> if they'd been acting in the Internet community's interests then NSI > would have lost control of the root years ago. Network Solutions (and its acquirer, VeriSign) do not "control the root". VeriSign Global Registry Services generates the root zone twice a day, but the contents of the root zone do not change without the blessing of the US DoC. Matt -- Matt Larson <mlarson@verisign.com> VeriSign Global Registry Services