Re: DNS: Re: [Fwd: Domain Name Policies: Next meeting of the DNS Forum]

Re: DNS: Re: [Fwd: Domain Name Policies: Next meeting of the DNS Forum]

From: Gary Oliver <gary.oliver§ooo.com.au>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 10:04:43 +1100
Larry Singer wrote:
> 
> >I think thats a disastrously silly outcome and would
> >basically legitemate pizza.com.au class namegrabs and all that implies.
> 
> How about we head off the namegrabs right at the outset and implement a
> sensible, revenue producing way of allocating those names. My first thought
> is some kind of auction where the highest bidder can obtain any particular
> name. (We would have to be careful not to fall into the same trap as the
> Cable bid.) I'm sure there are other methods too.
> ---
> Panther (as in Pinkboard Panther) <panther&#167;pinkboard.com.au>
> Larry Singer <larrys&#167;pinkboard.com.au>
> Larry Singer <larry&#167;wright.com.au>
> http://www.pinkboard.com.au/~panther/
> Sending junk email to my addresses will result in rude messages.
> "That kind of guy."
Larry

My first reaction to your suggestion is that you are then franchising a
new market for names to be traded. Names which otherwise wouldn't get
registered will be registered but unused. Personally, I think a swag of
allocated but unused names is what we ought to avoid.

Seasons greetings
Gary
Received on Mon Dec 30 1996 - 11:17:03 UTC

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