> The DHS has "requested the master key for the DNS root zone."
> Can anyone seriously imagine countries like Iran or China signing up > to a system that places complete control, surveillance and > falsification capabilities in the hands of the US' military > intelligence? For anyone who hasn't been paying attention, the root zone is maintained by IANA which since February 2000 has been run by ICANN under a contract with the US Department of Commerce. DOC calls the shots and always has. I don't understand any better than anyone else why DHS sent out a press release that can accomplish nothing but get people upset, but at most this is a turf battle between two cabinet departments. The war was over seven years ago. Regards, John Levine, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, Mayor "More Wiener schnitzel, please", said Tom, revealingly. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
