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Marshall,

  Yes, I have seen this artical.  There is a ongoing debate reguarding
weather the US Gov should still play an active role in managing the
Name Space (DNS) through NSF and the InterNic or a new group headed
or commisioned by the IANA called IAHC (www.iahc.org) with a new
perposal
for 7 new gTLD's and a quasi-managment scheam under consideration.

  If you would like more details, let me know, I will try to provide.

marshall eubanks wrote:
> 
> This just came in from the Washington Post
> 
> ( http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/digest/tech1.htm )
> 
> NSF Approves Non-Profit Internet Registry
>      Plan
> 
>      By Elizabeth Weise
>      AP Cyberspace Writer
>      Tuesday, June 24, 1997; 4:22 p.m. EDT
> 
>      Moving to privatize the Internet, the National Science Foundation says the
>      assigning of numbers for Internet addresses will be turned over to a non-profit
>      organization.
> 
>      The NSF on Tuesday approved a plan that will establish the American Registry
>      for Internet Numbers. It will keep track of which numbers are assigned to what
>      computers in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
> 
>      Responsibility for registering and tracking numbers and names is currently
>      handled by the private firm Network Solutions Inc. of Reston, Va., under
>      contract with the NSF.
> 
>      Every computer on the Internet has a numerical address, an Internet Protocol
>      address. To make it easier to remember, it's also assigned a "domain name."
>      Thus, 192.220.250.1 becomes nike.com.
> 
>      The NSF plan will separate the assignment of names and numbers, as is already
>      done in Asia and Europe.
> 
>      One reason to separate names and numbers is the legal controversy over who
>      has the right to assign and create Internet domain names.
> 
>                                         Regards
>                                         Marshall Eubanks
>                                         tme at casa.usno.navy.mil

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