U.N. summit revives concerns about Net control

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Silly Boy

The US is in control of DNS... not the internet.

As a technical matter, it really wouldn't be a stretch to modify the root hints at the core of DNS to give each country their own "DNS root" (much like a telephone country code). This could easily be done as a patch to a client PC.

In effect, a .COM address would then possibly exist over 250 times, once for each country on the planet.

If you typed an address into your web browser, you'd be presented with a list of countries that which resoved that address, and you'd pick one from the list.

In many ways, it would actually work better because you'd select the national site you want to deal with before getting to a company's web page. This means a Samsug or an ASUS wouldn't need to bother with those cheesy homepages where you "select your location" and get bounced to a different site anyway.

For truly global domains, the UN could also be a resolving entity.

It raises interesting questions, but in response to your comment, the US most certainly does not control the internet.

Posted by: ITTech001   Posted on: 10/27/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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