U.S. to Retain Control of Internet DNS
The Bush administration announced Thursday that the U.S. government will not hand over control of the Internet to any other organization, a surprise move that could presage an international flap. At the moment, the U.S. government maintains control of the Internet’s “root”–the master file that lists what top-level domains are…
From PC Magazine:
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.