May 7, 2015
The transfer of DNS oversight from the U.S. government to the global multi-stakeholder community is an important moment in the evolution of the global Internet, and if successful will prove that critical Internet resources can be managed by the global Internet community. That's why the private sector, civil society, foreign governments, and the technical community have enthusiastically supported the move. But because of the technical and legal complexity of the process, it’s difficult to have an informed public discussion about what’s needed to make the IANA transition work. (In a new paper I co-authored for New America’s Open Technology Institute, we attempt to fill that gap, describing the IANA transition in much greater detail and explaining why it matters to the future of the Internet. New America is a partner with Slate and Arizona State University in Future Tense.)