RE: [wg-c] historical trivia (getting to the Shepperd/Kleiman "p

["Christopher Ambler" <cambler@iodesign.com>]

Oh, Dave, you're just making my day!

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Christopher Ambler
chris@the.web


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-wg-c@dnso.org [mailto:owner-wg-c@dnso.org]On Behalf Of Dave
Crocker
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 8:38 PM
To: William X. Walsh
Cc: wg-c@dnso.org; Christopher Ambler
Subject: Re: [wg-c] historical trivia (getting to the Shepperd/Kleiman
"p


At 07:57 PM 3/15/00 -0800, William X. Walsh wrote:
>Sure it is.  IANA had no such authority.  It's endorsement was no better
than

10 years of responsibility for DNS administration -- as in, from the
inception of the DNS -- says otherwise.  The myth that IANA was just a
mechanical arm of the US government does not hold up under serious analysis
of its role and actions.

The entire basis for the legitimacy of that effort is more extensive, as
you know.

d/

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