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[Jeff Williams]

Gordon,

Gordon Cook wrote:
> 
> Jeff, I find your reply confusing.  The announcement yesterday had very
> little to do with DNS.  The announcement is for an independent IP registry
> operated as a 501(c)6 by the ISP members who own and control it.  ARIN has
> nothing DIRECTLY to do with DNS which your replies seem to be focused on.

  Respectively, I disagree with you statment that ARIN has nothing
DIRECTLY to do with DNS.  This is a common misunderstanding I believe
that needs correcting terribly.  They are irrevacably related.
> 
> I was part of the same telephone press conference with elizabeth weiss
> yesterday where about 8 of us were briefed by george Strawn of NSF.  i
> also have published my own lengthy analysis of why ARIN is important......
> I believe that I sent a copy to this list.

  No comment here.  I leave that statment to your own evalustion.
> 
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> On Wed, 25 Jun 1997, Jeff Williams wrote:
> 
> > Rey,
> >
> > Rey Blanco wrote:
> > >
> > > 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
> > > Marshall:
> > >
> > > Does this mean that all the people who have been praying that
> > > internet works will lose the domain names they have?
> >
> >   No it doesn't at all.  But the managment of who controls those
> > domains will be substancialy diffrent.  In addition there will be
> > 7 new TLD's.  (See www.iahc.org for further details.
> > >
> > > Right now if one taps into the computer a "dot com" address
> > > the "internet" is programmed to go out and search for the long
> > > goobledygook address:   http://www.somedomain.com
> > > if one simply types     somedomain      into the "go to" box.
> > >
> > > Does that programming dissappear?  Is there another operating system?
> >
> >   No the programing does not dissappear.  But a new SHARED registry
> > Domain Network system will be implimented.  The operating systems
> > have little or no effect.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > > Rey Blanco
> >
> > Regards,
> > --
> > Jeffrey A. Williams
> > DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java Development Eng.
> > Information Eng. Group. IEG. INC.
> > Phone :913-294-2375 (v-office)
> > E-Mail jwkckid1 at ix.netcom.com
> >
> >

Regards,
-- 
Jeffrey A. Williams
DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java Development Eng.
Information Eng. Group. IEG. INC. 
Phone :913-294-2375 (v-office)
E-Mail jwkckid1 at ix.netcom.com