----- Original Message -----
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2002, Oded Arbel wrote about "Re: Internet connection in
Virtual PC":
> > Also its good to remember that IANA (Internat Assigned Numbers
Authority) is
> > in fact a US agency, even though they have the world "global" someplace
on
> > their site.
>
> I was under the impression that IANA has long been disbanded, and replaced
by
> the more international ICANN ("Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
> Numbers"). From the icann.org site:
>
> "The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a
> technical coordination body for the Internet. Created in October 1998
by
> a broad coalition of the Internet's business, technical, academic, and
> user communities, ICANN is assuming responsibility for a set of
technical
> functions previously performed under U.S. government contract by IANA
> and other groups.
> Specifically, ICANN coordinates the assignment of the following
> identifiers that must be globally unique for the Internet to function:
> * Internet domain names
> * IP address numbers
> * protocol parameter and port numbers
> ..."
>
> On the other hand, a few months ago I got a message announcing 219/8
> assigned to the APNIC RR, and it came from:
> John Crain ICANN/IANA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> So I guess they are still confused as to what to call themselves. The
> list in IANA, http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space, is
> also up to date. So color me confused.
>
> Not that this has anything to do with Linux...
So ? it's still interesting :-)
I don't think that IANA and ICANN are two different bodies - it's the same
beast by a different name - just an excuse for them to keep US control over
the internet - see the whole alternative root DNS issue.
Oded
--
There are two kinds of people - those that divide people into two categories
and those that don't.
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