Re: [ga] 3:219 INFO...beyond the Proof-of-Concept...

["Jim Fleming" <JimFleming@ameritech.net>]

Are you on the AM Internet or the FM InterNAT ?

128-bit DNS AAAA Record Flag Day Formats
2003:[IPv4]:[SDLL.OFFF.FFFF.TTTT]:[64-bit IPv8 or IPv16 Persistent Address]
[YMDD]:[IPv4]:[SDLL.OFFF.FFFF.TTTT]:[64-bit IPv8 or IPv16 Persistent Address]
1-bit to set the Reserved/Spare ("AM/FM") bit in Fragment Offset [S]
1-bit to set the Don't Fragment (DF) bit [D]
2-bits to select 1 of 4 common TTL values (255, 128, 32, 8) [LL]
1-bit for Options Control [O]
7-bits to set the Identification Field(dst) [FFFFFFF]
4-bits to set the TOS(dst) Field [TTTT]
Default SDLL.OFFF.FFFF.TTTT = 0000.0000.0000.0000
FFF.FFFF.TTTT = GGG.SSSS.SSSS
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/unir.txt
IPv8
0QQQQGGGSSSSSSSS[32-bits][Port]
IPv16
0QQQQGGGSSSSSSSS[32-bits][Port]
1AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA[32-bits][Port]
A...A=ASN=32769...65535

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Jim Fleming
3:219
http://www.IN-ADDR.INFO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@ntlworld.com>
To: "Jim Fleming" <JimFleming@Ameritech.Net>; <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: [ga] 3:219 INFO...beyond the Proof-of-Concept...


> Thanks for these links, Jim.
> 
> I note from  the second link, the following objective to be fulfilled during
> the financial year 2003-4:
> 
> "Complete any remaining work on the evaluation of the November 2000 round of
> new gTLDs; complete any remaining work on approving and launching a limited
> round of new sponsored gTLDs; and develop a framework for considering any
> possible further expansion in the top-level gTLD namespace."
> 
> Due order and respect for process (and the Proof of Concept principle)
> should dictate that "approving and launching a limited round of new
> sponsored gTLDs" should not take place until the evaluation of the sponsored
> and unsponsored new TLDs of 2000 has been completed.
> 
> May I please ask: who precisely (individually or group) is overseeing the
> Evaluation Process for evaluating the New gTLDs?
> 
> What stage has this Evaluation Process reached?
> 
> Where are the Registry Evaluation Reports, required by Appendix U of their
> Agreements with ICANN, and due over a year ago?
> 
> If they have been submitted, in conformity with the Agreement, why has ICANN
> *still* not published them, so that all parties and constituencies can study
> them, and engage in informed participation over the much-needed evaluation
> of these new TLDs?
> 
> I first asked why these had not been published, back in late Spring of 2002.
> I asked again in Summer 2002, when Stuart Lynn said that ICANN staff had
> "not had time" to publish them on the website. I asked again in Autumn 2002.
> I made a further request in Winter 2002. I asked again early in 2003. It is
> now May 2003, and I am asking again.
> 
> Given that these Registry Evaluation Reports were specifically defined as
> open, and given that these files could be uploaded onto a website in a few
> minutes, I find Stuart Lynn's explanation unacceptable, and I request that
> this key data is made available for study.
> 
> There is much pressure for the introduction of further new gTLDs, and
> interest from all over the world. At the same time, there were clear
> problems in the way the year 2000 TLDs were rolled out, and important
> lessons to be learned, in the interests of the consumer and stakeholders
> worldwide.
> 
> It is imperative that we now get a clearly-defined plan of action,
> timescale, and appointees to oversee this process, to publish all data, to
> engage all parties.
> 
> Otherwise, ICANN leaves us with the impression that it is "making it up as
> it goes along" and marginalising its own much-vaunted Proof of Concept.
> 
> yrs
> 
> Richard Henderson
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim Fleming <JimFleming@ameritech.net>
> To: <ga@dnso.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 1:03 PM
> Subject: [ga] 3:219 INFO...beyond the Proof-of-Concept...
> 
> 
> > http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/unir.txt
> > 3:219     INFO
> > ====
> > http://www.icann.org/financials/proposed-budget-17may03.htm
> >       .info  550,000 1,029,000 87%
> >
> 
> 

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