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I can't help but imagine the terrible implications this has for new startups. Want to launch your awesome new webapp? Too bad, because your domain is "too new
by kiwidrew 16y ago
I can't help but imagine the terrible implications this has for new startups. Want to launch your awesome new webapp? Too bad, because your domain is "too new" and so nobody's DNS will resolve it yet. And so your first task will be to go around to all of the DNSRBL organizations and plead with them to put you on the "good guys" list; as others have pointed out, if the current crop of e-mail RBL groups are anything to go by, this will be a frustrating and opaque process.
The network infrastructure shouldn't be in the business of enforcing policy, period. This is exactly the same slippery slope as the net neutrality debate, and in just the same way, it favours the existing players and those with the deepest pockets. Do we, as startups, really need yet another disadvantage?