[Chapter-delegates] Internet Society Applauds US Senate for Saying #yestoIANA

[John Levine]

>So who cares what the US government does or does not do?

>Apparently everybody.  But why?  No doubt because everybody knows that, in practice, the US government can take steps to prevent ICANN from continuing to provide the IANA function independently if the US government does not want it to be independent.

The A and J root servers are operated by Verisign which is located in
the US and still has that ongoing agreement with NTIA about .com.

The B root is operated by ISI which is located in the US and has
historically had a lot of government contracts.

The C root is operated by Cogent which is located in the US.

The D root is operated by the University of Maryland which is located
in the US and I believe has significant government contracts.

The E root is operated by NASA, a branch of the US government.

The F rrot is operated by ISC which is located in the US.

The G root is operated by the US Department of Defense.

The H root is operated by the US Army.

The L root is operated by ICANN which is in the US.

The roots have a purely voluntary agreement to publish the IANA root
zone.  Nobody wants to find out what happens if IANA and some or all
of the roots get into a fight.

R's,
John