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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How is this a mis-use?
Isn't it ICANN's job to maintain the DNS?
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Libya had domains ? ! ?
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I miss John Postel.
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Libya had domains ? ! ?
Libya has computers??
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yeah..but not dells http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20040223/093247.shtml
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So what ?
Can anyone even think of a domain that they visit that is hosyed in Libya ?
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So what ?
Can anyone even think of a domain that they visit that is hosted in Libya ?
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