[ NNSquad ] Re: Some thoughts on Google Public DNS from David Ulevitch OpenDNS founder

["Bob Frankston" <Bob19-0501@bobf.frankston.com>]

If we care about critical infrastructure let’s not forget the DNS is a source of designed-in failure.

 

For now I’m using the Google DNS as respite from Verizon’s ability to make strategic use of my misery.

 

As I’ve written a number of times, the DNS itself is a problematic construct. It doesn’t provide stability since you don’t own your name and it’s fails as a directory because it has none of the social graces of trademark.

 

As we try to pile functions upon the DNS let’s not forget that it’s just an interim hack and we’ll have to move beyond it if we don’t want the Internet to become a vast sea of 404’s or worse, a sea of sites hijacked by those to buy names the millisecond the site goes unregistered …  as Verizon discovered when no one remembered to write the check … but they were able to force the issue, most others cannot.

 

 

From: nnsquad-bounces+nnsquad=bobf.frankston.com@nnsquad.org [mailto:nnsquad-bounces+nnsquad=bobf.frankston.com@nnsquad.org] On Behalf Of Joe Baptista
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 16:06
To: nnsquad@nnsquad.org
Subject: [ NNSquad ] Some thoughts on Google Public DNS from David Ulevitch OpenDNS founder

 

Some thoughts on Google Public DNS from David Ulevitch OpenDNS founder

David Ulevitch OpenDNS founder shares some thoughts on Google Public DNS.

http://bit.ly/7beX0s

He says in his blog that its "no surprise as it was only a matter of time before one of the Internet giants realized the strategic importance of DNS". I myself am more surprised it took them so long with Vint Cerf behind the scene at Google.

regards
joe baptista