2:141 .PLANET

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From: Terra Communications <wbrun at thepla.net>
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>again! Sorry folks no room.
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>Walter
>wbrun at thepla.net



If you are concerned that there is no room
in IPv8, I suggest that you check out IPv4
and RIPE. With 2,048 "seats", IPv8 will
handle about 10 times as many TLDs as
are currently in the legacy Root Name Servers.
This is 10 times more than some people
would like to see. While I agree that there
really is no limit, because of technology we
have to set the boundaries at some reasonable
point. If you like think of it like a large auditorium
with 2,048 seats. There are logistics to
getting people in and out and most importantly
to making sure they do not collide.

I suggest that people focus on taking one
seat at a time to make sure there is room
for other people that want a seat. The 8 large
regions just help to keep things organized,
as it turns out, .PLANET is in G2 and not
G3. That may suit you better because G2
started with an emphasis on South America
which has many spanish speaking people.

2:141   PLANET

Keep in mind that domain names are only
part of the challenge ahead. The other goal
is to spread the IPv8 address resources around.
With the .PLANET TLD the TLD authority can
now start to sell, lease or give away IPv8
addresses in the 32-bit block with the
following range. 2:141.X.X.X.X. This is an
address space as large as the ENTIRE current
IPv4 Internet. It will need to be managed well.
IN-ADDR.PLANET should be used for reverse
delegations in the DNS.

If you need any help, there are more and more
people familiar with the DNS and the Internet
in general. I hope to see your involvement
grow and I hope that you help others to get
involved. The key to the Internet is to try to
help keep it expanding. We also have to try to
avoid having all of the resources being captured
by a small elite group. That will only happen if
many people work to fairly distribute the
resources.


Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation - http://www.unir.com
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