27 Oct
1996
27 Oct
'96
4:14 p.m.
On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, Paul A Vixie wrote:
I think this would be a bad thing. NS needs a watchdog.
Cook: I think I agree. It would leave NSI in defacto control of a valuable resource. As far as I know, other than through the NSF co-operative agreement, NSI has no contractual or legal obligations to the Internet community?? Would it be pulling the plug of stability at the very time when others are trying to launch competing mechanisms? Could or should ISOC step in if NSF vacates these shoes?