Dedicated to preserving the central
coordinating functions of the global
Internet for the public good.
CCTLD News Memo #4 (24
February 1998)
The US Government has just published a proposal to significantly
alter the way that Domain Names, IP Address Allocation, and IANA
functions are handled in the worldwide Internet.
This proposal can be viewed at:
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/022098fedreg.txt
There is a relatively short period for comment (about a month.)
If you are at all interested in these topics, I encourage you
to read the proposal.
If you like it -- send in a comment to that effect. If you
don't like it, or don't like parts of it -- also send in a comment.
Well organized comments will, of course, carry more persuasive
force.
People from outside the United States may also make comments.
Indeed the non-US perspective could be particularly valuable and
enlightening.
(If you want to look up statutory references, a good place
to look is:
http://law.house.gov/uscsrch.htm )
Consider this as an early exercise in Internet democracy.
Please send comments on this web
site to: webmaster@iana.org
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