This isn't really that big of a deal. The DNS root servers just refer to the top level domain servers. All transferring control to the ITU would enable is they could add new TLDs through whichever process they want. Note that policy control of the root servers does not translate into operational control of the root servers. The root server operators (http://www.root-servers.org/) diverse enough that I doubt the UN or whoever could get away with removing a TLD pointer.
Example: Cogent hosts a root server farm. Lets say the ITU wants to remove the pointer to .com. Do you really think Cogent would allow that change to go through (or not reverse the change) since most of their customers would get pissed off that their favorite web sites don't come up? Control over pointers to .com/.tw/etc does not convey censorship ability on domains below the TLD. If you want something to be alarmed about with regards to ITU/UN control over the internet take a look at attempts to get their claws into IPv6 address assignments: http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_geography_of_internet_addressing/ P.S. Write in Ron Paul! On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Chuck Profito <cprof...@cv-access.com> wrote: > >From NewsMax: > > Obama Surrendering Internet to Foreign Powers > > Sunday, 31 Jan 2010 06:41 PM Article Font Size > By: Bradley A. Blakeman > > Without the ingenuity of America's brightest minds and the investment of > U.S. taxpayer dollars, there would be no Internet, as we now know it today. > > Now, the Obama administration has moved quietly to cede control of the Web > from the United States to foreign powers. > > Some background: The Internet came into being because of the genius work of > Americans Dr.Robert E. Kahn and Dr. Vinton G. Cerf. These men, while working > for the Department of Defense in the Defense Advanced Research Projects > Agency in the early 1970s, conceived, designed, and implemented the idea of > "open-architecture networking." > > This breakthrough in connectivity and networking was the birth of the > Internet. > > These two gentlemen had the vision and the brainpower to create a worldwide > computer Internet communications network that forever changed the world and > how we communicate in it. > > They discovered that providing a person with a unique identifier > (TCP/IP)that was able to be recognized and interact through a network of > servers would allow users to communicate with others. > > The servers woulduse a series of giant receivers to recognize the identifier > and connect networks to networks, passing on information from computer to > computer in a seamless real-time exchange of information. This new process > of communication became know as the "information super highway," aka, the > Internet. > > Now for the bad news: In an effort to show the world how inclusive, sharing, > cooperative, and international America can be, the Obama administration set > off on a plan to surrender control and key management of the Internet by the > U.S. Department of Commerce and its agents. > > The key to the control America has over the Internet is through the > management of the Domain Name System (DNS) and the giant servers that > service the Internet. > > Domain names are managed through an entity named IANA, the Internet Assigned > Numbers Authority. The IANA, which operates on behalf of the U.S. Department > of Commerce, is responsible for the global coordination of the DNS, IP > addressing, and other Internet protocol resources. > > In short, without an IP Address or other essential Internet protocols, a > person or entity would not have access to the Internet. > > For years, the international community has been pressuring the United States > to surrender its control and management of the Internet. They want an > international body such as the United Nations or even the International > Telecommunications Union, (an entity that coordinates international > telephone communications), to manage all aspects of the Internet in behalf > of all nations. > > The argument advanced for those seeking international control of the > Internet is that the Internet has become such a powerful, pervasive, and a > dependent form of international communications, that it would be dangerous > and inequitable for any one nation to control and manage it. > > Just this past spring, within months of Obama's taking office, his > administration, through the Department of Commerce, agreed to relinquish > some control over IANA and their governance. The Obama administration has > agreed to give greater representation to foreign companies and countries on > IANA. > > This amounts to one small step for internationalism and one giant leap for > surrendering America's control over an invention we have every right and > responsibility to control and manage. > > It is in America's economic and national security interests not to > relinquish any control. We are responsible for the control, operation, and > functionality of one of the modern world's greatest inventions and most > powerful communications network. > > What better country to protect the Internet than the United States? > > We invented it, and we paid for the research and implementation that made it > possible. We are the freest, most tolerant nation on earth, we believe in > the > fundamental right of free speech, and we practice a free market of commerce > and ideas. > > America has always been against censorship and has shared its invention with > the world without fee or unreasonable or arbitrary restriction. The user fee > to operate on the Internet is not one paid to the U.S. government; a > consumer pays it to private Internet companies, who provide access to the > Internet through servers for their subscribers. > > Look no further than China's recent move against Google to censor the > Internet, and you can envision what can happen when other nations less free > than the United States seek to control the Internet beyond even their own > borders. > > America needs to wake up. If we lose control over the management of the > Internet, we have given away one of our nation's greatest assets with > nothing > in return to show for it. > > The Obama administration's actions will set in motion a slow and complete > takeover of the Internet by the United Nations or some other equally > U.S.-hostile and unfriendly international body. And once it is gone, it will > be gone forever. > > The surrender of the Internet will spell disaster for our nation, > financially, as well as for safety, security and our standing as a great > power that values freedom and the free exchange of ideas and information. > > As far as I am concerned, America is still the last best hope for a more > peaceful and prosperous world and our president should not be looking for > ways to weaken us. Rather, his job is to work to strengthen us and protect > our nation's greatest asset our people's creativity and ingenuity. > > > Bradley A. Blakeman, who was a deputy assistant to President George W. Bush > from 2001-20004, teaches Public Policy & Politics & International Affairs at > Georgetown University. > > > C Newsmax. All rights reserved. > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of RickG > Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 4:58 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Commissioner Robert McDowell's statement on > Broadband... > > I wonder what the catch is :) > -RickG > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:07 PM, MDK <rea...@muddyfrogwater.us> wrote: > >> "First, do harm". >> >> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-296081A1.pdf >> >> This speech was made at the end of January... At least ONE commissioner's >> got his head on straight... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >> WISPA Wants You! 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