Yes - domain registries should be run by the government.
replyDNS etc can be run by third parties
Nominet does yet they outsource.
replyBesides, which government do you want to run .com domains
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replyHow would that help? The government could still block domains registered by people in adversarial countries.
replyPersonally I would not want the US government controlling and micro-managing who gets to have a .com domain.
I certainly wasn't nominating the US government. something more like international NGO. the us can do whatever it wants with the .us root, just like all the other ISO country code roots.
replySo, ICANN?
replythe internet corporations for names and numbers was established specifically to coordinate the for profit registrar model. but sure, an organization like that with a charter to simply manage the namespace directly.
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