[169780] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: US to relinquish control of Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Springer)
Sat Mar 15 01:38:10 2014
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 22:37:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Springer <springer@inlandnet.com>
To: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
In-Reply-To: <F95A8550-EF24-48CC-964B-3B589DAF040E@ianai.net>
Cc: North American Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Fri, 14 Mar 2014, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
> (As if the US has "control" anyway....)
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> It's all over the "popular press", strange I haven't seen it here.
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> <http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/200889-us-to-relinquish-internet-control>
> <http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions>
> <http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-14mar14-en.htm>
> <http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-14mar14-en.htm>
> <http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-14mar14-en.htm>
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> Etc., etc.
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> It's nice of the DoC to "relinquish" control, but I really don't see it changing much other than quieting down some hype from countries that were saying they were pissed at the US for "controlling" the Internet. And I couldn't really see those countries doing anything about it unless the US did something actually bad, which they wouldn't do IMHO.
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> Was I being a pollyanna?
With respect, I don't think so.
John Springer
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> TTFN,
> patrick
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