Owen DeLong wrote:
The issues that must be addressed are the issues of internet governance, control of the root (does Verisign serve ICANN or vice-versa), and finally, whether the .com/.net zones belong to the public trust or to Verisign. Focusing on the technical is to fiddle while Rome burns.
This is the part that drives me nuts. Unless a court ordered it otherwise, the root servers can designate ANYONE as the registry for a tld. My understanding is that the process for making such changes is lengthy and involves the agreement of 3 different organizations. However, on a technical level, such changes are possible, and such a registry can form agreements with ICANN and the various registrars.
I'm suddenly reminded of .org...
-Jack
