April 2016 - Internet Governance Project

Alternate DNS roots and the abominable snowman of sovereignty

Posted on April 7, 2016November 20, 2017 by Brenden Kuerbis and Milton MuellerGeopolitics of IG, IG Institutions, Internet Identifiers

[caption id="attachment_3933" align="alignleft" width="215"] Source: http://www.runjackson.org[/caption] Ever since the formation of ICANN (and before), the mere mention of "alternate DNS roots" has inspired apoplectic reactions in certain circles. The idea of running a DNS root that competed with the one managed by IANA was seen as heretical at best, and an...

The Draft Bylaws on ICANN’s Mission: Some Important Questions

Posted on April 4, 2016November 20, 2017 by Milton MuellerIG Institutions, Internet Identifiers

Lawyers have been busily working on taking the enhanced accountability and IANA transition proposals and revising the ICANN bylaw language to implement them. The first draft for public discussion was sent out Sunday, April 3. The community now has only a week or so to review them and catch errors...

Month: April 2016

Alternate DNS roots and the abominable snowman of sovereignty

The Draft Bylaws on ICANN’s Mission: Some Important Questions

Will The Internet Fragment?