| Changes in Mgmnt of the DNS? |
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The success of the Internet lies in the fact that it is a "network of networks" characterized by distributed management and a minimum of regulation. Both operational and governance mechanisms are implemented as locally and as redundantly as possible. This principle has not only enabled the Internet to grow rapidly and to serve millions of users, it has also prevented any one entity or government from "owning" or "controlling" the Internet. The Continued Transition of the Technical Coordination and Management of the Internet Domain Name and Addressing System In contrast to many other telecommunications networks, the Internet's technical architecture and distributed management fosters competition, innovation, redundancy, and reliability, supporting the vision "the Internet is for everyone". The Internet has become a powerful, stable and versatile platform because its technological architecture is developed in an open, global, freely accessible standards-setting process supporting innovation and global problem solving. The Internet's operations are substantially managed at local and regional levels allowing input from local stakeholders (including government) at both policy and operational levels. These principles are as important to the success of the Internet as its architectural design. They enable the Internet to evolve quite rapidly and stably in response to needs from across the globe, while maintaining its essential nature; and they still serve as fundamental development and management principles today. In addition, there will be advances in technology, changes to the underlying infrastructure, and the development of new ways to navigate on the Internet that will mean that the role today's Domain Name System plays will change over time. The administration of DNS names and numeric addresses is a notable exception to the principle of distributed management because the current technology requires some central administration and coordination functions. The Internet Society believes that navigation mechanisms that have less need for central administration and coordination will be developed and deployed in the future, and hence oversight should be put in place only to the extent that it is necessary (technically or otherwise). |
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