7/28/2006
United States cedes control of the Internet
July 27, Register (UK) — United States cedes control of the Internet. In a meeting that will go down in Internet history, the United States government Wednesday night, July 26, conceded that it can no longer expect to maintain its position as the ultimate authority over the Internet. Having been the Internet’s instigator and, since 1998, its voluntary taskmaster, the U.S. government finally agreed to transition its control over not−for−profit Internet overseeing organization Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, making the organization a more international body. However, assistant commerce secretary John Kneuer, the U.S. official in charge of such matters, also made clear that the U.S. was still determined to keep control of the net’s root zone file −− at least in the medium−term.
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Note: The rest of the world says “you are not the boss of me.”
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Filed by Ken at 11:13 am under Technology
WoW (and about time)
Ken! Thanks for the wonderful news. Does this have anything to do with China’s IPv6 ambitions?
Ain’t it the truth Doug. Way overdue.
Troy, while nobody in “power” will concede that point the fact that the Chinese are the clearcut world leaders in adoption and deployment of IPv6 has to be a factor. They’re advancing technology while the US falls behind. What really bothers me is that the gap is widening and we are falling farther behind all the time.
Part of the lagging is due to our representatives’ incredible ignorance of tech and science. Rush Holt is pretty much a voice in the wilderness as far as getting something going that would remedy that.
Agreed J. Our legislators have remained so woefully behind in gaining any understanding of the technology and how to help motivate wise use of it that they’re an embarassment in general.