IANA (part of ICANN) does top level domains and they delegate the rest. Basically it is flat out impossible to have one database with all names and DNS assignments. Further, the majority of domains have no unique IP address, the DNS points to a shared IP.
The bottom line is when I alter my DNS setting at godaddy the setting goes into their DNS server which propagates to others. If ICANN / IANA wanted to cut off godaddy they would have to convince the 13 different root servers to go along. That won't happen.
So ICANN cannot stop people from lookup up my domain and getting to my shared or unique IP. Nor can they stop godaddy from providing that service to me. What they can do is collude with google or any other unscrupulous company to limit traffic to my site in various ways. They probably have many ways to promote spam sites over real sites for profit, but outright censorship is just not feasible.
Thank you for the time.
What happens if two entities are registered with the same domain name/IP address?
What is the safeguard?
The reason I ask that is because I’m assuming there’s a ‘Big Ben’.
Back during the Steam Age everyone referred to the city’s big clock to set their pocket watches. London’s big clock had a name: Big Ben.
You’ve been making me reach and clearing things up. Thank you.
Okay, each .[blank] [such as .com] is run by a registry via ICANN’s permission.
ICANN’s delegation process:
Registry Operator Code of Conduct.
That can be modified after Sept 30.
So long as Obama controls the Justice Department, ICANN has full legal authority over all registries. So this IS a serious matter.
After Obama leaves office? Other nations can still keep ICANN as their legal overseer and link up with China as the hub. [China already has the infrastructure in place.]
Thus, if Trump doesn’t get along with their ‘hate speech’ suppression — cyberwar due to an international dispute.
We could even end up needing a firewall from nations that defer to ICANN.