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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. I really hate re-runs ;) by CharonX · · Score: 0, Redundant

    As seen yesterday...
    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/01/061825 0&tid=103&tid=95

    Damn, I really hate re-runs. ;)

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    1. Re:I really hate re-runs ;) by Kamiza+Ikioi · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Yeah, but this one is in "politics". Tomorrow, it will re-run under "IT". But, that won't be a repeat, either. This is Politics, the other is IT. See the difference? ;)

      Could this be like rewatching a movie on DVD? It may have the same cast, but does it have an alternate ending? :P

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  2. Another day, another fricking dupe by ColdGrits · · Score: 0, Redundant

    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/01/061825 0

    Yes, yesterday! Too much to expect the editors to read their own site, is it?

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  3. Deja Vu by MeKonfuzed · · Score: 0, Redundant

    it must be a break in the matrix!