[AfrICANN-discuss] ITU

[McTim]

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Ben Fuller <abutiben at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Department of Commerce has control over the root servers,
>


I think that the 12 organisations that run A-M might think about it
differently, they are:

Verisign <http://www.verisigninc.com/> · USC-ISI <http://www.isi.edu/> ·
Cogent <http://www.cogentco.com/> · UMD <http://www.umd.edu/> ·
NASA-ARC<http://www.arc.nasa.gov/>
 · ISC <http://www.isc.org/> · DOD-NIC <http://www.nic.mil/> ·
ARL<http://www.arl.army.mil/>
 · Autonomica <http://www.autonomica.se/> · RIPE <http://www.ripe.net/> ·
ICANN <http://www.icann.org/> · WIDE <http://www.wide.ad.jp/>

The DoC does not have control over them.



>  A to whatever. It contracts the IANA function to ICANN.
>


The DoC DOES have a no-fee contract with ICANN to run the IANA, this does
not mean they can determine what is in the root.


Regards,

McTim



> On Dec 6, 2012, at 9:08 AM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 12:39 AM, Ben Fuller <abutiben at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> FYI.
>>
>>
>> http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/271153-house-approves-resolution-to-keep-internet-control-out-of-un-hands
>>
>> This is the first time in a long time that the US Congress has been
>> united on an issue. Remember, the US controls the root.
>>
>
>
> How, exactly does it do this??
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
> indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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