Posting this for all of you interested in the DNS wars. >Statement from Network Solutions, Inc. on negotiations with the U.S. Government > WASHINGTON, D.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1998--Officials >from the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications & >Information Administration (NTIA) and representatives from Network >Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSOL) meeting here have agreed to a one week >extension of the Cooperative Agreement between the U.S. Government and >Network Solutions while the negotiations between the parties continue. > Network Solutions has worked with the U.S. Government pursuant to >a five year Cooperative Agreement to develop and maintain some of the >key administrative functions of the Internet including the domain name >registration system. The Cooperative Agreement, which began on January >1, 1993 with a three month phase in period, provided for a five year >period of operational support (commencing April 1, 1993) and a six >month flexibility period which extended through September 30, 1998. >The flexibility period will now be extended until October 7, 1998 >while Network Solutions and the Department of Commerce address the >particulars of how other registrars will eventually be allowed to >register names in Network Solutions' .com registry. Network Solutions >has contracted with more than 2.3 million registrants in .com, .net, >.org and .edu. Representatives for both NTIA and Network Solutions >will continue in their negotiations during this extension and remain >confident regarding the continued stability and security of the >Internet. > Founded in 1979, Network Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSOL) pioneered >the development of registering Web addresses ending in .com, .net, >.org and .edu. Network Solutions also provides enterprise network >consulting services, focusing on network engineering, network security >and network management solutions for commercial customers. For more >information, see the www.networksolutions.com Web site. -- Have a look below to see how things will develop. The Commerce Dept. has just issued a press release on how it will handle the Internet Management/Governance issues <http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/press/dns93098.htm> The proposals are open for public comment for 10 days. Let's see now about the "open process" that the White Paper promised. Joop Teernstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.imachination.com ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done directly from our website for all our lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
