Julien M. · @julm
485 followers · 4935 posts · Server framapiaf.org« the #InternetSociety (#ISOC) announced that it has #sold the rights to the .org #registry for an undisclosed sum to a #PrivateEquity company called #EthosCapital »
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/20/org_registry_sale_shambles
#Internet #DNS #Capitalism
« A Cat Explains #DNS » https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZtFk2dtqv0
« All the major transport protocols had name resolution before #DNS. […] #DNS is about #power. #DNS is about #stateless and #HierarchicalMajesty going on across the #Internet without having a central point of #failure. »
#failure #hierarchicalmajesty #stateless #power #capitalism #dns #internet #EthosCapital #privateequity #registry #sold #isoc #internetsociety
Julien M. · @julm
485 followers · 4935 posts · Server framapiaf.org« If I asked you what was #DNS you'd probably say "Oh! #DNS is the Domain Name Service, it allows us to remember #hostnames like google.com instead of having to remember #IP addresses addresses like 173.194.219.26"
[…] Except that's the stupidest answer in the world. […] All the major transport protocols had name resolution before #DNS.
[…] #DNS is about #power. #DNS is about #stateless and #HierarchicalMajesty going on across the #Internet without having a central point of #failure. »
#dns #hostnames #ip #power #stateless #hierarchicalmajesty #internet #failure