[172227] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NTIA cedes root zone control
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Ashworth)
Fri Jun 6 17:54:28 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 17:54:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
To: Robert Webb <rwebb@ropeguru.com>
In-Reply-To: <53923793.4030102@ropeguru.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Well, crap.
My apologies, all, for not checking the damn dateline; I won't tell
you what popped that story up in front of me, cause I'd be too
embarrassed.
And I don't think BCP38 was gonna help me here. :-}
Have a nice weekend...
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Webb" <rwebb@ropeguru.com>
> To: "Jay Ashworth" <jra@baylink.com>, "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 6, 2014 5:50:11 PM
> Subject: Re: NTIA cedes root zone control
> Why is that dated Mar ch 14, 2014??
>
> Robert
>
> On 06/06/2014 05:31 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> > In one of the worst written stories I've ever seen in Ars, it's
> > announced
> > that -- in one of the best take-out-the-trash moments in Internet
> > history
> > (make the announcement not only on a Friday, but *during a NANOG*)
> > -- NTIA
> > is ceding control of the root DNS zone.
> >
> > The article very carefully does not say *to whom*; though it implies
> > that
> > it's ICANN.
> >
> > If that's the case, then I'm not sure there's actually, y'know,
> > *news*
> > here. But...
> >
> > http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/03/in-sudden-announcement-us-to-give-up-control-of-dns-root-zone/
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -- jra
> >
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