[9144] in North American Network Operators' Group
IAHC Backtracks on Registrar Lottery
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cameo Wood)
Wed May 7 11:00:35 1997
Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 10:47:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Cameo Wood <cameo@netsys.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Acting only five days after its highly publicized adoption of a new system
of registering new domain names, the International Ad Hoc Committee
announced Tuesday that it will remove its limit on registrars. Under a
memorandum of understanding signed last week, the IAHC limited the number
of name registrars to 28 worldwide, to be selected by lottery. Citing
"consistent and universal criticism," the IAHC announced that any service
meeting financial and technical qualifications will be eligible to become
a registrar. No lottery will be held.
