[9158] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IAHC Backtracks on Registrar Lottery
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Wed May 7 14:53:39 1997
To: Stephen Sprunk <spsprunk@paranet.com>
cc: Geoff White <geoffw@precipice.v-site.net>,
Todd Graham Lewis <lists@reflections.eng.mindspring.net>,
Cameo Wood <cameo@netsys.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 07 May 1997 10:52:05 CDT."
<3.0.1.32.19970507105205.006a7088@pop.srv.paranet.com>
Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 14:34:31 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Stephen Sprunk writes:
> The IAHC's proposal can be found at
> "http://www.iahc.org/draft-iahc-recommend-00.html". Any cutomers
> (including yourself) will need to contact one of the new registrars to get
> a domain registered (similar to how you go to InteRNIC for .com domains.)
> unless you are a registrar yourself. The requirements for becoming
> elligible to be a registrar are also listed in that document.
>
> Please note that the domains are not scheduled to be available for over a
> year from now.
That last bit is inaccurate. They are supposed to be around far sooner
than that.
Perry
Speaking personally, and not in any official capacity