NTIA cedes root zone control

Fri Jun 6 21:54:16 UTC 2014

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 at ropeguru.com>
> To: "Jay Ashworth" <jra at baylink.com>, "NANOG" <nanog at 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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