I agree. I was asking for clarification because if he means Microsoft his statement doesn't make much sense. I've been having a hard time following his logic. It's starting to sound like a typical anti-Microsoft rant. If that's the case I'll quit trying to find the logic. Kerry Brown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nicolas Adam Sent: August-22-12 1:12 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] The DNS problem 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]> 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