Re: Another Done Deal

[Joe Shea <joeshea@netcom.com>]

	ARPA, I presume, is the Defense Advanced Research Projects 
Agency?  I thought they were out of the whole thing.  Or is that a 
generic name for the kinds of tasks involved?

Best,

Joe Shea
Editor-in-Chief
The American Reporter
joeshea@netcom.com
http://www.newshare.com:9999


On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Jim Fleming wrote:

> 
> Here is the latest monopoly being launched by the NSF
> and the U.S. Government...of course, this one is probably
> supported by the IAHC supporters. I suppose all monopolies
> are not bad, just the ones they do not support.
> 
> @@@ http://rs.internic.net/nsf/agreement/amendment7.html
> 
> "12/10/97
> Amendment 7 to the NSF Cooperative Agreement is now available. This 
> Amendment will transfer responsibility for the IP Number assignment, 
> Autonomous System Number assignment, and IN-ADDR.ARPA tasks to
> the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN).  ARIN will begin 
> operations on December 22, 1997. All IP requests received by the InterNIC 
> that are not processed prior to the close of business on Friday, December 
> 19, will be forwarded from the InterNIC to ARIN. The InterNIC will make 
> every attempt to complete all requests received by this date.
> 
> @@@ http://rs.internic.net/nsf/agreement/amendment7.html
> 
> "IN-ADDR.ARPA tasks to ARIN."
> 
> @@@@@@@@@
> 
> And ARIN was not supposed to have anything to do with
> domain names....is IN-ADDR.ARPA a domain name ???
> 
> 
> Jim Fleming
> Unir Corporation
> IBC, Tortola, BVI
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