US keeps grip on Net traffic
p2pnet.net News:- America says it’ll retain oversight of the 13 principal root servers that control online traffic “indefinitely”.
The decision ignores demands that it, “turn the function over to an international body,” says the Associated Press, going on:
“Assistant Commerce Secretary Michael Gallagher said the declaration, officially made in a four-paragraph statement posted online, came in response to growing security threats and increased reliance on the Internet globally for communications and commerce.”
The, “signals and words and intentions and policies need to be clear so all of us benefiting in the world from the Internet and in the U.S. economy can have confidence there will be continued stewardship," Gallagher is quoted as saying.
In 1998, the Commerce Department selected ICANN to decide what goes on those lists and, “Commerce kept veto power but indicated it would let go once met a number of conditions,” says AP.
“Yesterday’s declaration means Commerce will keep that control, regardless of whether and when those conditions are met.”
In a worst-case scenario, “countries refusing to accept U.S. control could establish their own separate Domain Name System and thus fracture the Internet into more than one network,” says the story, adding:
“That means two users typing the same domain name could reach entirely different Web sites, depending on where they are.”
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Associated Press – U.S. won’t give up control of key Internet computers, July 1, 2005
July 1st, 2005 at 5:02 pm
Better yet, lets switch to IPv6 and build our own network.
July 1st, 2005 at 11:37 pm
Have no fear you foreigners! Team America is on the job, keeping the World Wide Web safe for democracy and freedom, as long as we get to be the Boss…
July 1st, 2005 at 11:43 pm
In a worst-case scenario, “countries refusing to accept U.S. control could establish their own separate Domain Name System and thus fracture the Internet into more than one network,” says the story, adding:
So it should not be the internet it should be called the monopolist net or the us net. Damn how stupid are those people that make these laws. I say we build are own net. Someone start a net based on open source and where it can not be goverened by anyone such as the suck ass usa conglomorates.
July 2nd, 2005 at 12:22 am
fuck my country. or will i get arrestted for saying that.
July 6th, 2005 at 12:00 pm
I just called the FBI and told them about your comment.
July 6th, 2005 at 12:04 pm
Big Deal.
I live in the U.S.A., and it was the U.S.A. who first built the Internet under a DARPA project in the first place. Since it was built with public funds provided by the DOD, then that means that it’s ours and we get to keep it. The UN and EU can go kiss off as far as I’m concerned. The DOC made the correct decision in my book.
If other people want to create their own network, then more power to them.