Joachim Blank on Sun, 6 Oct 96 12:24 MET |
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nettime: the Liberation of NameSpace |
>Return-Path: <owner-nettime-l@Desk.nl> >Sender: owner-nettime-l@Desk.nl >Date: Sat, 5 Oct 1996 14:34:12 -0400 >To: geert@xs4all.nl, pit@uropax.contrib.de >From: mf@MediaFilter.org (MediaFilter) >Subject: nettime: the Liberation of NameSpace >Cc: nettime-l@desk.nl, list@rhizome.com >Sender: owner-nettime-l@Desk.nl > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Liberation of NameSpace > >Stalinistic limitations on the possibilities of network names >are a legacy of the cold war mentality which exists in the >current "domain" name system (DNS) of the internet. > >The "organizational" nature of net names reflect the >bureaucratic, militaristic mindset of the centralized >agency, InterNIC, now operating as a private, highly >profitable monopoly called Network Solutions, Inc. > >The very term "Domain" refers to "dominion" or "domination". >The net with supposedly no borders (another myth) is "organized" into >territories--"domains" and "zones of authority"--all >total contradictions to the nature of the network: >to dissolve all borders. > >The name.space intitative grows out of a movement to >de-militarize the mindset of the net and open it up to more democratic models. >By freeing the constraints of naming conventions imposed by the >central authority, the NIC, the artificial shortages created by >the command economy of names will disappear, and take along with >it the name speculators who bought up thousands of names (for $100 each) >in hopes of auctioning them off to the highest bidder. > >name.space has begun the liberation of the network namespace >by creating a network of alternative root nameservers on the net >and making them available to all who wish to use them. name.space >seeks to support artistic and independent content by providing >new names for projects and virtual net addresses to support websites >named in namespace. > >This is an open call for participation to creators of net-based >works, to request names for their projects, which will be presented >at first via links from the name.space. site. Network administrators >are invited to switch their named.cache file from the internic version >to the name.space. version which lists the name.space root servers >in place of the internic servers. Users are invited to change their >local tcp/ip nameserver settings to the name.space server network. >Instructions on how to do this reside at the name.space website. > >The Winter Palace is about to be stormed! ....Thing.net in NYC >(http://www.thing.net) has been successfully running the name.space servers >as root for over 2 weeks providing their users with access to all the names >in name.space in addition to all the "traditional" net names. The rest of the >net will be next! > >Other participating networks include: > > desk.nl (http://desk.autono.net.) ><A HREF="desk.autono.net"><--</A> > internationale stadt, Berlin (http://is.autono.net.) <A >HREF="is.autono.net"><--</A> > muuMediaBase, Helsinki (http://muu.autono.net.) <A >HREF="muu.autono.net"><--</A> > LOIS, Ljubljana (http://ljudmila.autono.net.) <A >HREF="ljudmila.autono.net"><--</A> > zero.tolerance.org, NY (http://zero.autono.net) <A >HREF="zero.autono.net"><--</A> > mediafilter, NY (http://mediafilter.autono.net) <A >HREF="mediafilter.autono.net"><--</A> > >More information can be found at the name.space. website >http://namespace.autono.net<A HREF="namespace.autono.net"><--</A> > >The time is now to dissolve the monopoly on names and bring down >the centralized command economy of Network Solutions, Inc. (a.k.a. InterNIC). > >Paul Garrin >eon@autono.net >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: 2.6ui > >iQCVAgUBMlaoioMK4FNDfV7dAQFRsAQAqX/efrncvSRzzQFYwCXMJHxvYwozv36f >3hgNFnKqn6mHj+s/kyAN/cE6Tw+2LGJ3hcMBffVjQP0UjXAYPj/YrlIJszXx0N5w >gMY8Ejkj6KrdrVxZ/zHDrv42lnGekdCkQ91LISL/c4/bM8R7F6aKlTpK61c1CInT >ftyN9QDbQYs= >=mJHE >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > >-- >* distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission >* <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, >* collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets >* more info: majordomo@is.in-berlin.de and "info nettime" in the msg body >* URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: nettime-owner@is.in-berlin.de > > ______________________________________________ | | | Joachim Blank | | Internationale Stadt Berlin | | D-10969 Berlin, Prinzessinenstr. 19-20 | | Tel: +49 30 61697344 Fax: +49 30 61609341 | | have a look at http://www.icf.de | |______________________________________________|