The UN has a plan to try to increase IPv6 adoption <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/30/internet_engineers_united_nations_ipv6/>. However, it does it by essentially saddling IPv6 with all the limitations of IPv4 that IPv6 was specifically created to overcome. The UN has been trying for a while to take over governance of the Internet and its standards. This has been fought off by a US-led effort in favour of the IETF, ICANN etc -- all the bodies we know and love. However, the UN can claim some moral high ground in its advocacy for greater adoption among the developing world -- places where such bodies tend to be under-represented.
On Thu, 31 May 2018 11:05:56 +1200, I wrote:
The UN has been trying for a while to take over governance of the Internet and its standards. This has been fought off by a US-led effort in favour of the IETF, ICANN etc -- all the bodies we know and love.
Now it seems the US Government is making noises <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/05/us_government_icann_iana/> about taking the stewardship of Internet standards back from ICANN. Regardless of how badly ICANN has been performing, what’s the bet this won’t be used as an excuse by other Governments for exerting their own control?
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