By David Morgenstern, eWEEK
Citing national security and business concerns, officials of the U.S. Department of Commerce Thursday said the federal agency will retain control of the Internet’s domain naming system, rather than hand over complete responsibility to the international nonprofit currently running the operation.
The move could roil governments and international businesses, analysts warned, as well as bring potential Internet chaos from dueling domain-name systems.
Read the full story on eWEEK.com: Feds Won’t Let Go of Internet DNS
It is time for the world community to fork and go on our own:
http://european.nl.orsn.net/ [orsn.net]
ORSN is an abbreviation for Open Root Server Network and stands for a network of DNS servers in member countries of the European Union and/or neighbouring countries.
The ORSN serves as a alternative for the existing root-server network since February 2002, which is coordinated by the ICANN. In contrast to the root servers of the ICANN, the ORSN servers should predominantly be placed in Europe. The maximum number of ORSN root-servers will be 13.
Until now, the administration is done by the USA and/or the ICANN. Therefore, a large number of root-servers is located in America. A loss or the modification of the root-server information could result in serious consequences for all other countries concerning their internet use. It is for example possible to stop a whole country from using the internet. In practice, this scenario didn’t happen so far but it can’t be excluded either.
The ORSN is based on a private initiative. The project isn’t profit-oriented and won’t be it in the future. The current root-server operators of the ORSN support the network by supplying resources such as server hardware and, if necessary, the administration of the appropriate server. The joined ISPs and operators administer and use the ORSN by conviction and in the interest of the autarcy of the network in Europe.
Visit our forum at http://forum.orsn.org/ [orsn.org] to ask for more information.
via SPYNEWS | Mario Profaca