The US government has relaxed its control over how the internet is run.It has signed a four-page "affirmation of commitments" with the net regulator Icann, giving the body autonomy for the first time.
Previous agreements gave the US close oversight of Icann - drawing criticism from other countries and groups.
The new agreement comes into effect on 1 October, exactly 40 years since the first two computers were connected on the prototype of the net.
"It's a beautifully historic day," Rod Beckstrom, Icann's head, told BBC News.
The new agreement comes into effect on 1 October, exactly 40 years since the first two computers were connected on the prototype of the net.
But...
The World Wide Web (aka Internet) was invented by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist at CERN, in 1989.
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Every attempt to rewrite history is so pathetic! The Net was not invented by Al Gore and it was not invented 40 years ago. Get over it folks...
and yes, Al Gore "helped" with the invention of the internet. He was the chief proponent of the funding of darpa's WAN project. Without it, it would definately have taken longer to engineer.
Nominet?
Mack.
Even with the looser relationship, the U.S. government will take part in reviews of ICANN, which is expected to start taking hundreds of applications for new TLDs early next year.
The World Wide Web (aka Internet) was invented by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist at CERN, in 1989.
Personally, I don't think is is accurate to say Tim Berners-Lee invented the internet - he simply had an idea that other people made work. This is very much like Arthur C Clark "inventing" the communication satellite. The reality is he didn't invent radio, the radio-relay station, or the rocket that puts relays into orbit - he just had an idea that other people made work.
Kaled.
Paul Baran of RAND was even assigned the task of making it able to survive a nuclear attack so that it could help co-ordinate a counter strike.
Packet switching technology was a must for breaking messages into pieces that could use various routes to reach their goals and that technology was being prepared to be published in a paper by Leonard Kleinrock in 1961.
A community of scientists, physicists and smart people can be credited for creating the internet and in times of war it gets even better.
Back on topic - Sometimes releasing control is needed to let things deteriorate to the point you can then replace them completely. Lets hope this isn't that.
More hacks, spam, and sql injection attacks .. ?
Just curious.
