US Government takes full control of DNS
Posted on | July 29, 2006 | No Comments
Experts weigh giving ICANN full control of DNS
Some say having the U.S. involved in DNS management holds back development of the Internet
Internet governance experts argued on Wednesday for and against having the U.S. government hand over completely the technical coordination and management of the Internet’s domain name system (DNS) to the private, non-profit ICANN this year.
Those in favor of completing this transition, which began in 1998, said the political price of having the U.S. involved in DNS management has become too high and holds back the international development of the Internet.
Meanwhile, others warned that ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) isn’t yet ready to take on this task alone and that a premature withdrawal by the U.S. government could compromise the Internet’s security and stability.
The U.S. Department of Commerce called Wednesday’s public meeting as part of its consultation process on the upcoming expiration of its agreement with ICANN to co-manage the DNS. That deal ends in September. In the weeks preceding the meeting, which was Webcast, about 700 written comments were sent to the Commerce Department.
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