where did the internet come from?

[DomainNames]

a great read !!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_governance
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read some of the links.. it truly is amazing http://www.rkey.com/essays/diss.pdf a bit hard to read but in detail for the study minded

the .au name space history in detail http://www.iana.org/reports/2001/au-report-31aug01.html

http://www.iana.org/reports/2001/au-redelegation/kloeden-to-lynn-03aug01.html

GREAT READING[/B]

some people state the US Government ultimately has control of the internet and all world domain name extensions etc. This might be true as it has control rights over Icann

http://www.rogerclarke.com/II/OzI04.html

 

[joshrowe]

some people state the US Government ultimately has control of the internet and all world domain name extensions etc. This might be true as it has control rights over Icann

http://www.rogerclarke.com/II/OzI04.html

It's also worth reading this relatively recent annoucement from ICANN about their shift away from direct US control / influence.

When Paul Levins was at ICANN he was directly involved in this process.

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30sep09-en.htm

http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_jpa_coverage/

 

[Plevins]

Hi all and thx Josh for referring to my role in this. I know Roger Clarke from years ago when he and I worked on implementing Australia's Privacy legislation. A lot has happened since 2004 when Roger wrote this article. In 2009 an in the 2 years leading up, I was responsible for developing the Strategy to end the Joint Project Agreement and to devise a new mechanism of accountability - it led to the Affirmation of Commitments. You can see more media on it at the time at http://paullevins.com/media/ and quite a good ABC interview I did at the time on it here: http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2009/10/fte_20091029_0840.mp3

 

[DomainNames]

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2005/07/15/1415041.htm

The internet is now loosely managed by various groups. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers or ICANN, for example, manages the domain name system and is under the control of the US government.

So in the end it all still comes under contracts of management signed off by US Dept of Commerce. Would this be right Paul?

"Obama administration joins critics of U.S. nonprofit group that oversees Internet" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/28/AR2011022803719.html

"The Commerce Department, however, worries that other countries might soon lobby en masse for the U.N. to take over instead. Commerce officials prefer a nimble private-sector organization to run the Web's addressing system, but the government doesn't believe ICANN is listening enough to the international community.

Some ICANN officials worry that, if tensions continue with the Commerce Department, the nonprofit organization might lose its contract to run the Web's master database. That contract, which the Commerce Department last gave to ICANN in a no-bid process, comes up for renewal in the fall. Commerce officials have yet to decide whether they will ask for other organizations to compete for it."

 

[nina]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEEwmpScMp4&feature=relmfu

Well, looks like there will always be someone who will help take over. I was reading this about cloud computing which I feel dreadfully uncomfortable with on a personal level.

Nina