Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace

Afilias Group, 203, 204, 205

Alternative roots and root server confederations, 4, 31, 54, 55, 68, 139-140, 166, 172, 203, 205, 216, 220, 261. See also AlterNIC; Denninger, Karl; New.net; Open Root Server Confederation (ORSC)

economic analysis of, 50-56

and Network Solutions, 182, 195, 196, 221

reaction to gTLD-MoU, 143, 144,148-149, 160

AlterNIC, 130, 141, 154, 201

Ambler, Chris, 130, 131, 133-134,149, 262, 285

America Online, Inc., 2, 54, 166, 229-230

AP-NIC (Asia-Pacific Network Information Center), 88, 137, 187

ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers), 155, 187

ARPANET, 32, 74-75, 77, 78, 82

Assignment of unique identifiers, 16,17-26, 40

inefficiency of, 20, 36

link to policy issues, 21-24, 35, 62, 231 (see also Internet governance, linkage between technical management and regulatory policy)

merit assignment ('beauty contests'), 25-26, 62, 185, 202

rationing methods, 20, 21, 23-26, 37, 226

semantics, impact on, 21-22, 23, 28, 39, 78, 81

AT&T Corporation, 102, 124, 151, 156, 166, 171, 261, 262

Auerbach, Karl, 200, 201, 292. See also Boston Working Group

Australia, 165, 167, 168, 180, 206, 220