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Re: Current iTLDs

At 10:22 AM -0800 11/24/96, Ron Fitzherbert wrote:
>Who actually "owns" the .COM/.ORG/.NET 'domains'?

	IANA.

>Does the InterNIC contract between NSF/NSI allow NSI to add new domains?

	Interesting question, but I doubt it.

>Are the root servers "contractually" obligated to use InterNIC data?

	I believe the folks running the various root servers, other than
NSI's,  don't have a contract.

d/


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