<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>The Department of Commerce has control over the root servers, A to whatever. It contracts the IANA function to ICANN.</div><div><br></div><div>Ben</div><div><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Dec 6, 2012, at 9:08 AM, McTim <<a href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com">dogwallah@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 12:39 AM, Ben Fuller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:abutiben@gmail.com" target="_blank">abutiben@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
FYI.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/271153-house-approves-resolution-to-keep-internet-control-out-of-un-hands" target="_blank">http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/271153-house-approves-resolution-to-keep-internet-control-out-of-un-hands</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>How, exactly does it do this??</div>
</div><div><br></div>-- <br>Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br>
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