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U.S. Won't Let Go of DNS

Posted by Zonk on from the star-systems-will-slip-through-your-fingers dept.

An Anonymous Reader wrote in with a story on the Eweek site, reporting that the Federal Government is going to keep control of the Domain Name System rather than handing it over to ICANN. From the article: "...the United States is committed to taking no action that would have the potential to adversely impact the effective and efficient operation of the DNS, and will therefore maintain its historic role in authorizing changes or modifications to the authoritative root zone file..."

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  1. AGAIN? by Hope+Thelps · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's the second time in the last couple of days the US have decided to hold onto DNS. It's starting to seem like a habit.

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  2. I should submit a new article by ravenspear · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot: Slashdot Won't Let Go of Dupes

    An Anonymous Reader wrote in with a story on the Slashdot site, reporting that the Slashdot editors are going to keep control of the Duping System rather than handing it over to intelligent moderators that would be capable of successfully weeding out repeated stores. From the article: "...Slashdot is committed to taking no action when it sees a repeated story arrive for publication on its website, as this would have the potential to positively impact the effective and efficient operation of Slashdot.org.

  3. Re:ICANN by Gherald · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, see, that would have been funnier this way:

    ICAAN!
    US: You can't.
    ICAAN!
    US: You cannot.
    ICAAN!
    US: No, You can't!

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