[kictanet] Who Controls the Internet?

[Michael Bullut]

@ Kivuva & McTimm - I appreciate the correction... :-)

Sent on the run,
Please excuse errors & ommissions!
On Oct 22, 2012 8:48 PM, "McTim" <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

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>
> On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Michael Bullut <main at kipsang.com> wrote:
>
>> @McTim:
>>
>> I beg to differ on your first point. Ten out of thirteen of the
>> Internet's root servers reside within the United States.
>>
>
> yes, and several of these orgs are US gov bodies (NASA and the U.S. Army).
>  As Kivuva mentioned, Anycast let's root-ops run servers in multiple
> locations, including 2 at KIXP.
>
>
>
>> If there's a global issue & some countries differ with it on it's stand /
>> viewpoint, what would the U.S. from blocking traffic to those countries'
>> websites?
>>
>
> Well, first of all, the US gov CANNOT change the rootzone file.  They can
> give final approval to changes as per the existing agreement.
>
> What they actually do is check to see that processes have been followed,
> they DO NOT edit the rootzone file itself, nor can they.
>
> Second, what is in the rootzone DOES NOT determine traffic flows to
> individual websites.  The rootzone is a list of TLDs and associated name
> server addresses for those TLDs.
>
> In other words, the US CANNOT block traffic to/from websites, you have
> been misled I am afraid.
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
> indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>
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