In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bill Lovell wrote:
> Would NTIA, ICANN and you and I not all be better off if ICANN immediately
> took over the "A" server, stuck it at a neutral place such as NIST out of
> the hands of ALL of the wheeler dealers, took over domain names and the
> whole schmear, and sent NSI packing back into a well deserved oblivion?
> It is now quite beyond argument that NSI cannot be trusted either as the
> registry or in any other capacity.
The NTIA response to Bliley made a lot of things clear. The NTIA is
certainly contemplating a rebid of the CA. They are not comfortable with
the idea, since they talk about how it would be extremely destabilizing.
But the list of disagreements between the NTIA and NSI is long.
It reads like the classic story of a wife who is abused by her
husband, but who thinks that separation is bad for her children.
Some of these disagreements date back to Februari of this year. And the
list is getting longer. So the question is, will the NTIA force NSI's
hand? And if so, when?
Regards,
--
Onno Hovers, MS/Ir, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"We'd better jump under the bandwagon before the train leaves the station."
-- Dilbert's Boss
