RE: Re[4]: [ga-roots] Jon Postel

["Josh Elliott" <josh@basicfusion.com>]

The NSF letter was addressed to NSI, not IANA.

Josh

-----Original Message-----
From: William X. Walsh [mailto:william@userfriendly.com]
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 9:46 AM
To: Josh Elliott
Cc: Patrick Corliss; [ga-roots]
Subject: Re[4]: [ga-roots] Jon Postel


Hello Josh,

Friday, May 25, 2001, 9:38:16 AM, Josh Elliott wrote:

> Which does not mean IANA did not have the authority...it meant that NSI
> refused to recognize IANA's authority in anything other than ccTLDs.  At a
> later date, NSI refused to recognize IANA's authority for anything in the
> root without, including routine changes to nameserver information.  Was
that
> due to NSF refusing to recognize IANA's authority as well?  Think
> again...that was simply a blatant refusal by NSI.

> IANA's contractual obligation which is found in a number of
> NSF/ARPA/Research contracts does not limit IANA's authority to ccTLDs or
> specifically describe its authority over gTLDs.  In other words, you nor I
> will ever be certain whether IANA had any authority other than the defacto
> support of the vast majority of the Internet community for nearly 30
years.

One would think that the NSF letter is a definitive answer to this
question, Josh.

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