On Sat, 31 Aug 1996, Tim Salo wrote:
On the other hand, I don't know that NANOG is the right forum for this.
Seems to me the issue is adequately documented at http:www.patents.com/nsi.sht and possibly there may be some documents on the resource page at http://www.memra.com/ndbg.html that also apply. Two good reasons not to discuss it at NANOG are that NSI does have a domain-policy mailing list and other than taking up the issue with the company, they are operating under a co-operative agreement with NSF and the FNC (http://www.nfs.gov and http://www.fnc.gov) which takes it straight into the realm of politics. And since NSI registers international domains the issue has even been discussed within the ITU and at OECD meetings. Do you REALLY want to know more? Then go to this meeting at Harvard on September 8th http://ksgwww.harvard.edu/iip/cai.html Michael Dillon - ISP & Internet Consulting Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com