I don't really follow ICANN news. I have some vague idea that they've made some questionable moves over the past several years.
I know nothing of the Obama administration's involvement.
Could somebody translate the article into a form I understand? ICANN manages the sale/assignment of IP addresses and manages the Root DNS Servers, right?
How does USA currently control them and what does the proposed change mean?
If you know anything about the farce that is the UN Human Rights Council[0], the idea of some international coalition of governments having any control over the fundamental infrastructure of the internet should be concerning. All things considered, the IANA has been in good hands under the purview of ICANN and the US Department of Commerce.
That's odd. The idea is that WSJ allows non-paywalled referrals from google so I figured posting the link to the google search would help. Sorry about that. I don't know why it's still paywalled for you..
I know nothing of the Obama administration's involvement.
Could somebody translate the article into a form I understand? ICANN manages the sale/assignment of IP addresses and manages the Root DNS Servers, right?
How does USA currently control them and what does the proposed change mean?