Icann argues it needs to have access to the databases to make sure that the net's entire addressing scheme is reliable and stable.

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Its separation of the person getting the mail from the machine they are using also helps organise the addressing scheme of the whole internet.

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Plus, he said, Ripe and other agencies were planning to reserve a chunk of addresses for new entrants and to help with migration to the new addressing scheme - IP version 6 (IPV6).

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This local scheme is addressing a problem that has been identified as a national concern by teachers.

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Since the financial crisis, several business schools have introduced ethics courses addressing the moral shortcomings of convicted Ponzi scheme operator Bernard Madoff or added lessons on the social implications of the mortgage meltdown.

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