WT: Move afoot for United Nations control of Internet

[link|http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20031117-113002-7678r.htm| Yeah, that'll work.]

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The Internet, at present, is loosely managed by a private organization in California named the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which coordinates such matters as Internet servers and domain names.
Countries with developing and emerging economies would like to hand over that authority to a U.N. agency, such as the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
The Internet medium is too important to be left in the hands of one major power, some argue, and others say problems such as cybercrime and protection of intellectual property rights require greater government involvement.

I say:

And getting the UN involved addresses that concern how, exactly? When you turn to them for a solution, you've already lost.

United Nations, ICANN, it's all the same. Trading one arrogant, corrupt and incompetent regulating body for another doesn't sound like a solution to me.

I say decentralize TLD lookups. Go to a P2P implementation on that level, with lots of local caching. International treaties to secure interoperability. Who needs the head office? Any head office?

Contrary to popular belief, there are more than one Internet domain name root zones on the planet. ICANN, a U.S. non-profit organization that finds its roots in the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, was established in the hopes of becoming the global domain name authority. But others, notably the PacificRoot root server, have been around since 1985.

These different root zones in use by international organizations are bound and abide by an informal pact to not step on the feet of other root zones. One of which is the Los Angeles-based ICANN.

By awarding the seven new TLD's, Gallegos maintains, ICANN arrogantly ignored the TLDs already in place at other root servers and could snarl the Internet for years to come. She said once the new TLDs start getting sold through ICANN's root server, it will confuse other servers using existing domain names around the world.

"The analogy I like to use is what we have here with the telephone companies," Gallegos said. "What would New Yorkers do if Verizon (Communications) and SBC (Communications) both decided to give out the same telephone number in the 212 calling area to two different people? It would cause a lot of chaos is what it would do. In effect, ICANN is going to be giving out phone numbers that are already in use."

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Post #126,339 by marlowe 11/18/03 11:24:37 AM Reply	WT: Move afoot for United Nations control of Internet [link\|http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20031117-113002-7678r.htm\| Yeah, that'll work.] Excerpt: The Internet, at present, is loosely managed by a private organization in California named the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which coordinates such matters as Internet servers and domain names. Countries with developing and emerging economies would like to hand over that authority to a U.N. agency, such as the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). The Internet medium is too important to be left in the hands of one major power, some argue, and others say problems such as cybercrime and protection of intellectual property rights require greater government involvement. I say: And getting the UN involved addresses that concern how, exactly? When you turn to them for a solution, you've already lost. United Nations, ICANN, it's all the same. Trading one arrogant, corrupt and incompetent regulating body for another doesn't sound like a solution to me. I say decentralize TLD lookups. Go to a P2P implementation on that level, with lots of local caching. International treaties to secure interoperability. Who needs the head office? Any head office? ---------------------------------------------------------------- DEAL WITH IT. Compromise is for suckers. Seeking a middle ground is what led to 9/11. "I do not want to be admired by scumbags and liars and wife beaters. I want to be admired by good and decent, intelligent and just people, and in order to achieve this I need to do things that make me despised by their opposites." - Bill Whittle Never mind all the mass graves. Where's the nerve gas? [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfire...arlowe/index.html]
Post #126,520 by Simon_Jester 11/18/03 1:29:50 PM Reply	Who claimed they are centralized? Contrary to popular belief, there are more than one Internet domain name root zones on the planet. ICANN, a U.S. non-profit organization that finds its roots in the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, was established in the hopes of becoming the global domain name authority. But others, notably the PacificRoot root server, have been around since 1985. These different root zones in use by international organizations are bound and abide by an informal pact to not step on the feet of other root zones. One of which is the Los Angeles-based ICANN. By awarding the seven new TLD's, Gallegos maintains, ICANN arrogantly ignored the TLDs already in place at other root servers and could snarl the Internet for years to come. She said once the new TLDs start getting sold through ICANN's root server, it will confuse other servers using existing domain names around the world. "The analogy I like to use is what we have here with the telephone companies," Gallegos said. "What would New Yorkers do if Verizon (Communications) and SBC (Communications) both decided to give out the same telephone number in the 212 calling area to two different people? It would cause a lot of chaos is what it would do. In effect, ICANN is going to be giving out phone numbers that are already in use." [link\|http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/580551\| Source ]
Post #126,999 by marlowe 11/21/03 8:39:21 AM Reply	Evidently, not everyone feels that way. ---------------------------------------------------------------- DEAL WITH IT. Compromise is for suckers. Seeking a middle ground is what led to 9/11. "I do not want to be admired by scumbags and liars and wife beaters. I want to be admired by good and decent, intelligent and just people, and in order to achieve this I need to do things that make me despised by their opposites." - Bill Whittle Never mind all the mass graves. Where's the nerve gas? [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfire...arlowe/index.html]

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