[dns-wg] Yeti DNS and the RIPE NCC

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 12:32:06PM +0200,
 Amreesh Phokeer <amreesh.phokeer at gmail.com> wrote 
 a message of 110 lines which said:

> Just want to know, how far or how close YETI is as compared to the Open
> Root [1] project

No comparison possible.

1) Yeti is an actual service, running. You can use it now if you want,
you can test it, the IP addresses of the root name servers are
published <http://yeti-dns.org/rootzone.html> OpenRoot is a joke,
which does not have even one server. See
<http://www.open-root.eu/about-open-root/how-to-install-an-open-root-website-69/>
"For testing Open-Root DNS, ask us" They don't even publish the IP
addresses of their root name servers (something that every alternative
root, responsible or not, always does prominently). At the JDDL
meeting in Lyon, one of the Open Root founders, asked to indicate
these IP addresses, said they were not published "for security
reasons".

2) Yeti is managed by people who know one or two things about the
DNS. Open Root is managed by complete ignorants. See
<http://www.open-root.eu/about-open-root/open-roots/> "In the absence
of user’s choice, the root activated by default on all PCs is the
Icann’s one." or "However Google (and Chrome) use their own root (copy
of the ICANN root); its IP address is 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.6.6." (and this
is not the worst claim on their site).

3) Yeti is a not-for-profit project, run by volunteers. Open Root is a
commercial company selling TLDs
<http://www.open-root.eu/our-offer/towards-new-manners/>