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The Domain Naming System, DNS<\/a>, is one of the Internet's most important components.
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It pairs the easy-to-remember web addresses with their relevant servers. Without DNS<\/a>, one would only be able to access websites by typing in its IP address<\/a>, a series of numbers such as \"194.66.82.10\"<\/a>.
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\nMore by circumstance than intention, the US has always had ultimate say over how the DNS is controlled - but not for much longer, the BBC reported today.
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The US will give up its power fully to Los Angles-based ICANN<\/a> - the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - a non-profit organisation.
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\nThe terms of the change were agreed upon in 2014, but it wasn not until now that the US said it was finally satisfied that Icann<\/a> was ready to make the change.
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\nICANN will take charge of Internet's naming system on October 1, 2016, the report said.
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\nUsers of the web will not notice any difference because ICANN has essentially being doing the job for years.
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\nBut it's a move that has been fiercely criticised by some US politicians as opening the door to the likes of China and Russia to meddle with a system that has always been \"protected\" by the US.
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\n\"The proposal will significantly increase the power of foreign governments over the Internet,\" warned a letter signed by several Republican senators, including former presidential hopeful, Ted Cruz.
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\nICANN was created in 1998 to take over the task of assigning web addresses. Until that point, that job was handled by one man - Jon Postel. He was known to many as the \"god of the internet\", a nod to his power over the internet, as well as his research work in creating some of the systems that underpin networking.
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\nPostel, who died not long after ICANN was created, was in charge of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).
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\nAdministration of the IANA was contracted to the newly- formed ICANN, but the US's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), part of the Department of Commerce, kept its final say over what it was able to do.
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\nIt is that final detail that is set to change from October 1. No longer will the US government - through the NTIA - be able to intervene on matters around internet naming.
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\nFrom October, the \"new\" ICANN will become an organisation that answers to multiple stakeholders who want a say over the internet. Those stakeholders include countries, businesses and groups offering technical expertise.
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\n\"It's a big change,\" said Prof Alan Woodward from the University of Surrey.
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\n\"It marks a transition from an internet effectively governed by one nation to a multi-stakeholder governed internet: a properly global solution for what has become a global asset,\" he added.\n\n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":53765259,"title":"Apple said to hit roadblocks in cutting watch ties to iPhone","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/apple-said-to-hit-roadblocks-in-cutting-watch-ties-to-iphone\/53765259","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":53765326,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"US set to hand over Domain Naming System to ICANN","synopsis":"More by circumstance than intention, the US has always had ultimate say over how the DNS is controlled - but not for much longer, the BBC reported today.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/us-set-to-hand-over-domain-naming-system-to-icann","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"PTI","artdate":"2016-08-19 08:41:42","lastupd":"2016-08-19 08:44:34","breadcrumbTags":["Internet","ICANN","DNS","IP address","\"194.66.82.10\""],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/us-set-to-hand-over-domain-naming-system-to-icann"}}" data-authors="[" "]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2016-08-19" data-index="article_1">
洛杉矶:美国将放弃的力量互联网命名系统的非营利组织10月1日,结束了近20年的过程中的一个重要部分互联网的治理。
域命名系统,DNS,是互联网最重要的组件之一。
这对容易记住网址与他们相关的服务器。没有DNS,一个只能通过键入其访问网站IP地址等,一系列的数据“194.66.82.10”。
比意图的情况下,美国总是有最终发言权DNS是如何控制的,但不是太久,今天据英国广播公司报道。
美国将放弃其权力完全来到Angles-based互联网名称与数字地址分配机构——互联网名称与数字地址分配机构——一个非营利性组织。
变化的条款约定在2014年,但是直到现在,美国表示,它终于满意了互联网名称与数字地址分配机构准备做出改变。
ICANN将负责互联网的命名系统10月1日,2016年,报告说。
web用户不会注意到任何影响因为ICANN已经基本上被多年来做这项工作。
但此举被一些美国政界人士强烈批评打开大门的喜欢中国和俄罗斯干涉系统,一直是由美国“保护”。
“建议将大大增加外国政府通过互联网的力量,”警告一些共和党参议员签署信,包括前总统候选人,特德·克鲁兹。
ICANN创建于1998年,目的是接管的任务分配的网络地址。直到那个时候,那份工作是由一个人- Jon Postel。他对许多被称为互联网的“上帝”,承认他的权力在互联网上,以及他的研究工作在创建的一些系统支撑网络。
Postel去世ICANN成立后不久,负责互联网地址分配机构(IANA)。
政府IANA的简约新形成ICANN,但美国国家电信和信息管理局(NTIA),商务部的一部分,使其最终决定权它能够做什么。
那就是最后的细节,将从10月1日。不再将美国政府-通过NTIA能够干预问题在互联网上命名。
从10月份开始,“新”ICANN将成为组织答案多个利益相关者谁想要一个说在互联网上。这些利益相关者包括国家、企业和组织提供技术专长。
教授说:“这是一个大的变化,”艾伦·伍德沃德萨里大学的。
“这标志着从一个互联网有效地由一个国家过渡到一个多方利益相关者治理互联网:正确的全球解决方案已经成为全球资产,”他补充道。
域命名系统,DNS,是互联网最重要的组件之一。
这对容易记住网址与他们相关的服务器。没有DNS,一个只能通过键入其访问网站IP地址等,一系列的数据“194.66.82.10”。
比意图的情况下,美国总是有最终发言权DNS是如何控制的,但不是太久,今天据英国广播公司报道。
美国将放弃其权力完全来到Angles-based互联网名称与数字地址分配机构——互联网名称与数字地址分配机构——一个非营利性组织。
变化的条款约定在2014年,但是直到现在,美国表示,它终于满意了互联网名称与数字地址分配机构准备做出改变。
ICANN将负责互联网的命名系统10月1日,2016年,报告说。
web用户不会注意到任何影响因为ICANN已经基本上被多年来做这项工作。
但此举被一些美国政界人士强烈批评打开大门的喜欢中国和俄罗斯干涉系统,一直是由美国“保护”。
“建议将大大增加外国政府通过互联网的力量,”警告一些共和党参议员签署信,包括前总统候选人,特德·克鲁兹。
ICANN创建于1998年,目的是接管的任务分配的网络地址。直到那个时候,那份工作是由一个人- Jon Postel。他对许多被称为互联网的“上帝”,承认他的权力在互联网上,以及他的研究工作在创建的一些系统支撑网络。
Postel去世ICANN成立后不久,负责互联网地址分配机构(IANA)。
政府IANA的简约新形成ICANN,但美国国家电信和信息管理局(NTIA),商务部的一部分,使其最终决定权它能够做什么。
那就是最后的细节,将从10月1日。不再将美国政府-通过NTIA能够干预问题在互联网上命名。
从10月份开始,“新”ICANN将成为组织答案多个利益相关者谁想要一个说在互联网上。这些利益相关者包括国家、企业和组织提供技术专长。
教授说:“这是一个大的变化,”艾伦·伍德沃德萨里大学的。
“这标志着从一个互联网有效地由一个国家过渡到一个多方利益相关者治理互联网:正确的全球解决方案已经成为全球资产,”他补充道。
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