On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, at 16:37 [=GMT-0500], Joanna Lane wrote: > Define "Internet". They had to drop URDP and Sunrise from the dotUS proposal > (or in the alternative, could have applied to Congress for a variance) > because access to a public resource cannot discriminate against any of the > groups that own that resource, in this case the US people. So if the ccTLDs > are treated as public resources under the control of national governments, > that part certainly cannot be said to be an interconnected private network. > Who owns the 13 root servers?
The IP numbers are under control of: a: networksolutions b: isi.edu (icann?) c: psi.net d: umd.edu e: nasa f: mibh (vixie) g: disa (mil) h: us army research lab i: autonomica.se (= sunet?), sweden j: networksolutions k: ripe, london, uk l: ep.net m: university of tokyo Who owns the root servers depends on your definition and perspective. Who owns the root zone? [...]
