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DNS Powers That BeDNS Powers That BePosted Oct 31, 2002 21:14 UTC (Thu) by roelofs (subscriber, #2599)Parent article: Protecting the domain name system We will see whether these ideas are actually heard by the DNS Powers That Be, however. Let's hope, but don't hold your breath. ICANN has been remarkably unresponsive to the needs of many of its constituencies, preferring to operate in secrecy and apparently under the control of rich corporate interests. Aside from Karl's ouster, the most recent fuss involves the ccTLDs, who are getting sufficiently irritated at (among other things) its unilateral decisions to charge it with breach of contract in one case and threaten to secede altogether. I wouldn't be surprised if things aren't quite as one-sided as ICANNWatch make them sound, but the fact that ICANN operates in near-total secrecy makes it difficult to give them the benefit of the doubt. And in case you think the DNS root-server issue is purely technical and therefore not susceptible to politicking, keep in mind that centralization is a major prerequisite for control--and control is power, and power is what makes politics go. Greg
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