Re: [IFWP] Re: Central Authority

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

In message <19990216204943.AAC22788@LOCALNAME>, Kerry Miller writes:
> Jay wrote,
> 
> > >2.who do believe should be accrediting  registrars and the development of
> > >mechanisms to insure  that they operate in "the best interest of the
> > >internet" ?
> > 
> > I don't necessarily agree with the premise.  We 
> > have 100s of registrars today.  What problems are 
> > we trying solve, anyway?
> > 
> 
>   Along this line, could someone outline for me what specific 
> problem or problems ICANN or NewCo was designed to treat? Is 
> there any foundation document that sets out the Whereas's? 

Registrars are an unecessary, additional layer between the Users and
the Registries.

As Michael Sondow pointed out so eloquently, the end users are either
unable to sort out their ISPs or their ISPs are too ignorant to manage
the DNS properly. (or both :-)-O).

Of course the Registrars want to keep their license to print money and 
the best way to do that is to restrict competition. 



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