[776] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: IETF questions -- Internet growth
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (colella@osi3.ncsl.nist.gov)
Thu May 30 09:17:02 1991
Date: Thu, 30 May 91 09:01:36 EDT
To: alan@curta.cc.columbia.edu, fin@unet.unet.umn.edu
Cc: com-priv@uu.psi.com, emv@ox.com, ietf@isi.edu,
From: colella@osi3.ncsl.nist.gov
>From: Alan Crosswell <alan@curta.cc.columbia.edu>
>
>And there's a footnote for GOSIP users that even if you get an ANSI
>registration, you are not guaranteed that the GOSIP-gods will honor it!
>
Ah, registration! The statement is:
GOSIP Users please note: Registration with ANSI does not guarantee
that the alphanumeric name registered will be accepted by the U.S.
GOSIP Registration Authority. The U.S. GOSIP Registration Services
"Instructions to Applicants" document can be obtained from the
address below.
General Services Administration
Office of Telecommunications Services
Registration Services, Room 1221-L KBA
18th and F Streets, N.W.
Washington, DC 20405
The explanation is simple. ANSI hands out alpha ids directly under
the country=US arc of the registration tree. GSA hands out alpha ids
under the country=US, org=GOV arc (i.e., GSA is a second-level
registration authority). The ids that GSA hands out do not have the
same scope as those from ANSI.
--Richard
