In article <Pine.GSO.4.63.0807020927290.12027@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you write: >Paul, > >But it is still the case that an application for say .local would need >to go through some review process (regardless of price) which would >include input from the IETF ICANN rep. More likely from the SSAC, which would be even better. In any event, as I said before, although there's a lot not to like about ICANN, the chances of them doing anything technically destructive remains low. Regards, John Levine, johnl@xxxxxxxx, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, ex-Mayor "More Wiener schnitzel, please", said Tom, revealingly. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf