[thelist] reset your computers date

Paul Bennett paul at teltest.com
Tue Oct 15 22:32:01 CDT 2002


ummmmm, your computers date is set to 2001.....and your emails will go
WAY back to the start of peoples inboxes if it is left that way :)

jv wrote:

>U.S Department of Commerce seeks to privatize the name and number addressing
>system of Internet->
>    -ICANN is formed to oversee this function, among other things->
>        -ICANN controlled Internic oversees names(website.com) and IANA
>oversees numbers(123.123.123.123)->
>            -Private companies choosen to operate specific root servers,
>physical machines(.com,.net.,.org,.us..)->
>                -Network Solution(owned by Verisign) operates .com, .net,
>and for now .org(soon to be ISOC)->
>                     -There are other companies like Verisign who operate
>root servers Neustar, Afilias...->
>
>To be a registrar you need to submit certain application fees plus fees for
>each domain name that you register for someone. For instance, Verisign
>charges $6.00 for each name registered as well as a huge intiaition fee.
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>
>http://icann.org/
>http://www.iana.org/
>http://www.internic.net
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>As you can imagine the ICANN is a powerfull corporation that has huge
>political implications that must be held in check. Actually, some believe
>that the ICANN isn't living up to it's agreement with the U.S Dept. of
>Commerce. I'd urge you to also check out these sites:
>
>http://icannatlarge.com/ -A group formed when the ICANN effectively
>abolished common user representation.
>http://www.icannwatch.com -An ICANN watchdog news site.
>
>
>James
>jveillo at bellsouth.net
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "{ schaapy }" <list01 at theparagon.org>
>To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 9:04 AM
>Subject: [thelist] Is there ONLY VeriSign???
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>>Is VeriSign the only company that handles all of our domain names?
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>>True there are many places to register your domain name but do they all
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>tie
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>>in with VeriSign?
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>>I know I should know this but I sadly don't. It doesn't seem like they
>>would/could be the only ones but can someone explain this to me.
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>>Aaron Schaap
>>www.theparagon.org
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