entregan dominios para las malvinas, y otras islas Argentina, debiera protestar? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/29/us_undermines_internet/ 2005: The year the US government undermined the internet And no, it's not what you're thinking Page: 1 2 3 Next > By Kieren McCarthy Published Thursday 29th December 2005 19:34 GMT Get breaking Internet news straight to your desktop - click here to find out how 2005 in review 2005 will be forever seen as the year in which the US government managed to keep unilateral control of the internet, despite widespread opposition by the rest of the world. Redelegation We are talking about the ever-troublesome redelegation process for country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) - like .uk for the United Kingdom, .fr for France and .de for Germany. There are currently 246 ccTLDs in existence (although there should really only be 240), and every year, there are arguments over who should be entitled to run them. Mostly ownership of the domains is stable but in recent years African governments have been keen to take more of a role in running their country's Internet, causing a glut. This year, 2005, there have been seven redelegations: The Falkland Islands (.fk); Hong Kong (.hk); Iraq (.iq); Kazakhstan (.kz); South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (.gs); Timor-Leste (.tl); and Tokelau (.tk). Of these, three were agreed to before July and are of little consequence, being no more than agreed changes in owner or country circumstances. However, on 28 July 2005 at a special board meeting of internet overseeing organisation ICANN, ownership of both Iraq (.iq) and Kazakhstan (.kz) was changed in a way that soon after saw a change in ownership for South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (.gs) and Tokelau (.tk). -- Diego Saravia [email protected] [email protected] (usar solo si hay problemas con unsa.edu.ar)