[35265] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hank Nussbacher)
Tue Mar 6 02:22:15 2001
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Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 09:13:31 +0200
To: Paul A Vixie <vixie@mfnx.net>, nanog@merit.edu
From: Hank Nussbacher <hank@att.net.il>
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At 22:59 05/03/01 -0800, Paul A Vixie wrote:
Yet another money hungry company looking to Balkanize the Internet. I
guess they figure if Verisign can do it via their national language domain
suffixes, why not us too!?
-Hank
>[ this came from http://www.new.net/about_us_press.tp and appears not to be
> a joke. its operational impact will not be felt today, but if it's even
> moderately popular before it dies, operational impact WILL be felt. i'm
> quite surprised by some of the folks they list as their partners. --vix ]
>
> Contact:
> Claudia de Llano or Lisa Doiron
> Connors Communications
> (310) 452-7540
> claudia@connors.com or lisa@connors.com
>
> Brad Copeland
> New.net, Inc.
> 626-229-7800
> pr@new.net
>
> New.net Expands Internet Naming With Launch of 20 New Top-Level Domain
> Names
>
> New Domain Name Registry's Technology Uses Existing Internet
> Naming System to Make Available Sensible, Meaningful Web Addresses
>
>Pasadena, Calif. - March 5, 2001 - New.net (http://www.new.net), a domain
>name registry created to meet the market demand for Web addresses with
>logical, easy-to-remember extensions that make Internet navigation easier,
>today officially released its first 20 new top-level domains. New.net has
>developed a novel, proprietary approach, using software technology deployed
>at either the network level by partner ISPs or on individual PCs, that uses
>the existing Internet naming system to enable millions of users to gain
>access to these new addresses.
>
>With this launch, the Internet community will be able to purchase and use
>domain names with extensions ("top-level domains") that were previously
>unavailable. Each of the new top-level domains was chosen to enable
>organizations and individuals to create Web addresses that more clearly
>describe their product, service offering, group activity or passion. The
>first 20 top-level domains being released are:
>
> .CHAT .GMBH .LTD .SPORT
> .CLUB .HOLA .MED .TECH
> .FAMILY .INC .MP3 .TRAVEL
> .FREE .KIDS .SHOP .VIDEO
> .GAME .LAW .SOC .XXX
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