Re: Ping

>    Why do we have to bother?
> 
>    The reality is that people use new URL names without bothering
>    to register them to IANA.
> 
>    IETF has lost the control because it tried to make the registration
>    restrictive.
> 
> Because there are a few of us who do actually try to follow the rules...?

There was a chance to guarantee uniqueness with unrestricted registrations.

However, the current reality is that there are conflicting names. The
current rule of the reality is that anyone can use any name.

People trying to create new rules are ignored, even though they
declare they observe their own rules.

							Masataka Ohta