er… this is no longer news… back in -MAY-… it was: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-... /bill Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoscet. On 6June2014Friday, at 14:31, Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com> wrote:
In one of the worst written stories I've ever seen in Ars, it's announced that -- in one of the best take-out-the-trash moments in Internet history (make the announcement not only on a Friday, but *during a NANOG*) -- NTIA is ceding control of the root DNS zone.
The article very carefully does not say *to whom*; though it implies that it's ICANN.
If that's the case, then I'm not sure there's actually, y'know, *news* here. But...
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/03/in-sudden-announcement-us-to-give...
Cheers, -- jra
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