You’ll recall that several months ago I told you about the rumblings of discontent around the world as people realized that the U.S., in the form of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), retained full control of the master DNS zones (files which are basically the master routing tables for the entire Internet), and how the U.S. had dug in its heels and refused to give up control of the Internet.

In fact, at that time, the U.S. had issued a statement saying, in part, that “The United States Government intends to preserve the security and stability of the Internet’s Domain Name and Addressing System (DNS). Given the Internet’s importance to the world’s economy, it is essential that the underlying DNS of the Internet remain stable and secure. As such, the United States is committed to taking no action that would have the potential to adversely impact the effective and efficient operation of the DNS and will therefore maintain its historic role in authorizing changes or modifications to the authoritative root zone file.”

Last month it reached a critical level, as the UN…

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