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DoC to Extend ICANN's Control of IANA

Posted by michael on from the acronym-heaven dept.

Luminous Coward writes "I first saw this on The Register. Kevin Murphy of Computerwire reports: The US Department of Commerce last week quietly published a document detailing its decision to "sole-source" the contract for the so-called IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) function to ICANN, as opposed to opening the contract for competitive bidding. ICANNWatch explains why this is a bad idea. They also report that the ccTLDs and the Internet Multicasting Service have expressed interest in running IANA."

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  1. Well... by cK-Gunslinger · · Score: 5, Funny

    IANAL, but if ICANN takes control of IANA, then the ccTLDs just SOL and the IMS are FUBAR'd, IMHO.

  2. I sense a 180 coming up by unitron · · Score: 3, Funny

    Whatta ya bet Dyson's gonna try to jump back on the ICANN bandwagon she just jumped off of?

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  3. history DOD funded internet Ra and D.. by linuxislandsucks · · Score: 4, Funny

    History lesson DoD funded internet devlopement..

    our master want us back under control..

    I guess they figured out that they cannot nuke everyone :)

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  4. And in other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    To better reflect its changing mission and increasing scope, the company ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has changed its name UCANT (Universal Controller of All Network Traffic).
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