Martin and all,
Interesting article. However the ICANN is not in a possition to make these
decisions at present as there is yet to be a membership Organization
in place.
Martin B. Schwimmer wrote:
> from Wired.com:
>
> ICANN to Unveil New Rules
> by Joanna Glasner
>
> 3:00 a.m. 28.Jan.99.PST
> After four months in start-up mode, the group charged with setting the
> rules for registering new Internet domain names is ready to go public.
> Well, nearly ready.
>
> On 8 February, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or
> ICANN, will release new guidelines for accrediting companies that want to
> distribute domain names in the .com, .org, and .net domains.
> The biggest change in Net registration will come this spring, when Network
> Solutions (NSOL) splits its operations.
>
> For more than five years, Network Solutions has held a lock on US
> registrations for the three most popular top-level domains. But that is
> about to change. Although Network Solutions will still control the master
> root registry of all Internet domains, many other companies will be
> registering individual domains.
> Companies will be able to apply to be test registrars or get accreditation
> as regular registrars starting in March. Entrepreneurs and other interested
> parties who have been clamoring to open up the registration industry are
> impatiently waiting to get involved.
>
> "I get about three phone calls a day asking where to sign up," said ICANN
> interim president and chief executive Mike Roberts.
>
> ICANN's new guidelines will spell out what a company needs to do to become
> accredited as a registrar -- including how much information it will have to
> share with regulators and domain-name holders.
> "The intention here is to have the minimal obstacles to market entry," said
> Roberts.
> ICANN plans to test the new system in April and is looking for five
> companies to participate in a two-month trial run. Like everything else in
> the Internet policy-making world, even the selection of beta testers has
> sparked bickering in Net circles. ICANN is considering a lottery, but
> hasn't made a decision.
>
> The process of drafting a new registration system is complicated by ICANN's
> plans to use the results of the US tests and its new guidelines as a model
> for other nations to manage Internet domains.
>
> In recent months, former White House technical Internet advisor Ira
> Magaziner and others have trekked to Europe, Asia, and Latin America to
> promote international standards for registering Net sites.
>
> ICANN's proposals will be the next step in the process, and Net-policy
> watchers say they won't be surprised if the new guidelines spark another
> round of controversy.
>
> "It wouldn't be easy if it was just centered within the borders of the
> United States. The fact that it's an international area makes it that much
> more complex," said Barbara Dooley, president of Commercial Internet
> Exchange Association, an international association of ISPs.
>
> Critics say the group has already taken too long to set up a new domain
> system.
>
> ICANN has been overseeing the Net's technical management since November,
> when the White House began to pass regulatory authority over to the
> nonprofit group. The organization will influence technical standards and
> set rules for registering sites and new top-level domains.
>
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