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Re: A long strange trip

At 3:41 AM -0800 12/26/96, Thom Stark wrote:

> > At 11:40 PM -0600 12/24/96, Thom Stark wrote:
> > >Y'know, one thing the IAB, ISOC and ISOC's Board ought ALL to commit to
> > >RIGHT NOW is that, when the NSI contract expires, NSI's ability to
> > >update the DNS root servers should IMMEDIATELY be revoked.
> > >
> > >This would not only end NSI's monopoly on the .com domain, but forever
> > >eliminate NSI as a registrar--something that, in my view, they richly
> > >deserve for being:
>
> To which Dave Crocker responded:
>
> > 	How do you propose to implement this suggestion in a fashion which
> > does not also penalize all the .com/.net/org users?
> >
> > 	As we keep saying, operational impact needs careful consideration.
>
> Absolutely.
>
> As at least one of the lawyers on this list has observed, the records
> which NSI has generated regarding "its" customer base are actually the
> property of the US government, specifically of the NSF.  Upon the
> expiration of its contract with the NSF, NSI will be obligated to give
> up those records to the NSF as part of the process of concluding the
> contractual relationship.
>
> No penalty would apply to .com/etc. users who were registered and whose
> domains were being serviced as of the date NSI goes out of business as
> a registrar.  Their WHOIS records, as well as the paper trail would be
> transferred to NSF, which, in turn, could simply pass them on to the
> new registrar's group via CORE or any other intermediate which might be
> created for the purpose.  No service interruption need occur for the
> users.
>

And in case NSI refuse to hand over this information and just wipe it
clean, who holds the back-up?

The point I was trying to make at the end of the IAHC BOF was that if
you single out .COM, and deal with all the issues that it has, then the
majority of your problems will be solved.

But you have to be prepared to make bold moves.

Regards,

Simon

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