[LINK] alternative DNS root clients

[Kim Holburn]

On 2012/Mar/19, at 8:54 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote:

> Nobody has answered my question. This is much ado about (almost)
> nothing, if we all register domains that aren´t .com or .net or .org
> but rather dot-something under .our-respective-country-tld
> 
> Or am I wrong?.
> 
> I´d like to see the US govt try to do anything to a domain name
> registered at AUNIC, the .NZ DNC, or NIC.ar for that matter.
> 
> My guess is that they can´t. Am I wrong?.

Well, no-one thought they could or would confiscate a .com domain let alone one that was not in the US, not hosted in the US and registered with a non-US registrar.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/feds-seize-foreign-sites/

It's simply not clear what they consider their jurisdiction.  They have started with .com, .org and .net.  I assume they consider any non country-code TLD would fall under their domain and ICANN is offering those now isn't it?  It's not clear that they couldn't  take a domain name under a country code down if they wanted to.  Who is going to stop them?

According to that article VeriSign manages domains ending in .com, .net, .cc, .tv and .name, so presumably the US can confiscate any domain name under those TLDs.



BTW I do wonder what would happen if someone wanted to register a TLD like .australia or .brazil?


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