On 17-Jan-99 Roberto Gaetano wrote:
> William,
>
> You wrote:
>
>> On 15-Jan-99 Christopher Ambler wrote:
>> > And what of the ccTLDs that are not run by the governments? What of
>> those
>> > who are operated out-of-country? What of those who are operated without
>> > the oversight (and perhaps even the knowledge) of the government in
>> > question?
>> >
>> > Just asking...
>>
>> RFC1591 (which is the authority for delegating these domains) specifies
>> that
>> the administrative contact is the policy maker for the TLD, and must
>> reside in
>> the country of origin.
>>
>> Who ever said that governments had the right to "oversight" of the ccTLD?
>>
>> That would be a Bad Thing(tm) as we would be adding a level of
>> bureaucratic and
>> arbitrary decision making to the Registry processes.
>>
> I agree, but have a real problem of understanding of the current situation.
>
> If it is not the national Government who "appointed" the administrative
> contact, who was it?
> In other words, how can an entity become "the" ccTLD for a country if not by
> appointment by an authoritative body?
That body was IANA under the rules of RFC1591.
It is really quite simple Roberto.
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E-Mail: William X. Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 17-Jan-99
Time: 14:42:22
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