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From: Makey@LOGICON.ARPA (Jeff Makey)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Stuck with .UUCP forever?
Message-ID: <444@logicon.arpa>
Date: 5 Jun 89 01:59:15 GMT
References: <May.22.01.46.36.1989.17215@porthos.rutgers.edu>
Organization: Future Procrastinators of America
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In article <May.22.01.46.36.1989.17215@porthos.rutgers.edu> pleasant@porthos.rutgers.edu (Mel Pleasant) writes:
>The last time there was any discussion about a real .UUCP domain, it
>was soundly trounced by those in control of the root nameservers.

Could "those in control" stop the creation of a UUCP domain if it were
called .UU.NET (or something else that fits in the current top level)?
I realize that Rick Adams, et al, at uunet.uu.net would have to
consent since they "own" that domain name, but would the NIC attempt
to stop it?

Similarly, there could be .BIT.NET for all of the BITNET hosts.

                           :: Jeff Makey

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