[lug] The naming authority

[Nate Duehr]

Heh heh... been there...

ICANN's a whole different ball of wax.  :)

On Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 11:40:40PM -0700, John Starkey wrote:
> Where the hell did I get ICANN from? Maybe I should try IBETTER (get some
> sleep).
> 
> Thanks for the info.
> 
> On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Nate Duehr wrote:
> 
> > North American ISP's get IP ranges from ARIN now.
> > 
> > www.arin.net
> > 
> > The chances of an individual or small organization getting their own IP
> > addresses anymore are pretty low unless they can justify the need for
> > portable address space, which is also pretty difficult.  
> > 
> > ARIN will deny most such requests with a request to get non-portable
> > IP's from your ISP.
> > 
> > Bring on IPv6!!!  :)
> > 
> > On Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 07:52:20PM -0700, John Starkey wrote:
> > > I'm coding a Networking class and there's a statement saying "... an
> > > organization can request a class of network addresses from the InterNIC
> > > (also known as Network Solutions), the current Internet naming
> > > authority,..."
> > > 
> > > Wasn't that monopoly busted up a couple years ago? There has to be a
> > > central unit keeping track and as far as I know it is ICANN, but isn't
> > > this an incorrect statement? We discussed this back in Sept. but I'm
> > > wondering if things have changed.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > John
> > > 
> > > 
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