Nicolas, To bring you up to date of all the power and influence of the Microsoft, IBM and Intel consortium would be outside the resources and intent of this forum, I believe. But I am sure there are many Internet references available at your finger tips. with respect, Lou On 8/22/2012 4:12 PM, Nicolas Adam wrote: > 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 >> >