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July 30-31, Washington, DC.


Report from the Forum on Internet Domain Names, July 30-31, Washington, DC.


Background: The Domain Name System Debate
Tim Barkow, "The Domain Name System," Wired 4.09 (1996). [no longer availalbe]
Internet Domain Name System Root Servers.

Jon Postel, "Domain Name System Structure and Delegation," RFC 1591 (March 1994).

NSF Cooperative Agreement No. NCR-9218742 -- Network Information Services Manager(s) for NSFNET and the NREN: INTERNIC Registration Services (1993).

Two perspectives on the domain name system (from Prof. Dave Farber's IP List):

David Crocker, "Evolving Internet Name Administration" (April 1997).

Anthony Rutkowski (April 1997).

Proposals for Change

"Establishment of a Memorandum of Understanding on the Generic Top Level Domain Name Space of the Internet Domain Name System (gTLD-MoU)" (Feb. 28, 1997).

International Telecommunication Union, "List of Signatories and Intended Signatories of the Generic Top Level Domain Memorandum of Understanding (gTLD-MoU)."

Network Solutions, Inc., "Secure Internet Administration and Competition in Domain Naming Services" (April 15, 1997).

Enhanced Domain Name System, "eDNS Offers Truly Competitive Internet Domain Name Registration" (Press Release) (March 4, 1997).

AlterNIC.NET, "How to Do 'Alternate' DNS" & "New Top-Level Domains" (July 1997).[no longer available]
Peter Wayner, "Priva te Domain Register Upsets InterNIC Again," CyberTimes (July 22, 1997).

Responses and Comments on the Various Proposals

U.S. Department of Commerce, "Request for Comments on the Registration and Administration of Internet Domain Names" (July 2, 1997).

U.S. Department of State, Cable to Geneva Mission re: Domain Names MOU Request (April 1997).

European Commission, "Administration and Management of Internet Generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs): Comments from the European Commission to the Government of the United States:"

Dr. Pekka Tarjanne, International Telecommunication Union, "Internet Governance: Towards Voluntary Multilateralism" (May 1, 1997).

Network Solutions, Inc., "Network Solutions' Preliminary Response to the IAHC's Draft Specifications for the Administration and Management of gTLDs" (January 1997). [no longer available]

Anthony Rutkowski, "Statement Before the U.S. Department of State" (June 6, 1997).

Commercial Internet eXchange (CIX), "CIX Statement on DNS Namespace Solutions" (1997).

Association for Interactive Media, "In ternet Industry Objects to IAHC Proceedings" (Press Release) (June 4, 1997).

Trademark References

Network Solutions' Domain Name Dispute Policy (Rev 02) (September 1996).

Interim Policy Oversight Committee (iPOC), "Substantive Guidelines Concerning Administrative Domain Name Challenge Panels [Revised]" (May 23, 1997).

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Internet Domain Names (May 1997).

Domain Name Rights Coalition, "DNRC Letter to the World Intellectual Property Organization" (May 28, 1997).





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