ICANN, or the Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names, was established in 1998 as "the non-profit corporation that was formed to assume responsibility for the IP address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system management functions previously performed under U.S. Government contract by IANA and other entities."

Links:

• ICANN Tells World to Fuck Off and Die (thanks to Chris Dailing for the link)

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