China bypasses ICANN, sets up its own TLDs (Top Level Domains) and DNS System

[mandy]

ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, has been in charge of the Internet's TLD (Top Level Domain) system since its creation...

In a move that could have enormous ramifications for how the Internet works, the government of China has decided to bypass ICANN altogether and set up its own set of TLDs and domain name servers. In addition to the .cn TLD, China will have three new Chinese-character TLDs equating to "dot China," "dot com," and "dot net." The Ministry of Information Industry describes the changes this way:

    Under the new system, besides "CN", three Chinese TLD names "CN", "COM" and "NET" are temporarily set. It means Internet users don't have to surf the Web via the servers under the management of [ICANN] of the United States...

These new TLDs will only be available through Chinese networks...

full article: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060301-6293.html

The Chinese government this week indicated it was tired of waiting for the U.S.-controlled International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to come up with Chinese character versions of .com and other top level domains and instead will create the domains on its own.

China has the same economic and political motivation as any nation to interconnect to markets and e-commerce via a working, borderless Internet. "They're not going to push for a separate Internet because it's not in their interest," Gartner analyst Ron Cowles told TechNewsWorld. "At the same time, they're going to want to control it."

full article: http://ecommercetimes.com/story/pOIBG8wK...ains.xhtml

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