1996-06-26 - Re: domain name zapping threat by Internic

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From: roy@sendai.scytale.com (Roy M. Silvernail)
To: stewarts@ix.netcom.com (Bill Stewart)
Message Hash: bee383716f352643cd2733d02ac2f0235fa6663fdc7b1d3a2d97c07fe00e362f
Message ID: <960626.010919.5c5.rnr.w165w@sendai.scytale.com>
Reply To: <199606251954.MAA13366@toad.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-06-26 10:38:23 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 18:38:23 +0800

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From: roy@sendai.scytale.com (Roy M. Silvernail)
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 18:38:23 +0800
To: stewarts@ix.netcom.com (Bill Stewart)
Subject: Re: domain name zapping threat by Internic
In-Reply-To: <199606251954.MAA13366@toad.com>
Message-ID: <960626.010919.5c5.rnr.w165w@sendai.scytale.com>
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In list.cypherpunks, stewarts@ix.netcom.com writes:

> At 02:05 PM 6/24/96 -0700, Vlad wrote:

> They also control the
> .org and .net hierarchies.  If you don't like it, you can always
> get a statist address in the .us domain or some other .xx government domain,
> or find someone who's got a second-level domain that will register you

Actually,  I just went through this.  I wanted scytale.net, but my ISP
rep was very upfront about my chances.  The .net is now reserved by
InterNIC for ISP's.  The .org domain is held for provable nonprofit
corps.  The .us domain was a possibility, but pragmatically impossible
due to the >4 month update latency in Minnesota.  Literally, the only
choice I had for a domain name was in the .com area.  It somewhat pissed
me off, since I really did not want my net.presence to look commercial.  
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           Roy M. Silvernail     [ ]      roy@scytale.com
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