RE: [ga] DNSO ICANN board member

["Alf Hansen" <Alf.Hansen@uninett.no>]

Roberto,

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> From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org]On Behalf Of Roberto
> Gaetano
> Sent: 1. september 2000 13:19
> To: simon@higgs.com
> Cc: rmeyer@mhsc.com; dhc2@dcrocker.net; love@cptech.org; ga@dnso.org
> Subject: RE: [ga] DNSO ICANN board member
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> How would you call a root that does not use the ICANN root as baseline?
> (BTW, I assume that you cannot make sure that an alternate root does not
>  point to different name servers for the TLDs that are also in ICANN's
> root)

I would say that even if the systems using this alternate root are using
internet technology, they are not part of The Internet. They do not follow
the rules they have to follow to be part of the global Internet family,
which is based on cooperation.

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> Regards
> Roberto
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It is therefore of vital importance to set up the formal Root Server
Contracts, where all the (13?) root servers are listed and identified.

Best regards,
Alf H

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