Re: Top Level Domain Finder Tools

["Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve () opaltelecom co uk>]

> > having said that maybe it would be better than icann.. only
> > problem is who has to give them the authority and make everyone abide by
> > it?
>
> You do, along with everyone else that has control over where their DNS 
> points (per RFC2826).

100% agree, now we just have to get everyone on nanog to reach the same
conclusion! :-)

Steve

> > On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Patrick Corliss wrote:
> >
> > > Simon Higgs <simon () higgs com> wrote:
> > > On Sunday, March 18, 2001 8:12 AM (AEST)
> > >
> > > > TLD Finder Tools (collision avoidance tools) are available for people to
> > > > see which TLDs are already "in play":
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ORSC have a Top Level Domain Finder which queries the ORSC root zone:
> > > > http://tldfind.open-rsc.org/
> > > >
> > > > Planet Communications & Computing Facility (PCCF - who run the .GOD
> > > > registry) have a TLD Finder which queries multiple roots:
> > > > http://www.pccf.net/cgi-bin/root-servers/whereis-tld?+
> > >
> > > AlterNIC's newest tool
> > > http://www.alternic.org/tldfinder.html
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Simon Higgs
>
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