EU Claims Internet Could Fall Apart Next Month

EU Claims Internet Could Fall Apart Next Month


Wanna read something scary?
(Score:5, Interesting)
by WhiteWolf666 (145211) Alter Relationship on Thursday October 13, @02:43PM (#13784230)
(Last Journal: Friday August 08, @07:47PM)
FTA:

The EU plan was applauded by states such as Saudi Arabia and Iran, leading the former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt to express misgivings on his weblog: "It seems as if the European position has been hijacked by officials that have been driven by interests that should not be ours.

"We really can't have a Europe that is applauded by China and Iran and Saudi Arabia on the future governance of the internet. Even those critical of the United States must see where such a position risks taking us."

As I've said before, I'll be happy if the issue of IP address allocation is handled by the ITU. DNS should not be under the control of a central organization.

Notice that in the U.S. you are permitted to use any DNS you may like? Sure the root DNS server is Icann moderated, but you can select anything?

Anyone believe Iran (I'm 1/2 Persian) will allow that? Or China?

Or that China will permit a Taiwanese TLD in the New, UN-moderated, EU-sponsored DNS governing association?

Places like S. Arabia, China, and Iran can't wait for DNS to be controlled by the UN, because all kinds of silly nonsense happens in UN politics. Although China may have its sights set on the RoC, as of know, its insane to posit that Taiwan isn't an independant nation.

Yet the UN does not recognize it as such.....

Just my 2 cents. =====================

"We really can't have a Europe that is applauded by China and Iran and Saudi Arabia on the future governance of the internet. Even those critical of the United States must see where such a position risks taking us."

Reminds me of a quote I'm going to paraphrase (don't remember the speaker - Churchill?):

I'd rather argue against a hundred idiots than have one agree with me.

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