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 >