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by Mike Masnick




Libya Is Gone From The Internet

from the just-like-that dept

The Register is reporting that all Libyan domain names have disappeared from the internet, in what looks to be some sort of dispute between the company that manages the .ly domain and IANA, the organization that is just supposed to handle technical aspects of domain allocation. The article suggests that ICANN is using IANA to force groups that run certain top level domains to recognize ICANN's control over the internet. If this is the case, then it's certainly a misuse of their power. Either way, someone should be explaining why the entire set of .ly domains no longer exists.

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  1. Apr 13th, 2004 @ 10:11am

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    by NOBODY

    How is this a mis-use?
    Isn't it ICANN's job to maintain the DNS?

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  2. Apr 13th, 2004 @ 11:21am

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    by Anonymous Coward

    Libya had domains ? ! ?

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  3. Apr 13th, 2004 @ 1:49pm

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    by bbay

    I miss John Postel.

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  4. Apr 13th, 2004 @ 4:24pm

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    by aNonMooseCowherd

    Libya had domains ? ! ?

    Libya has computers??

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  5. Apr 14th, 2004 @ 5:35am

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    by Matt

    yeah..but not dells http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20040223/093247.shtml

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  6. Apr 14th, 2004 @ 9:56am

    Re: No Subject Given

    by Anonymous Coward


    So what ?

    Can anyone even think of a domain that they visit that is hosyed in Libya ?

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  7. Apr 14th, 2004 @ 9:56am

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    by Anonymous Coward


    So what ?

    Can anyone even think of a domain that they visit that is hosted in Libya ?

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