Re: protecting a domain name

From: Hayward, Craig <chayward[_at_]hbmaynard.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 10:01:34 -0400

On Mon, Mar 29, 1999, Michael Juhre <michael.juhre[_at_]aig.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 26, 1999, Jan Kallberg <jan[_at_]cyberdefense.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 25, 1999, Michael Juhre <michael.juhre[_at_]aig.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, Mar 23, 1999, Bob Deleault <rdeleault[_at_]aol.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On 3/23/99, Jessica Litman <litman[_at_]mindspring.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > NSI decommissioned its internic.net site over the weekend in
> > > > > favor of a new and more proprietary look at
> > > > > <http://www.networksolutions.com/>
> > > >
> > > > I just visited the internic.com site. It was still operational for
> > > > searching and registering domain names.
> > >
> > > internic.com is different from internic.net. The former is owned by
> > > Internic Software of Victoria, Australia. The latter is owned by
> > > Network Solutions in Herndon, Virginia. Internic Software's home page
> > > disclaims any association to Network Solutions, though I myself have
> > > often wondered why Network Solutions ever permitted such a dilution of
> > > the name "Internic." This may be why internic.net has dissappeared and
> > > the browser automatically forwards to networksolutions.com -- perhaps
> > > they are leaving the name "Internic" behind and moving toward Network
> > > Solutions and NSI exclusively(?)
> >
> > Internic is a AT&T trademark and not Network Solutions.
>
> Yes you're right, I didn't know that. I know this is off topic (IP) but
> what exactly is the relationship between Internic and NSI?

For those interested,

InternetWeek (http://www.internetwk.com/) published a story this morning on competition in domain name registration. Five new registrars will enter the fray next month, to test the use of competition in distributing domain names. Offering better support and faster service. It should be interesting to see how this all pans out.

C

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