Every Vista PC to get a domain name
Microsoft is on the way to enter new markets.
Want to be able to access your machine anytime, anywhere? Can’t be bothered purchasing a domain name and configuring Dynamic DNS? Microsoft has a solution: the “Windows Internet Computer Name” — a unique domain name for your computer. It´s simply nothing else as a Domain with a kind of Dyn DNS preinstalled or embeded in MS Vista.
The Windows Internet Computer Name is an advancement on the Peer Name Resolution Protocol (PNRP), which is a name registration and resolution protocol initially developed for Windows XP.
Unlike traditional DNS, where domain name servers are used essential to store a list of domain names and their corresponding numeric IP addresses, PNRP does all the domain name resolution via peer-to-peer. Put another way, users of Windows Vista provide PNRP domain name resolution services for other Windows Vista users.
Here a Wikipedia article how it works.
But how does it affect the existing market of Domain Name Registrars? We learned what happened a few years ago with the browser market when Windows implemented their free MS Explorer. For the moment they are only ICANN Accredited, will they become accredited for ccTLD´s too? Will the low cost aftermarket become more interesting for end consumers that would like to buy back their last name? But what is sure is that Domain Registrations could grow … we will see …
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