Is it? This is the _one_ thing in the article (is that term giving it too much legitimacy?) that I whought was barely true. Whoever controls the root level DNS servers effectively controls the Internet. I postulated a couple of months ago about how the US Govt might attempt to censor the rest of the world: "Remove lurid.porno.site.other-country from your DNS system within 72 hours or we will remove references to your DNS servers from the root level servers.". (I also speculated that if the US Govt tried doing this, that an 'underground' DNS system would form almost immediately.)
The US govt. doesn't run the root nameservers, nor are all the root nameservers within US jurisdiction. -- sameer Voice: 510-601-9777 Community ConneXion FAX: 510-601-9734 The Internet Privacy Provider Dialin: 510-658-6376 http://www.c2.org (or login as "guest") sameer@c2.org