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US WILL RETAIN ITS CONTROL OF INTERNET OVERSIGHT
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The U.S. government will indefinitely retain oversight of the main
computers that control traffic on the Internet, ignoring calls by some
countries to turn the function over to an international body, said
Michael D. Gallagher, assistant secretary for communications and
information at the Commerce Department. The announcement marked a
departure from previously stated U.S. policy. Gallagher shied away from
terming the declaration a reversal, calling it instead "the foundation
of U.S. policy going forward." He said the declaration, officially made
in a four-paragraph statement posted online, was in response to growing
security threats and increased reliance on the Internet globally for
communications and commerce. The posted U.S. principles on the
Internet's Domain Name and Addressing System are:
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1. The United States Government intends to preserve the security and
stability of the Internet's Domain Name and Addressing System (DNS).
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2. Governments have legitimate interest in the management of their
country code top level domains
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3. ICANN is the appropriate technical manager of the Internet DNS
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4. Dialogue related to Internet governance should continue in relevant
multiple fora
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[SOURCE: Associated Press]
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A summary of Gallagher's remarks are available at <a
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href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/speeches/2005/WCA_06302005.htm">http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/speeches/2005/WCA_06302005.htm</a>
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U.S. principles on the Internet's Domain Name and Addressing System: <a
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href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/USDNSprinciples_06302005.htm">http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/USDNSprinciples_06302005.htm</a>
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* U.S. to Keep Control of Internet Traffic
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href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/30/AR2005063001960.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/30/AR2005063001960.html</a>
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