Re: domain registry

According to ICANN ...

What are the rules for registration of .net and .org names?

They are the same as for .com. Traditionally, however, names in .net have 
been used by organizations involved in Internet infrastructure activities 
and .org is frequently used by not-for-profit organizations.

Source: http://www.icann.org/general/faq1.htm

There have been discussions (I have no source) that new .net and .org sites 
should be allocated to strictly Internet infrastructure activities (.net) 
and not-for-profit organizations (.org), respectively, in keeping with the 
above traditions.  However, I am unaware of resolving issues about current 
.net and .org sites which do not belong to the traditional definitions, and 
if they should be grandfathered or forced to give up their TLD names 
sometime down the road.

Finally, at least for USA users, take a look at 
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/domainalrt.htm regarding domain 
name registration scams.





At 17:54 2001-09-26 -0400, WebGraffix Internet Design and Consulting wrote:
>We also have a web site that is targeted to schools at www.schoolpad.net .
>Accessibility is a major issue.  I'm not sure if I understand what you are
>saying exactly, but the ".net" extension is, and should be, just as accessible
>as .com or anything else.
>
>--
>Keith D. Sellars
>WebGraffix
>www.webgraffix.com
>email: Keith(at)WebGraffix.com
>
>"Database solutions for information packed web sites"
>
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>Ineke van der Maat wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ineke van der Maat" <inekemaa(at)xs4all.nl>
> > To: "Bjorn Van Simaeys" <cyberplasma(at)yahoo.com>; <hwg-basics@hwg-org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 11:28 PM
> > Subject: Re: domain registry
> >
> >  Hallo Bjoern,
> >
> >  You are wrong,   I have a fansite http://www.hoehnermusikfan.net and you
> > can see this  without plugins or partner ISP. Everyone can see this without
> > problems.
> >
> >  Greetings
> >  Ineke van der Maat
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Bjorn Van Simaeys" <cyberplasma(at)yahoo.com>
> > > To: "jim barchuk" <jb(at)jbarchuk.com>; <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 12:08 PM
> > > Subject: Re: domain registry
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi Jim,
> > > >
> > > > I understand your frustration. I took the time to go
> > > > back to new.net and read the fine print. This is it:
> > > >
> > > > <fineprint>
> > > > * New.net domain names are accessible by persons that
> > > > use one of our partner ISPs to access the Internet or
> > > > who activate their browsers. This number is limited
> > > > now, but growing daily. For source information click
> > > > here.
> > > > </fineprint>
> > > >
> > > > Basically, you have to use one of their partner ISPs
> > > > of install their plug-in. No way! I head that some of
> > > > the major ISPs don't support this - so I conclude that
> > > > they must have good reasons for this. So will I ignore
> > > > them as well!
> > > >
> > >
> > >
>
>--
>Keith D. Sellars
>WebGraffix
>www.webgraffix.com
>email: Keith(at)WebGraffix.com
>
>"Database solutions for information packed web sites"
>
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