ACTION-112: Rewrite for 8.3.2 (was ACTION-100)

> This action is actually wrong in tracker -- it's about 8.3.2.

(Turns out I was confused.  This is ACTION-112; I've got another one
for 8.2.3.)

> Proposed text: "DNS is a hierarchical name space.  Name assignments
> on upper layers of this name space are controlled by various policy
> and business processes and often thought of as identifiers for
> real-world entities; name assignments on the lower layers are
> typically choosen freely and often thought of as identifiers for
> individual hosts or services.  However, these intricacies are not
> widely understood.  Studies show that users will interpret brand
> names that occur on any level of a domain name as a signal that
> allows them to assume some kind of reliable association between the
> brand and the domain name. [Security Toolbars]"
> 
> (This also needs a normative reference to RFC 1034 and 1035.  And
> no, it isn't perfect, yet.)

-- 
Thomas Roessler, W3C  <tlr@w3.org>

Received on Wednesday, 7 February 2007 01:28:58 UTC