no william, you spare me the hot air.
how do you think amazon.com, or ebay, or sun, or any of the other major
companies doing intyernet commerce would react to uunet, sprint, mci, geti,
psi obediantly directing that they take new root .cache files from a newly
designated root operator given the responsibilty of running a copy of the
NSI root. NSI has the prooven record for stability.. Would al gore want to
take the heat when amazon disappears from the net for a day? the customers
of the big nets would righfuilly be terribly pissed if the big ISPs started
using a new and uncertain doc designated root
>On Fri, 4 Jun 1999 20:35:15 -0400, Gordon Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>reynolds:
>>
>>>
>>>As has Gordon, if he really believes that NSI can simply walk away from the
>>>Cooperative Agreement. Such an action would be a disaster for all
>>>concerned, and would most assuredly *not* leave NSI in control of either the
>>>root or .com/.net/.org when the smoke cleared.
>>
>>cook
>>
>>defend your assertion ...cites from appropriate case law or US
>>administrative code please.
>>
>>under what grounds will US marshalls be allowed to padlock NSI's doors?
>>
>
>Oh Spare us the drama Gordon. No one made such a suggestion.
>
>Sheesh, can't you deal with the facts, and not over dramatize every
>little thing into something that it isn't?
>
>All that the USG would need to do is direct the root server operators
>to point to a new master root server. I doubt there would be much of
>an issue with them if the USG directed them to do so.
>
>The co-operative agreement is clear, the USG retains the power and
>ability to transfer control to another party should it choose to,
>either at the expiration of the agreement, or if NSI breaches the
>agreement.
>
>The are required to transfer all the information necessary for the USG
>to do this.
>
>
>
>--
>William X. Walsh
>General Manager, DSo Internet Services
>Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax:(209) 671-7934
>
>The Law is not your mommy or daddy to go crying
>to every time you have something to whimper about.
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