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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. MOD parent up! by barc0001 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Good background info. Thanks

  2. Oh, snap! OT III! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. Re:The ITU != the rest of UN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Because nobody cares if 2,000,000 people blow each other up over a goat farm in Africa. We care about decent, innocent people executed in droves while a corrupt international organization holds meetings.

    Oh, and using emotional appeal is very practical. Perhaps more so than pointing out that there have been bad Christians. Everyone knows this, its no surprise and you're not insightful for pointing it out.