-----Original Message----- From: Randy Bush <randy at psg.com> To: Jean-Christophe Praud <jc.praud at ludexpress.com> Cc: veni markovski <veni at isoc.bg>; Annie Renard <Annie.Renard at nic.fr>; Hank Nussbacher <hank at ibm.net.il>; Fay Howard <fay at ripe.net>; centr at ripe.net <centr at ripe.net>; centr-info at ripe.net <centr-info at ripe.net>; tld-wg at ripe.net <tld-wg at ripe.net>; 'Artur Grzymala' <artur at zoo.pl>; Adam Todd <at at ah.net>; Jim Fleming <JimFleming at unety.net>; renard at gaillac.inria.fr <renard at gaillac.inria.fr> Date: Friday, August 28, 1998 12:23 PM Subject: Re: CENTR workshop for ccTLD Managers

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I don't get it. Why is such a concern about ccTLD, which are different from the two-letter country codes? because they are an irrelevant fantasy. Mmm. Like democracy during absolute monarchy era :o)

please read rfcs 1033-1035, 2181, etc and notice that it is a hierarchy.

demagoguery about abstract political theory absent real technical and/or operational substance is irrelevant fantasy.

That is why eventually people have to come to a complete understanding of who owns and operates the various Root Name Servers Clusters (RSCs) and who owns and operates the various TLD Name Servers, registries and registrars. At the heart of most of this are simple text files. In the end, someone has to be able to edit those files....those are part of the "operational substance". For many people they could start there and skip all of the rest of the fantasies. Jim Fleming Unir Corporation - http://www.unir.com -------- Logged at Sat Aug 29 10:46:08 MET DST 1998 ---------