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At 18:46 11/16/98 -0800, you wrote: >On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Dean Robb wrote: > >> >Such seperation is mandated by the latest Amendment to the Cooperative >> >Agreement between the U.S. Government and NSI. However it doesn't have to >> >occur for several months still. >> >> I'm afraid I can't find that provision in any amendment to the Cooperative >> Agreement as posted at http://rs.internic.net/nsf/agreement/. > >From: http://rs.internic.net/nsf/agreement/amendment11.html > >Separation of Registry/Registrar Services: > >Following the Phase 1 deployment of the Shared Registration System, NSI >shall make a certification to the USG every six months designed to >demonstrate by means of objective criteria, which shall be >agreed upon between USG and NSI, that NSI is providing all licensed >Accredited Registrars with equal access to its registry >services. NSI also will by February 1, 1999, employ appropriate >safeguards, approved by the USG, to ensure that revenues and assets of the >registry are not utilized to financially advantage NSI's registrar >activities to the detriment of other registrars. I read this as a requirement that NSI not lock any alternative registrars out, nor can they use the registry (or it's database) for unfair advantage. I don't see how this equates to a requirement that WorldNIC, InterNIC and NSI data flow through different pipes...which was the point made by the original poster. Spammers should be investigated by Ken Starr! Dean Robb PC-EASY computer services (757) 495-EASY [3279]
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