Breaking: ICANN Transition Even Endangers '.gov' and '.mil' [internet giveaway]

Senate Hearing Regarding ICANN Transition ^

[Bobalu]

many of us will not tolerate the takeover and will use alternate name systems.

Yup, this will end up fracturing the internet.

There will be major US name-servers set up and I predict that eventually almost everyone on the planet will be using them and not the current system if it is moved out of the country.

The UN or whoever tries to censor by getting control of DNS will discover that you can't stop the signal.

Thinking that you can control the internet because you wrest control of the current DNS is akin to imagining you own and control a city just because you have the power to change street names and addresses.... people will give the streets new names that they agree on and stick up signs bearing those names where you cannot molest them.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“And BTW — 33 senators are opposed to this notion as well. It’s that minority of the GOP which is suppressing serious legislative measures.

** We need hell to rain down on them, and quickly. **”

Yeah, because they will all die of old age while still in office....

[BurrOh]

God Bless You. xoxoxo

The -— are people thinking? Countries that censor the web to have power over the addresses? Tip of the iceberg.

This must stop. Congress can say NO. ICANN contract in USA should be renewed.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Quoting Ted Cruz:

Sixth [reason for endorsing Trump], Internet freedom. Clinton supports Obama’s plan to hand over control of the Internet to an international community of stakeholders, including Russia, China, and Iran. Just this week, Trump came out strongly against that plan, and in support of free speech online. [unquote]

[That was the icebreaker Trump used this week.]

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/09-14-16-rosenzweig-testimony.

I focused a lot on Rosenzweig’s tesimony. He is a top-notch professional witness and has been deeply involved in the ICANN transition for two years.

1. Department of Homeland — former deputy assistant secretary for policy.

2. Currently he runs a consulting organization for Homeland.

3. Rosenzweig authored and edited numerous books on cyber-security and freedom of speech. [He also produced DVDs on those subjects.]

4. As for his politics, He’s been writing Heritage Foundation columns all the way back to 1977.

Here’s some of Rosenzweig’s testimony:

[When it wears you out, just scroll down to the line of stars. Then it hits you.]

The US government is delegated as the operator of the .Gov and .Mil top level domains. Rather than guaranteeing the permanent continuation of that role by way of contract, the NTIA and ICANN have chosen to exchange letters which, in the end, promise the US that ICANN will followits policy and notify the government before any re-delegation is made.

Thus, American control of .Gov and .Mil (which are essential to the continued stable operations ofAmerican government IT systems) is not assured by any enforceable mechanism.

[snip]

Today, the United States has exclusive use of the .mil and .gov domains. Allowing other governments orthe private sector to use these gTLDs poses security risks.

In a July 8th 2015 hearing held by the HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, when pressed about formalizing the informal agreement about .mil and .gov, Assistant Strickling stated, There is nothing in the transition of our stewardship which actually implicates .mil or.gov, and also .us, which we administer at the Department of Commerce. But we understand this is an issue of concern and so we will do whatever is appropriate, in consultation with the Department of Defense and GSA and the other agencies that haveequities in this, to make sure that these names are protected going forward.

We understand the importance of it. Today, they are not under any particular contract. These are legacy names that go back to the very beginning of the Internet. I think .mil was delegated back in 1984. That shows you how old it is. So there is no contract today, but there is a whole structure ofthese informal regulations within the Internet model that govern … There is no reason why they should change, but we are not going to rest there.

We are going to take a look at them and make sure that if there is a way we can strengthen theU.S. Government’s rights to those names, we will do so.14As the transition now looms, it is appropriate to look at the solution that the NTIA has adopted. Forsomething this critical I might have supposed that the US government would insist on an enforceablecontract or some other evidence of obligation. Instead according to NTIA,[P]er the policies, procedures, and practices in place, .mil and .gov cannot be transferredwithout explicit agreement first from the current administrators of those domains –namely, the U.S. government. However to address concerns that have been raised, NTIAand ICANN have formally reaffirmed that the U.S. government is the administrator of.mil and .gov and that any changes made to .mil or .gov can only be made with theexpress approval of the U.S. government.

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This reaffirmation was made through an exchange of letters. Not only are the letters non-legally binding, they actually acknowledge the possibility that at some point a separation of the IANA functionfrom ICANN might threaten the stability and security of the US government’s top level domains. I can’t speak for other observers, but for me, as a lawyer, an exchange of letters is a way of avoiding a contractually enforceable obligation. I know why ICANN would prefer that course of action – I have no idea why the NTIA would accept it on behalf of the US government.

[Pagey]

And nobody (seriously) listened or tried to Stop this from happening. Mitch McConnell stripped the language out of the C.R. today or yesterday. Globalists win. We are the beneficiaries of Barry Soeteros “ Transformation of America”. Frank Gaffney has some rather soul-baring comments on what’s to come. Not looking good in 10 years. Did you know the 1st Office ICANN is setting up is in Beijing? Thats a rotten but true + sad FACT.

[Pagey]

BTTT!