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Because ICANN is responsible for overseeing the DNS root servers, and those roots are always used by ISPs as a matter of convention. If you made your own DNS r
by tjohns 10y ago
Because ICANN is responsible for overseeing the DNS root servers, and those roots are always used by ISPs as a matter of convention.
If you made your own DNS root and got folks to adopt it, you could make your own TLDs as well. Folks have tried in the past, none have really caught on (outside of a few specialized services, like .onion for Tor).
- AlecSchueler 10y agoThere's a pretty interesting book about the formation of ICANN called Ruling The Root if anyone wants to read about it further.
- _asummers 10y agoAmazon link: http://smile.amazon.com/Ruling-Root-Internet-Governance-Cyberspace/dp/0262632985?sa-no-redirect=1 http://smile.amazon.com/Ruling-Root-Internet-Governance-Cybe...