Re: [ga] New FAQs Posted

[marc@venster.nl]

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, at 15:40 [=GMT-0500], Gomes, Chuck wrote:

> Considering that there has been a lot of concern expressed on this list
> regarding the changes proposed for the .org registry, for those who are not
> aware, ICANN posted six additional FAQs today, all regarding .org questions:
> 
> http://www.icann.org/melbourne/info-verisign-revisions.htm

[...]

> I would also like to respond to a statement in FAQ #11: "Until 1996, Network
> Solutions enforced the restrictions on .org registrations, but due to NSI's
> resource limitations active enforcement of the restrictions was suspended
> early in that year. Since then, the restrictions have been enforced only
> through self-selection."  I happened to be around when the change was made -
> it was made at the recommendation of Jon Postel.  He specifically
> recommended that we quit screening and allow users to self-select their TLD.
> The problem with screening was that there was no meaningful and functional
> way to determine who met the criteria (the same applied to .net) and what
> was happening is that we were rewarding those willing to lie and penalizing
> those who were honest.  To implement any sort of workable screening system
> (if it is even possible on a global scale) at a minimum would have been very
> expensive and would have slowed down service levels significantly.

Does this mean that you also think that a restricted ORG, as now
suggested in the FAQ, would mean an increase in registration fees for
ORG domains? And that it will not work anyway? 

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marc@pan.bijt.net

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