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  • From: "Alan MacHett" <machett AT ibiblio.org>
  • To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: RE: [internetworkers] Re: network solutions sold
  • Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 16:26:05 -0400 (EDT)

ah, yes; I stand reminded. Sorry for the stupid question.
-A

Scott Lundgren said:
>
>>What would happen if another registrar, or several others, implemented
>>their own wildcard snafu?
>>
>> -Alan
>
> Can't happen (to the best of my knowledge). You've confused a registrar
> with
> the registry itself. Verisign sold off the the Network Solutions registar
> because it's a commodity business. There are tons of registrars, but only
> one keeper of the .com & .net registry. That keeper is Verisign by way of
> a
> contract with ICANN. The registry of .org is handled by some other group
> that escapes me at the moment, I've forgotten who handles the registry for
> .name and the other top level domains (tld's).
>
> - SL




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