On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Richard J. Sexton wrote:
> At 10:33 PM 1/17/99 -0800, Michael Dillon wrote:
> >On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Christopher Ambler wrote:
> >
> >> And what of the ccTLDs that are not run by the governments? What of those
> >> who are operated out-of-country? What of those who are operated without
> >> the oversight (and perhaps even the knowledge) of the government in
> >> question?
> >
> >If they are operated *WITH* the knowledge of the government in question
> >then we must assume that they are operated under the oversight of that
> >government, however light handed that oversight may be.
>
> This is not even true in the country you and I live in.
Sure it is. The Canadian government knows who runs the .CA domain and how
it is run. They are also a participant in the effort to revise the rules
and the operating structure for the .CA domain and if I remember
correctly, they have a permanent "observer" seat on the board of the new
.CA domain organization. To me this constitutes "knowledge" and
light-handed "oversight".
> Governments have almost nothing to do with cctlds.
That's because most governments look at the issue of ccTLD management and
decide that it is best done by a non-governmental organization as long as
they operate in a reasonably fair manner.
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Michael Dillon - E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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