[9450] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Root Name Server Confederations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Wed May 21 13:05:46 1997
To: Marc Hurst <mhurst@fastlane.ca>
cc: Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net>, Paul A Vixie <paul@vix.com>,
"'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 20 May 1997 22:47:43 EDT."
<Pine.BSD/.3.91.970520224555.9940E-100000@fastlane.ca>
Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 12:32:51 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Marc Hurst writes:
> > their being operational makes them no less bogus. IANA says who answers
> > for "." and eDNS aint it.
>
> Not only is that restraint of trade, I would like to see you make that
> defense stay in a court outside of the US.
We've already seen how well the courts regard the claims made by you
and your fellows. This is no longer a theoretical question.
I would suggest that if you want people to use your so-called
"service" you are going to have to do better than threatening them
into it with lawsuits.
Perry
Speaking personally and not in any official capacity
