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more on American dominance of the Internet, redux
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:39:56 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: John Levine <johnl () iecc com> Date: October 17, 2005 12:50:05 PM EDT To: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Cc: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] more on American dominance of the Internet, redux
The rope that we're twisting on has become extremely frayed. While it might be comforting for some observers to wish that the "slightly illegitimate" status quo could be maintained, that is not to be for much longer.
Why do you say that? Why do you think that 13 independent minded self-funded root server operators spread around the world would be any more likely to follow stupid instructions from some newly formed son-of-ICANN than they would from ICANN? Or that the five independently managed self-funded RIRs would? Any country that tried to enforce root policy would shoot itself in the foot, since it'd be cutting itself off from the rest of the net. The point that I think Esther was trying to make, and with which I agree, is the despite the bureaucratic fog around ICANN, the essential structure of the Internet is in fact still run on the basis of informal agreements, people have very carefuly avoided testing the limits of those agreements, and nothing anyone is proposing is likely to change that. Especially not replacing ICANN with something else. R's, John ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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