that caters to those that have resources that can manipulate a
generally valuable, distributed DNS system.

It is also my opinion that OpenNIC remains a framework of guidelines
for the process of bringing established, or (presumed) popular (and
valuable) TLDs to the user base, by way of integrating such TLDs into
OpenNIC member's operating tier 1 servers.

There is no reason why .front, or planetTLDs, or any of the other
previously proposed TLDs cannot be created and used by those proposing
them.  Create a TLD on a public facing DNS server if desired, promote
those TLDs to the public as anyone can, active users of those TLDs
would utilize the DNS servers hosting those TLDs and eventually,
promote the integration of those TLDs into the OpenNIC infrastructure.

OpenNIC is not likely to be the reason why a TLD gains traction and
becomes popular.  What OpenNIC can do is provide a certain amount of
longevity and scalability and availability for TLDs that do become
popular and useful.

OpenNIC need not operate in some presumed box.  Its value, in my
opinion, is in its very organic, elastic, and mutually respectful
nature.

Kevin


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