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  CCTLD News Memo #4 (24 February 1998)



 
The US Government has just published a proposal to significantly alter the way that Domain Names, IP Address Allocation, and IANA functions are handled in the worldwide Internet.
 
This proposal can be viewed at:
 
        http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/022098fedreg.txt
 
There is a relatively short period for comment (about a month.)
 
If you are at all interested in these topics, I encourage you to read the proposal.
 
If you like it -- send in a comment to that effect.  If you don't like it, or don't like parts of it -- also send in a comment.  Well organized comments will, of course, carry more persuasive force.
 
People from outside the United States may also make comments.  Indeed the non-US perspective could be particularly valuable and enlightening.
 
  (If you want to look up statutory references, a good place to look is:
  http://law.house.gov/uscsrch.htm )
 
Consider this as an early exercise in Internet democracy.
 


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