I'm pretty sure it refers to microsoft but -- and I don't usually 
display an over-exuberance of love for ms --  I fail to see how it [sic] 
has the major influence in the DNS system.

Nicolas

On 22/08/2012 4:04 PM, Kerry Brown wrote:
>
> I'm not sure who or what you mean by "MS"?
>
> Kerry Brown
>
> *From:*NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf 
> Of *Carl Smith
> *Sent:* August-22-12 12:59 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: [NCSG-Discuss] The DNS problem
>
> Thanks McTim,
>
> However, DNS is an IP look up system and re-director, where LISP is a 
> programing language.  MS has the major influence in the DNS system.  
> We need a less single source dominated system.  Our hope must come 
> from the Open Source mavericks to provide the way.
>
> Lou
>
> On 8/21/2012 11:29 AM, McTim wrote:
>
>     On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Carl Smith
>     <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>     The DNS problem and reason for confusion is due to limitations
>     imposed during the infancy of development stages of machine
>     inter-connectivity. Basically, IP is insufficient to grant each
>     machine a unique identity. The limited IP addresses are licensed
>     to master networks which in turn are sub-netted to machines which
>     only have a local identity slaved to the master.
>
>     Ultimately, we need a unique ID for each machine which is not
>     slaved or controlled by a master.
>
>
>
>     Is this a DNS issue or an ID/Locator problem?
>
>
>     If so, LISP may be what you want to look at here, not the DNS.
>
>
>     -- 
>     Cheers,
>
>     McTim
>     "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is.
>     A route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>