01-07-2005 19:25									#1
	ICANN neutered Support Apolyton

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/intern...l.ap/index.html

Apparently, US has no intention of giving up control over the Internet.

	01-07-2005 19:31									#2
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_DNS_root to the rescue!

	01-07-2005 19:32									#3
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Though hardly surprising. not sure what are the real benefits, though.

	01-07-2005 20:08									#4
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We keep what is ours. Big deal.

	01-07-2005 21:47									#5
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While I do support the idea of making the Internet an international property, historically international regulatory bodies are not effective so I'm not comfortable about transferring the control.

So far Internet seems to be doing just fine where it is, no?

	01-07-2005 22:12									#6
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ICANN is a miserable pile of rhino dung.

	02-07-2005 00:00									#7
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I guess its ICANNT now...

	02-07-2005 00:07									#8
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I'd cautiously positive about this, in the sense that I still trust the United States government FAR, FAR more than any international body you can name (an international body which could and probably would contain extreme left wingers, communists, etc.).

	02-07-2005 03:33									#9
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We need an international panel to oversee the Internet. Knowing how the United Nations operates, panel members would likely include:

China
Iran
France
Venezuela
Zimbabwe

Gatekeeper

	02-07-2005 06:23									#10
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Don't be silly, we all know Henry van Statten owns the internet.

	02-07-2005 08:10									#11
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quote: Originally posted by David Floyd I'd cautiously positive about this, in the sense that I still trust the United States government FAR, FAR more than any international body you can name (an international body which could and probably would contain extreme left wingers, communists, etc.).

	02-07-2005 11:10									#12
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The last part was a joke.

Mostly.

	04-07-2005 07:46									#13
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What we really need is an authority that no one minds ceding authority to. If the US keeps losing ground in international affairs, it is just asking for the establishment of renegade root servers and a bifurcating of the internet.

	04-07-2005 07:57									#14
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quote: Originally posted by pchang What we really need is an authority that no one minds ceding authority to. If the US keeps losing ground in international affairs, it is just asking for the establishment of renegade root servers and a bifurcating of the internet.

While that is a worrying possibility, ICANN, as it is set up right now, isn't some organisation you want to trust anyway, if its past actions are any guide.

	04-07-2005 08:10									#15
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I don't see how setting it up as a fully independent body will correct the current shortcomings.

	04-07-2005 08:46									#16
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quote: Originally posted by pchang What we really need is an authority that no one minds ceding authority to. If the US keeps losing ground in international affairs, it is just asking for the establishment of renegade root servers and a bifurcating of the internet.

...



Google!

	04-07-2005 12:05									#17
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Hmm ... actually, I'm a bit surprised China hasn't tried to set up its own miniature version of the Internet, considering the government's penchant for attempting to control the flow of information in and out of that nation.

What's stopping Beijing from doing just that?

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	04-07-2005 14:04									#18
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? well, china and korea, among other east asian countries, already sort of do that.

in korea, you can type in hangul internet addresses, and they resolve properly. and, as i understand it, you can sort of do that in china with their characters as well.

	04-07-2005 14:27									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Q Cubed ? well, china and korea, among other east asian countries, already sort of do that. in korea, you can type in hangul internet addresses, and they resolve properly. and, as i understand it, you can sort of do that in china with their characters as well.

Long long time ago when the dotcom craze was in full swing, at least one company came up with the idea of having domain names in Chinese. However that would involve setting up root DNS servers that other DNS servers recognise, and that was not going to happen.

Nowadays I don't think China has done it, either. Not very useful if it only works in China.

The way forward is switch all root servers to Unicode. However I don't know when that will happen. Hell, IPv6 has been around for years and nobody uses it.