U.S. Still Has Keys to ICANN

The United States will eventually transfer oversight of the Internet domain naming system (DNS) to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

Just exactly when, however, is still at issue.

At a Department of Commerce hearing Wednesday, John Kneuer, the acting assistant secretary for communications and information, said the U.S. government remains committed to transferring control of the DNS.

However, Kneuer also told the panel the U.S. would continue into the foreseeable future to control changes to the master file of Internet addresses.