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Re: "int" domain
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 09:06:05 -0800 (PST)
- From: bmanning@ISI.EDU
- Subject: Re: "int" domain
>
> > I want to know about the "int" domain, like eu.int as the European
> > Union. Who authenticate and who can get the domain name?
> > Are there some official document about that?
> > I think that kind of domain name was not exist some months ago.
>
> The .int domain is now managed by the ITU and has been in
> use for years by the the NATO among others.
>
This is not the case. The domain is managed under the perview
of the IANA function. There are on-going discussions with
various bodies on the future administrative home for this domain.
Representations of the INT domain being managed by the ITU are
misleading and wrong. They do not now, and never have managed
the .INT domain.
--bill