>From Edupage: GOV'T TELLS ICANN IT CAN'T (YET) U.S. Commerce Dept. officials have told the authors of the leading proposal for domain name privatization that their plan still needs some work: "The Department of Commerce regards the ICANN [Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers] submission as a significant step toward privatizing management of the domain name system," wrote Becky Burr, associate administrator of the department handling the issue. "We note, however, that the public comments received... reflect significant concerns about substantive and operation aspects of the ICANN." The proposal for the new corporation was submitted by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), the University of Southern California group that has long contracted to manage the technical aspects of the Internet's address system. A Washington, D.C., lawyer who helped IANA draft its proposal notes that his group will examine the comments and see what changes should be made, but added, "It would not be successful to accept ideas from small groups of people and then lose the support of large groups." (TechWeb 23 Oct 98) Kathy > Kathy E. Gill > DCAC/MRM Production Visibility Support -- 425.234.2004, pager 425.568.0195 > The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at > doing what they most enjoy. ~ Malcomb S. Forbes > Microsoft Exchange: the perfect name for its users' greatest desire! > ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
