Hi Martin ---
FYI, the URL for that Wired News article is:
http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/17563.html
Could you please add that on in future to stories that you share with the
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James Glave,
News Editor
At 03:19 PM 1/28/99 -0500, 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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