On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Keith Moore wrote: > > The US DoC operates, directly or indirectly, 6 of the 13 root servers, > > including A. Whether it is "right" or not is irrelevant -- the DoC has > > the power to do whatever it wants to the root. > > we REALLY need to rectify that situation. perhaps what we need are large > numbers of alternate roots that DON'T try to define new TLDs but which > exist solely to prevent the US government from exerting control... bingo - have i just seen a sign of intellegent life on the planet? praise god. of course one must also consider the security issues http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200204/msg00123.html regards joe baptista