[98] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: EP.NET ???
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Manning)
Sat Jul 29 02:08:19 1995
From: bmanning@ISI.EDU (Bill Manning)
To: roll@stupi.se (Peter Lothberg)
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 22:55:52 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: bmanning@ISI.EDU, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <CMM.0.90.0.806972758.roll@Junk.Stupi.SE> from "Peter Lothberg" at Jul 29, 95 01:05:58 am
> Bill,
>
> Personally I think that this is actually a value-subtracted service,
> as the EP.NET organisation does not run the named boxes, or the
> exchange points.
>
> It would be much more helpfull the the interfaces that faces the NAP
> and another provider where following each providers naming
> conventions, and had a domain-name that would point the users to the
> organisation that actually operates the boxes.
Yes, that is the desired goal, however some sites are not willing
or able to do so, so there is a default case where a name is available.
(There are some exchange points where no forward is registered, which can be
a hassel)
> You can still provide the service of running the nameservice.
>
>
Thanks.
> --Peter
>
>
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--bill
