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Jim Reid
jim at rfc1035.com
Sat May 21 22:08:04 CEST 2005
Here's the latest response from Doug. He confirms that IANA does permit multiple names for the same IP address for delegations in the root zone. I trust we can now consider this matter closed. Begin forwarded message: > From: Doug Barton <doug.barton at icann.org> > Date: May 21, 2005 20:53:13 BST > To: Jim Reid <jim at rfc1035.com> > Cc: iana at iana.org, Daniel <dfk at ripe.net>, Mohsen Souissi > <Mohsen.Souissi at nic.fr>, Jaap Akkerhuis <jaap at nlnetlabs.nl>, "Olaf M. > Kolkman" <olaf at ripe.net>, Lars-Johan Liman <liman at autonomica.se>, > Barbara Roseman <barbara.roseman at icann.org>, Peter Koch <pk at denic.de>, > Olivier Guillard <Olivier.Guillard at nic.fr>, philippe.lubrano at nic.fr > Subject: Re: Questions on IANA TLD Operations > > On Sat, 21 May 2005, Jim Reid wrote: > >> On May 21, 2005, at 04:09, Doug Barton wrote: >> >>> Thank you for raising this issue, my response is below. Please let >>> me know if you intend to forward this to the WG. Otherwise I am >>> happy to do so. >> >> Doug, many thanks for the timely reply. It was unfortunate that you >> were unable to be in Stockholm when this issue was raised at the WG. >> >> However I have to say that your reply leaves me as confused as I was >> when we sent the email to yourself and Barbara. Perhaps I've not had >> enough caffeine today to get the neurons firing. Your mail says "the >> problem is now fixed" without clarifying which problem you are >> referring to. One interpretation of your remarks could be that the >> problem with the .fr delegation has been resolved because AFNIC has >> applied the workaround you suggested. That interpretation of course >> leaves the questions we asked unanswered. Could you please give me a >> clear and unequivocal answer to this question: "Are TLDs permitted to >> register a hostname for their delegation when there is another >> hostname in the root zone for the same IP address?" Thanks. > > Yes. I do not know how to make it more unequivocal than that. :) > > I'm sorry that you found my answer confusing. One of the reasons it > took so long to produce (in addition to the fact that until Monday I > am technically still on leave) is that I had several people review it > to make sure that it was clear. I am sensitive to your point that > English is not the first language for many of the RIPE community, and > I appreciate your asking for clarification. > >> As far as forwarding your reply to the WG list is concerned, I think >> this should be my responsibility. > > That's totally appropriate, and I see that you have already done that, > thank you. My only concern is that given the fact that this issue was > raised in the WG, I want to be sure that they are informed of the > response. > > Regards, > > Doug > > -- > Doug Barton > General Manager, The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority >
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