why are you with holding the news marty? News from the INET panel (and elsewhere) #1. Root Server L has been transferred to ICANN and will now be the authoritative root (replacing A in that capacity). #2. The Testbed period has been extended ny three weeks to July 16. I presume the reason for this (not given to us) is both technical and political. To hold a true test of the SRS and, IMHO, to give NSI breathing room in its negotiations about whether to become an accredited registrar. >Gordon Cook wrote yesterday: > >>So tomorrow Becky asks Jim Rutt why haven't you signed the registrar >criteria. . . . >[snip snip] >>Becky says OK effective immediately we begin to operate the "A' root from our >>facilities at NIST. Vixie points F to the NIST a server, so does jun murai >>and >the european servers and ones directly under US gov't control. >> > >Internetnews.com today writes: > >"Friday's deadline came and went for Network Solutions without the >completion of its shared registration system tests and, as expected, the >company extended the deadline to July 16." > > >Whatever sells papers. **************************************************************** The COOK Report on Internet Index to seven years of the COOK Report 431 Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618 USA Exec summaries, glossary etc (609) 882-2572 (phone & fax) http://cookreport.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] What's Behind ICANN and How it Will Impact the Future of the Internet http://cookreport.com/icannregulate.shtml ****************************************************************
