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We need an alternative DNS root zone that is controlled by something like NATO (but for Internet interoperability.) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_

We need an alternative DNS root zone that is controlled by something like NATO (but for Internet interoperability.) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_DNS_root http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_DNS_root This would democratize the Internet an take lots of control away from the US

davidw 15y ago
Or... the United Nations, so that countries like Russia and China would get more of a say in how things are run? Oh... hrm....
- babarock 15y ago
  Oh no, not Russia! not China! my government/media/neighbor told me they're Evil. Let's keep the control to people like Lamar Smith. At least he's <insert bogus excuse with big words like "freedom" or "free speech">
  - davidw 15y ago
    You can observe and read about how the Russians and Chinese behave yourself, no? The great firewall? Syria? Putin's gradual takeover of Russia? The US has plenty of defects, but is not really in the same league. Now, that's no excuse at all to not demand better behavior from US politicians, but it is pointing out that "international control" over the internet is no panacea.
- pooriaazimi 15y ago
  UN would be a better idea. And while we're at it, let's remove/cancel(? - what's the right word?) the `veto` right too, so that no country can `veto` the decisions made by the whole world (attacking Iraq, Saving a murderous regime like Syria, etc.)
EvilTerran 15y ago
Would it be possible to completely do away with centralised DNS roots? Some kind of peer-to-peer name resolution system might be viable, theoretically at least... It would be asking for (at least an initial period of) anarchy, mind. Perhaps doing away with the "one name, one website" paradigm of DNS altogether and using something like http://yacy.net http://yacy.net to find the relevant IP address for the site you want could work...
- throwaway64 15y ago
  namecoin does exactly this (decentralized p2p DNS), arguably the bitcoin model is a much better fit for domains than it ever was for currency.
seanp2k2 15y ago
Just found this: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/05/internet-regulation-war-sopa-pipa-defcon-hacking http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/05/internet-regulatio... which suggests that the formation of a global body to oversee Internet policy is likely.

davidw 15y ago

Or... the United Nations, so that countries like Russia and China would get more of a say in how things are run? Oh... hrm....

babarock 15y ago
Oh no, not Russia! not China! my government/media/neighbor told me they're Evil. Let's keep the control to people like Lamar Smith. At least he's <insert bogus excuse with big words like "freedom" or "free speech">
- davidw 15y ago
  You can observe and read about how the Russians and Chinese behave yourself, no? The great firewall? Syria? Putin's gradual takeover of Russia? The US has plenty of defects, but is not really in the same league. Now, that's no excuse at all to not demand better behavior from US politicians, but it is pointing out that "international control" over the internet is no panacea.
pooriaazimi 15y ago
UN would be a better idea. And while we're at it, let's remove/cancel(? - what's the right word?) the `veto` right too, so that no country can `veto` the decisions made by the whole world (attacking Iraq, Saving a murderous regime like Syria, etc.)

EvilTerran 15y ago

Would it be possible to completely do away with centralised DNS roots? Some kind of peer-to-peer name resolution system might be viable, theoretically at least... It would be asking for (at least an initial period of) anarchy, mind. Perhaps doing away with the "one name, one website" paradigm of DNS altogether and using something like http://yacy.net http://yacy.net to find the relevant IP address for the site you want could work...

throwaway64 15y ago
namecoin does exactly this (decentralized p2p DNS), arguably the bitcoin model is a much better fit for domains than it ever was for currency.

seanp2k2 15y ago

Just found this: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/05/internet-regulation-war-sopa-pipa-defcon-hacking http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/05/internet-regulatio... which suggests that the formation of a global body to oversee Internet policy is likely.