[mamelukesabre]

If we lose the internet, it’s all over folks.

[JRandomFreeper]

Since the internet is simply an agreement about how to communicate... ie, a standard, we can never lose the internet. There are multiple, parallel internets, and they can be created by anyone interested.

The current hardware the 'internet' is run on is owned by a large number of mostly capitalistic companies. Hardware comes, and hardware goes. There is probably still an AS400 mail relay out there that does reverse bang notation translations.

ICANN is a naming organization. Period. It has the canonical name:ip address list.

I can do it all without them. I can run my own DNS server. Or anyone can.

Currently in the works is a P2P distributed DNS list that is somewhat separated from ICANN.

Knowing how things really work is important.

/johnny

[rfreedom4u]

Like hell it is

[sheik yerbouty]

“Nuts!” “It isn’t over until we say it’s over!”