In message <3.0.5.32.20000707201347.007c4100@mbox2.flashnet.it>, chiari mario w rites: >Steve > >thanks for your reply. >It helps, though I am trying do write a less abstract statement. > >Would you say that the following statement conveys a correct understanding >of the matter of fact: > >---- the Internet protocol contains numerous parameters, for example to >identify the character set of a text, or a operating system. (A character >set is a set of conventions to code a traditional alphabet, e.g. latin, >cyrillic, japanese). The values of these parameters need to be assigned >uniquely. ICANN/PSO is to make those unique assignments and to maintain a >registry of the currently assigned values. > >(here I am cutting & pasting statements from IANA's web site) > >mario > >ps do you have a two lines definition of what a port is? A "port" is analoguous to a room number in an office building. The street address gets you to the building, but you go to a particular room for particular services. The problem is that ICANN and the PSO don't do that stuff -- IANA does. The PSO's main job is making sure that decisions by ICANN are technically sound with respect to protocols on the Internet. _______________________________________________ PSO-Discuss mailing list PSO-Discuss@pso.icann.org http://www.pso.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/pso-discuss ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 09:11:03 -0400