This is a repost for those who, for whatever reason, did not receive the original message as posted Monday April 16, 1999 at 11:35PM. Please contact me with any questions. If you have already received this message, my appologies for the repeat. The web site will be active shortly. Gene Marsh anycastNET Incorporated > -----Original Message----- > From: Marsh, Miles (Gene) > Sent: Monday, April 26, 1999 11:35 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Joop Teernstra'; Antony Van Couvering (E-mail); > Christopher Ambler (Exchange) (E-mail); Dan Steinberg (E-mail); David > Farber (E-mail); Don Telage (E-mail); Ed Gerck (E-mail); Einar Stefferud > (E-mail); Ivan Pope (E-mail); Jay Fenello (E-mail); Jock Gill (E-mail); > Joe Baptista (E-mail); Richard J. Sexton (E-mail); Ron Kimball (E-mail); > Stephen Wolff (E-mail); Wrath (E-mail) > Subject: TLDA Formed As Industry Association, ICANN Constituancy > > ++++++++++++++++ > For immediate release: > > UNIONTOWN, OHIO, April 26, 1999/ -- An group of organizations > today announced the formation of the Top Level Domain Association > (http://www.tlda.org), an association designed to provide a clearing > house and coordination point for organizations with a registry > interest in new Top Level Domains on the Internet. The group would > also constitute the first TLD registry group for providing a voice > to ICANN, the organization chartered with management direction for > Internet IP addresses and domain names. > Top Level Domains (TLDs) are the designations after the "dot" in > Internet domain names. To date, there are typically three commonly > used TLDs: ".com", ".net" and ".org" The TLDA will promote the > development, use and management of additional TLDs, and work with > other organizations, such as ICANN, the IETF and others to ensure > their smooth deployment. > According to Richard Sexton of VRx Network Services, interim > primary spokesman for the TLDA, "The Internet offers great potential > for individuals and business around the world. Domain names are a > key to understandable and identifiable locations on the Internet. A > coordinated effort to support additional TLDs is essential to the > future growth and success of the Internet and e-commerce world-wide. > The formation of the TLDA is the beginning step to assure additional > TLDs are addressed in a manageable fashion, and that organizations > with an interest in TLD registry functions have their concerns heard." > Details of the TLDA organization and its functions are > forthcoming, according to Gene Marsh, president of anycastNET > Incorporated and interim secretary for the TLDA. "We envision the > TLDA operating in a very open fashion. Participation will be sought > from every interested party. The more ideas we have to consider, > the more informed our views will be." > "It's about time this group was formed" commented Einar Stefferud, > chairman of the Open Root Server Confederation (ORSC). "I feel this > fits with the objectives of the ORSC, and fully support the effort" > A Technology Company, Inc. founder Jason Hendeles wrote, > "The domain name business has a window of opportunity. If the players > can remain focused on the task at hand and continue to make small > steps forward, we may have an opportunity to innovate and benefit from > this new industry." > Ed Gerk, Coordinator of the MCG, an international open group on > security and certification standards that has participants from 28 > countries, notes "Security in various forms is often cited as a > barrier to open new Internet top level domain names, but the MCG > supports Internet security asa form of understanding not of > confinement. The TLDA will, expectedly, provide an open forum for > such understanding to be developed and tested." > > Initial TLDA associate organizations will be: > > VRx Network Services > anycastNET Incorporated > Iperdome, Inc. > Image Online Design, Inc. > Network Management Associates Inc. > A Technology Company, Inc. > Open Root Server Confederation Incorporated (ORSC) > North American Root Server Confederation (NARSC) > MCG > > Many other organizations have been contacted, according to Sexton. > "Over the next few weeks, you should see a number of other > high-profile groups joining the TLDA. We hope to open discussion > forums within the next few days as well." Any group with an interest > in participating in the TLDA efforts should contact Richard Sexton by > email at [EMAIL PROTECTED], or Gene Marsh by email at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ++++++++++++++++ > > > Gene Marsh (GM8419) > "Get an education, learn as much as you can about your field, and for > God's sake, do something!" > Lee Iacocca >
