[governance] Clues for WCIT issues and prospects

[Dominique Lacroix]

Do you agree with that drawing of the management of the root file?

http://reseaux.blog.lemonde.fr/2012/09/02/controle-internet/

@+, Dom


Le 18/12/12 16:46, McTim a écrit :
> About Verisign, I agree that it's a short expression for an actual reality:
> US gov COULD cut DNS access to any country in the world. Verisign would just
> execute orders.
>
> Please explain how this is technically possible.  To my knowledge, it
> is not (and I have worked for 2 root-server operators).
>
> Are you talking about removing a ccTLD from the root zone?
>
> Are you talking about Verisign dropping queries from IP address blocks
> to the 2 root servers they operate?
>
> While the first is not possible for the USG to accomplish, the second
> is technically possible, but
> doesn't mean that a nation state would be denied access to the DNS
> root from all root servers.

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