[WEB4LIB] Re: Library webmasters on the "other side"

[Dan Lester]

Wednesday, March 21, 2001, 5:03:27 PM, you wrote:

JG> Lee Jaffe got a .com domain name because:
>> ... my ISP, who handled the domain registration for me,
>> didn't think I was eligible for .org, .edu, or .net.

JG> Do you know whether your ISP was acting on its own account or whether there
JG> are guidelines for allocation of .org and .net domains? I know .edu tends to
JG> be protected, but I wasn't asked about my organisational status when I
JG> registered my US .org domain. I got the impression I could have been a .net
JG> as easily.

There used to be such limitations, more or less loosely enforced by
NS.  Of course now none of that matters, except, to some extent, rules
about .edu.

dan


JG> Cheers,
JG>   Jennifer



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