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Conventions & Standards · Standards & protocol politics
ICANN coordinates policy and technical management functions related to the DNS root zone and Internet unique identifiers. Control and stewardship of the DNS root have been subjects of international Internet-governance debate, including questions about residual U.S. government oversight versus multistakeholder administration.
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organization
Cisco Talos
concept
DNS root servers
concept
DNS root zone
concept
Domain Name System
organization
IANA
organization
ICANN
organization
Internet Governance Project
person
Milton Mueller
government agency
NTIA
document
Root zone file
government agency
U.S. Department of Commerce
corporation
Verisign