Hello shwa,
Sunday, August 05, 2001, 9:42:50 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi Patrick,
> The last time there was discussion about your private root servers, there
> were a number of questions and comments you or new.net did not respond to.
> That in itself makes me seriously question what your company is doing, as
> well as a number of other very significant issues. Other questions you
> refused to answer included who are your shareholders and what is the
> financial and power structure of your company. You seemed to think it was
> none of my business to ask. Well, that lack of transparency sent a warning
> flag up to me.
Well, quite simply, it isn't your business.
They are a private company.
Just like you and I are. And as private properties, you and I are
free to decide how we resolve information on the internet. We point
our nameservers at the root servers operated by ICANN (and at the TLD
servers operated by the ~260 registries) by mutual agreement.
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Best regards,
William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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