RE: [IFWP] Re: Central Authority

[John B. Reynolds]

A.M. Rutkowski wrote:
>
>>Would you care to tell us how we can substantiate this claim?
>
>See See http://www.nw.com/zone/WWW/secondnames.html
>
>Registration in this context includes resolving
>named objects, including sub-domains and hosts.
>It is the essential service of any registry/registrar.
>

No, "the essential service of any registry/registrar" is selling names to
third parties.  Assigning names to one's own hosts/POPs doesn't count.

Besides, 1,657,627 of the 1,667,245 hosts under aol.com are under the
third-level domain ipt.aol.com.  There are consequently less than 10,000
distinct third-level domains under aol.com.