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Short Take: NSF to create new IP address body

The National Science Foundation said it will create a nonprofit body called the American Registry for Internet Numbers to oversee the distribution of Internet protocol addresses. A private company, Network Solutions, has been handing out the numbers, but its contract with the NFS expires next March.

The said it will create a nonprofit body called the American Registry for Internet Numbers to oversee the distribution of Internet protocol addresses. A private company, Network Solutions, has been handing out the numbers, but its contract with the NFS expires next March.