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>Subject: re: F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET is no longer open for AXFR of COM, NET, or ORG
>Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 20:46:50 -0700
>From: Paul A Vixie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>i thought i'd posted this to namedroppers but i never saw it there and
>folks are asking, so...
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>Subject: re: F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET is no longer open for AXFR of COM, NET, or ORG
>Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 14:16:05 -0700
>From: Paul A Vixie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>The US-DoC has asked that we extend the period during which we disallow
>"AXFR" public access to our service copies of the COM, NET, and ORG zones.
>The new date is September 16.
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>(See below for references.)
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>Subject: F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET is no longer open for AXFR of COM, NET, or ORG
>Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 15:12:05 -0700
>From: Paul A Vixie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>(sent to the NANOG, IETF, and NAMEDROPPERS lists to catch everybody who cares.)
>
>Today we (Internet Software Consortium, Inc) received a verified request from
>the US-DOC asking that we disable public zone transfers for the COM, NET and
>ORG zones from now until July 23. This is part of a controlled experiment
>designed to uncover the actual uses and users of this information.
>
>ISC recognizes US-DOC as one of the parties authorized to make such a request,
>and so we have complied with it as of Mon May 3 14:57:39 1999 (Pacific). All
>users who have been fetching the COM, NET, or ORG zones from F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>should during this interrim period contact Network Solutions for access.
>
>Unless instructed otherwise by US-DOC, IANA, or ICANN, we plan to restore
>public access to the COM, NET, and ORG zones from F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET during
>the morning of July 23, 1999.
>
>(signed)
>
>Paul Vixie (Chairman)
>Internet Software Consortium
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