US Government to hold control of root nameservers

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The US government has announced that it intends to keep control of the internet DNS space indefinitely. This is a reversal of its earlier position established several years ago when it indicated that would some day hand over control to ICANN.

In a 'Statement of Principles', the US says 'Given the Internet's importance to the world's economy, it is essential that the underlying DNS of the Internet remain stable and secure. As such, the United States is committed to taking no action that would have the potential to adversely impact the effective and efficient operation of the DNS and will therefore maintain its historic role in authorizing changes or modifications to the authoritative root zone file.'

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