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ICANN Won't Get DNS Root Servers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the changed-our-mind dept.

daria42 writes "The US Department of Commerce has reversed its original decision on the Internet's root DNS servers, which would have eventually seen them pass into the hands of ICANN. While the original decision would have seen ICANN take full responsibility after it met a number of conditions, the new declaration means Commerce would keep that control, regardless of whether and when those conditions are met. It is possible that some countries could withdraw support from ICANN, and this decision even opens up the gate for a separate DNS system to be established outside the US's control."

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  1. Read the actual statement by Ingolfke · · Score: 5, Informative

    Don't interact w/ a summarized article. Read the actual statement from the US government. I wish these news sites would link to their sources when they're available.

  2. Re:Fine by me. by iamwahoo2 · · Score: 5, Informative
    Aren't there already a number of "free" root servers that are under non-govermnental or non-verisign control? There is nothing prohibiting changing to new root servers other than just getting people to bother making the switch

    http://www.orsn.org/

  3. Re:On the fence by swimin · · Score: 5, Informative

    How about using something that already exists, like opennic?

    It is a currently running, non-profit organization that provides its own set of root DNS servers. They resolve all of the official domains(with the exception of .biz, because there is a dispute over it), and several others, like .oss (open source software).