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Re: open letter (Re: NSI Bulletin 098-013 | gtld server)

  • From: Karl Denninger
  • Date: Tue Oct 06 07:35:38 1998

My God, Paul, you're waking up!

Perhaps sentience will make an appearance soon.

-- Karl

On Mon, Oct 05, 1998 at 10:25:50PM -0700, Paul Vixie wrote:
> I have three questions about:
> 
> [email protected] ("David H. Holtzman") writes:
> 
> > In a continuing effort to enhance service to the community, Network
> > Solutions has added another gTLD server, f.gtld-servers.net (207.159.77.18)
> > at PAIX, Palo Alto, CA.  The server will be operation in the next couple of
> > days.  This server will serve the .com, .net and .org domains only.
> > _____________________________________
> > David H. Holtzman ([email protected])
> > Sr Vice President of Engineering
> > Network Solutions, Inc.
> 
> 1. As the operator of F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, which is also at PAIX, I'm
> curious to know whether your reselection of the letter "F" in your host's
> name indicates a relationship between your "F" and my "F"?
> 
> 2. In the past, changes in the COM delegation have been made via IANA.
> Since IANA was not involved in this announcement, should I interpret this
> as a unilateral move on NSI's part?
> 
> 3. Does NSI still think of COM, NET, and ORG as its intellectual property?
> And is this belief bolstered in some way by the ICANN announcements?
> -- 
> Paul Vixie
> La Honda, CA			"Many NANOG members have been around
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