NTIA cedes root zone control

Fri Jun 6 22:05:37 UTC 2014

er… this is no longer news…  back in -MAY-… it was:

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions

/bill
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On 6June2014Friday, at 14:31, Jay Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> 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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