From: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 10:42:55 +0800
To: cypherpunks@ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Subject: Govt. to overhaul domain names [CNN]
Message-ID: <199801300240.UAA15427@einstein.ssz.com>
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>           GOVERNMENT TO UNVEIL PLAN TO OVERHAUL INTERNET DOMAIN NAMES
>                                        
>      graphic January 29, 1998
>      Web posted at: 6:53 p.m. EDT (1853 GMT)
>      
>      WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Clinton administration's eagerly awaited
>      proposal for overhauling the Internet's naming system and phasing
>      out U.S. government involvement will be released Friday, the
>      Commerce Department said Thursday.
>      
>      The department's National Telecommunications and Information
>      Administration unit said it will post the plan on the World Wide Web
>      at http://www.ntia.doc.gov.
>      
>      The plan, originally expected in November, seeks to resolve the
>      controversy over management of some of the Internet's most basic
>      functions, including the assignment and registration of names for
>      Web sites.

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