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DNS isn't completely "decentralized" because it still relies on root name servers, which are controlled by ICANN.
by t0mbstone 6y ago
DNS isn't completely "decentralized" because it still relies on root name servers, which are controlled by ICANN.
- tialaramex 6y agoOnly the L root is controlled by ICANN A and J are controlled by Verisign (a US public company) B and D by different US universities C by Cogent (another US public company) E by NASA F by Internet Systems Consortium (an American not-for-profit) G by the US Department of Defense H by the US Army I by Netnod (a Swedish non-profit) K by RIPE (the European RIR) and finally M by WIDE (a project of several Japanese universities)
- rasengan 6y ago... which are delegated authority by ICANN [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_root_zone#Management https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_root_zone#Management