On Wed, Apr 08, 1998 at 08:30:07AM -0700, Dave Crocker wrote:
At 11:44 PM 4/7/98 -0700, Michael Dillon wrote:
services (not the web server) to another TLD. Perhaps it should be whois.ripe.int? Since the IPv6 equivalent of in-addr.arpa lives in .INT this makes sense to me.
I think that placing such critical domain references under .INT is a reasonable idea.
However, RIPE isn't a treaty organization and the rules for new .INT names is pretty specific. And IANA is rather careful about following the rules.
Jon Postel's directive is that any proposal needs to have very precise rules, so the first step in getting groups like RIPE authorized under .INT is to write a set of rules that will mechanically determine who is authorized.
Perhaps a place to start is by qualifying any organization that has administrative or operations responsibilities directly assigned by IANA.
Actually, IMAO, the proper place to start is by stringing up whomeever thought it would be a good idea to make .NET commercial by the balls, and using it for what it was designed for. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "Two words: Darth Doogie." -- Jason Colby, Tampa Bay, Florida on alt.fan.heinlein +1 813 790 7592 Managing Editor, Top Of The Key sports e-zine ------------ http://www.totk.com