IGF: Vint Cerf: 'Political Gambits' are a Risk to Internet Domain System
Victoria Shannon writes in The International Herald Tribune:
Vinton Cerf, a communications expert known as a father of the Internet, said Sunday that he feared the network's addressing system would break down if "political gambits" by international groups or national agencies interfere with plans to expand the languages used in domain names.More here.
On the eve of the first ever United Nations-sponsored Internet Governance Forum, which opens near Athens on Monday, Cerf said national interests had surfaced in recent weeks that would change the process for "internationalizing" Internet addresses. The fresh conflict shows that the high- level global debate over U.S. influence and control of the global network is still unresolved, he said.
Cerf, who is chairman of ICANN, the U.S. group that has been the target of the global venting over Internet governance issues, would not name the International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations agency, or the Chinese government as sources of the latest friction.
posted by Fergie @ 10/29/2006 02:40:00 PM
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