To:
Alex Kamantauskas <alexk@tugger.net>
Cc:
Shane Kerr <shane@ripe.net>, Edward Lewis <lewis@tislabs.com>, dnsop@cafax.se
From:
Edward Lewis <lewis@tislabs.com>
Date:
Mon, 14 Aug 2000 13:15:21 -0400
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<Pine.LNX.4.21.0008141143400.28865-100000@varese.appliedtheory.com>
Sender:
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Subject:
Re: wrt: draft-ietf-dnsop-inaddr-required-00.txt
At 11:51 AM -0400 8/14/00, Alex Kamantauskas wrote: > Is there a standard definition of "the Internet"? Not so far as I know - in fact, in the US, "Internet" was (and may be still is) a trademark held by a non-IP entity. The/an automated bank teller network (ATM's) was built by someone and they called it the Internet and were granted a trademark. This issue was debated by the ISOC board, they presented reports on this at the most recent Washington, D.C., IETF. I will say this, not in hopes of starting a flame war/red herring/inappropriate thread, but in the hopes of clarifying my statement that started this... If I were to dial in to my home ISP and sent them Appletalk, and they forwarded Appletalk to others, the IETF (again, whatever that is) cannot stop this. (Nor would I expect anyone to really want to.) This is what I envisioned when I said there's nothing requiring I use IP... PS - Appletalk, DECnet, NetBUI, insert your favorite protocol. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Edward Lewis NAI Labs Phone: +1 443-259-2352 Email: lewis@tislabs.com "It takes years of training to know when to do nothing" - Dogbert Opinions expressed are property of my evil twin, not my employer.