Siri Amrit Kaur said: > Scares the heck out of me. What are our options? Been reading > commentaries on /. --curious what people on this list think we should > do. I don't think there is much to fear with all this. As I understand it, this is political blustering by people who don't know what they are talking about. (But then I may be one that doesn't know what I'm talking about.) Anyway, this is my understanding of the situation: What they want is control of the root DNS servers and database. This is still in control of the USA federal government via the Department of Commerce, I think. The internet and it's protocols are such that anyone, within certain technical limitations, can setup a DNS service. If the EU or UN or whoever wants to create a separate DNS system, they can do so. However, if "their" DNS system and "our" DNS system point to two different IP addressed servers, who do you follow? If such collisions happen often enough, accurate communication between computers on the two systems is compromised. Suddenly the bank in Germany can't talke to the bank in the US because the two DNS systems don't match. How often do you think corporations and users will allow that situation to last? How much would it cost to bridge the two systems? Both sides benefit from having one DNS system. That system is already in place. The pain to "them" trying to create their own will be larger than any benefit from having control. However, I assume some sort of control sharing arrangement will eventually be made because it is also in "our" best interest for "them" to stay with us. So, it will all either blow over or be resolved without disrupting the status quo. Any actual disruption would be too costly. IMO. Alan --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss