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Internet DNS root controlAtlas
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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- 2014-03-14 · document_releaseNTIA announces intent to transition key DNS root functions
- 2016 · eventU.S. stewardship transition of IANA/DNS root functions completed
- 2019 · investigationSecurity researchers document large-scale DNS hijacking abusing resolver trust