>
>To: "vinton g. cerf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>From: "Name.Space" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [IFWP] Re: (!) Vint Cerf designing network for solar system (!)
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Bcc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
>Dear Mr. Cerf,
>
>As you see in the nameserver information below, MARS. is an active TLD.
>Perhaps it's not a GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED TLD, but that's another
>matter altogether.
>
>The information below is the result of a query to one of the TLD servers
>ACTIVELY servicing the MARS. TLD since 1996!
>
>If you're near a unix shell, try the following command:
>
>dig @ns.autono.net. mars. any
>
>and you will see what I mean.
>
>A simple text edit of the root.zone file will make the
>MARS. TLD globally recognized, along with many others
>in the queue. Name.Space has been seeking this since
>March, 1997 (see http://name.space.xs2.net/law).
>
>The same barrier to entry that your company MCI overcame
>vs. ATT is the one which keeps my company and others out
>of the DNS market. Why is that law any different in the 90's
>than it was in the 70's-80s?
>
>It would be very interesting to hear your perspective on this.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Paul Garrin
>President,
>Name.Space, Inc.
>http://name.space.xs2.net
>
>>As far as I am aware, mars is not a TLD. I don't see how cerf.mars would
>>be useful unless mars becomes a TLD.
>>
>>Vint
>>
>>At 05:57 PM 3/14/99 +0000, you wrote:
>>>F.Y.I. Mr. Vint Cerf:
>>>
>>>secure# dig mars. axfr
>>>
>>>; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> mars. axfr
>>>mars. 86400 SOA NS.AUTONO.NET. admin.AUTONO.NET. (
>>> 1996080101 ; serial
>>> 7200 ; refresh (2 hours)
>>> 3600 ; retry (1 hour)
>>> 604800 ; expire (7 days)
>>> 86400 ) ; minimum (1 day)
>>>mars. 86400 NS NS.AUTONO.NET.
>>>mars. 86400 NS NS1.AUTONO.NET.
>>>mars. 86400 NS MEDIAFILTER.ORG.
>>>mars. 86400 NS ROOT3.AUTONO.NET.
>>>mars. 86400 NS MUU.LIB.HEL.FI.
>>>mars. 86400 NS MILA.LJUDMILA.ORG.
>>>mars. 86400 NS NS.RE-LAB.LV.
>>>mars. 86400 NS NS7.AUTONO.NET.
>>>mars. 86400 NS ROOT8.AUTONO.NET.
>>>mars. 86400 NS ALLADIN.DDS.NL.
>>>mars. 86400 NS NS10.AUTONO.NET.
>>>mars. 86400 NS NS11.AUTONO.NET.
>>>mars. 86400 NS NS12.AUTONO.NET.
>>>mars. 86400 SOA NS.AUTONO.NET. admin.AUTONO.NET. (
>>> 1996080101 ; serial
>>> 7200 ; refresh (2 hours)
>>> 3600 ; retry (1 hour)
>>> 604800 ; expire (7 days)
>>> 86400 ) ; minimum (1 day)
>>>;; Received 15 answers (15 records).
>>>;; FROM: secure.pgmedia.net to SERVER: 209.48.2.11
>>>;; WHEN: Sun Mar 14 17:54:01 1999
>>>
>>>Current population: 0
>>>
>>>I believe that the address "CERF.MARS" is available.
>>>You may query this at http://sWhois.net
>>>
>>>You could be the first inhabitant!
>>>
>>>In case you want to start up your interplanetary DNS, please
>>>go to https://secure.pgmedia.net/register
>>>
>>>We've been ready for you since 1996.
>>>Additional new TLD requests accepted.
>>>Please see http://Vote.Global-NameSpace.Net
>>>
>>>Kind regards,
>>>
>>>Paul Garrin,
>>>President,
>>>Name.Space, Inc.
>>>http://name-space.com
>>>
>>>
>>>>Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 15:27:06 -0500
>>>>From: "vinton g. cerf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>Subject: [IFWP] Re: (!) Vint Cerf designing network for solar system (!)
>>>>X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>To: John Lowry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Goldstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>>>> Bob Allisat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>MIME-version: 1.0
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>>>>
>>>>in fact, this is one element of the proposed architecture which
>>>>was discussed last week at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory by an
>>>>informal design group that has been working on this for the last year
>>>>or so.
>>>>
>>>>Vint
>>>>
>>>>At 02:40 PM 3/11/99 -0500, John Lowry wrote:
>>>>>At the risk of getting flames ...
>>>>>
>>>>>This is not as far out as it might seem. One idea for
>>>>>exploring extra-solar bodies is to send self-replicating (perhaps)
>>>>>and self-organizing network nodes to report back on what
>>>>>they find. An obvious testbed would be the solar system.
>>>>>Short of Warp drive this may be best way to go where
>>>>>no-one has gone before.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>=================================================================
>>>>
>>>>See you at INET'99, San Jose, CA, June 22-25,1999
>>>>http://www.isoc.org/inet99/
>>>>
>>>
>>=================================================================
>>
>>See you at INET'99, San Jose, CA, June 22-25,1999
>>http://www.isoc.org/inet99/
>
>
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