Vainamoinen: So that's how it's going to be? Get yesterday's shit disproved, just post new rubbish?
That's how it
always works with them. It's the only way they can continue. I know you've noticed that it's always "what if this happened" or "this is next" with them. They don't use credible sources, they don't make testable hypotheses; it's just eternally-moving goalposts. Now, since he posted more internet stuff and clearly doesn't know what he's on about, let me address it again.
rtcvb32: when instead there's a lot of other people and articles saying ICANN and the like could censor/shut down the internet. It's not the protocols that govern the problems/concerns, it's the laws and who manages them.
I keep citing the example that I don't memorize the IP addresses of Amazon, YouTube, Google, Yahoo, Etc etc, and I really doubt anyone does here either. But if those names get pulled, or the IP addresses even get pulled, or replacing the IP address going to another site it could be very problematic. Especially .gov and .mil sites being replaced could effectively be a large security risk.
Imagine FSF's site being replaced and then the Debian Linux distros they are pushing out suddenly have spyware and other, and no one knows a thing because it looks the same? That could happen with Ubuntu, FreeBSD, and a hundred other sites.
Except that you keep saying that ICANN will do this and that, and none of what you say
can be true, much less is true. The example you cite is one of DNS, and good for you, because that's a clear indication that you're thinking about what people are telling you and folding it into your worldview. It's great to see that, though I wish you would have looked at
a few of the other terms I recommended to you because they would help you understand this, too.
See, ICANN has nothing to do with changing the root DNS, so the example you give is moot. It's irrelevant. Currently, ICANN can only
recommend changes, which then must be approved by the US Dep't of Commerce. Even if ICANN started recommending changes willy-nilly, those changes would only serve to cause US-based customers to use different name resolution; also, any credible threat to routing on the global internet would be a problem for all countries, so the narrative that letting China or Iran have a voice in name assignments is empty. Stakes are too high to let anyone go breaking it, so even if a few countries wanted to spite the US the rest of the world would be too busy yelling NIMBY. You also don't seem to understand how
intranets connect to the
internet or you would stop your truly laughable approach that .mil and .gov sites will be "replaced" and "create a large security risk."
Love your dire warnings about spyware in linux. Have you never heard of a
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-2]value? There have been site spoofing attacks in the past; there has been traffic hijacking. It has nothing to do with who controls ICANN. And you know who would know that something's wrong in your test case? The hosting sites, users who take care to check software before running it, and the ISPs that send you traffic. Site hijacking is caught in minutes (sometimes seconds, for large, popular sites). Your notion that nobody would know is ridiculous, indeed.
Remember when you
explained how the internet works except it was all wrong? I do. That's tough, since you've mentioned many times how you work with computers and
that's your specialty. Remember when you said
the US dollar was going to collapse today (27 Sept) and you would
"remain afraid until my fears are unfounded and disproved...". One by one the ones that you've set goalposts for are disproved, yet you still post this stuff, from the same sources. It's about time for you to stop being so scared all the time, because everything you're afraid of is amply disproved.