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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/04/content_3172783.htm
US seeks to retain control over web traffic
www.chinaview.cn 2005-07-04 14:17:21
BEIJING, July 4 -- The United States seeks to retain its control over
the top-level domain and addressing system (DNS) of the Internet, thus
enhancing its historic role in Internet management.
US seeks retain its control over the top-level domain and addressing
system (DNS) of the Internet.
A statement published Thursday on the Web site of the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA website), part of
the Commerce Department, says the United States "intends to preserve the
security and stability" of the technical underpinnings of the Internet.
The policy statement also says the United States will "maintain its
historic role in authorizing changes or modifications" to the master file
of Internet domain names.
Although the Internet's 13 root servers are in private hands, the U.S.
Commerce Department holds veto power over the more than 250 top-level
domains, such as .com and .net.
Speaking at a wireless conference in Washington Thursday, Assistant
Commerce Secretary Michael Gallagher said his agency plans to retain that
veto authority despite earlier pledges to divest itself of involvement in
Internet governance, eventually ceding control to the Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
"The United States continues to support the ongoing work of ICANN as
the technical manager of the DNS and related technical operations and
recognizes the progress it has made to date," the new U.S. principles
state.
The policy statement acknowledges that other governments have a
legitimate public policy interest in the management of their country's
top-level domains.
Various groups, including the International Telecommunication Union, a
United Nations agency based in Geneva, have suggested that the US
government has too much control over the Internet, which has become a
vital link around the world in commerce and communications since it grew
out of U.S. Defense Department research in the 1970s.
Many countries favor gradually releasing oversight of the Internet's
so-called "root servers" to an international body, and a showdown on the
issue could come in November at a U.N. information society summit to be
held in Tunisia. Enditem
It is time for the world community to fork and go on our own:
http://european.nl.orsn.net/ [orsn.net]
ORSN is an abbreviation for Open Root Server Network and stands for a
network of DNS servers in member countries of the European Union and/or
neighbouring countries.
The ORSN serves as a alternative for the existing root-server network
since February 2002, which is coordinated by the ICANN. In contrast to the
root servers of the ICANN, the ORSN servers should predominantly be placed
in Europe. The maximum number of ORSN root-servers will be 13.
Until now, the administration is done by the USA and/or the ICANN.
Therefor, a large number of root-servers is located in America. A loss or
the modification of the root-server information could result in serious
consequences for all other countries concerning their internet use. It is
for example possible to stop a whole country from using the internet. In
practice, this scenario didn't happen so far but it can't be excluded
either.
The ORSN is based on a private initiative. The project isn't
profit-oriented and won't be it in the future. The current root-server
operators of the ORSN support the network by supplying resources such as
server hardware and, if necessary, the administration of the appropriate
server. The joined ISPs and operators administer and use the ORSN by
conviction and in the interest of the autarcy of the network in Europe.
Visit our forum at http://forum.orsn.org/ [orsn.org] to ask for more
information.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1833938,00.asp
Feds Won't Let Go of Internet DNS
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