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Re: [wg-c] historical trivia (getting to the Shepperd/Kleiman "p



At 07:57 PM 3/15/00 -0800, William X. Walsh wrote:
>Sure it is.  IANA had no such authority.  It's endorsement was no better than

10 years of responsibility for DNS administration -- as in, from the 
inception of the DNS -- says otherwise.  The myth that IANA was just a 
mechanical arm of the US government does not hold up under serious analysis 
of its role and actions.

The entire basis for the legitimacy of that effort is more extensive, as 
you know.

d/

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