Originally posted by Rictor
By the way, how many root DNS servers are there anyway? I imagine most of them would be outside the US, no?
http://www.root-servers.org/Most are US; note that I think 2-3 of those ones have servers both in the US and otherwise.
Note that this issue is not so much about the physical location of the servers as who has central control and administration over them. It's a sign that the US is not willing to abdicate any of the top (or should it be bottom?) level control to other countries - or specifically the UN - over the DNS system.
For me, given that the internet is unquestionably a global 'entity', giving a single country control over it - especially when that country would be able to administer it based upon its own 'national security concerns' - it seems only fair that the UN should be given at the very least a say, what with it being the only entity representing all net-using countries.
