[discuss] Interesting article

Tue Jan 14 11:38:15 UTC 2014

Thanks Moonesamy for your corrections. They are well received.

Ali Hussein

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"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein

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> On Jan 14, 2014, at 2:03 PM, S Moonesamy <sm+1net at elandsys.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ali,
> At 02:29 14-01-2014, Ali Hussein wrote:
>> www.alyhussein.com/internet-governance/
> 
> It's interesting to read a blog about Internet Governance and Freedom from an African Perspective.  I have a few minor comments:
> 
>  "However, to maintain interoperability, all technical and policy aspects
>   of the underlying core infrastructure and the principal namespaces are
>   administered by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
>  (ICANN), headquartered in Marina del Rey, California."
> 
> In my opinion the technical aspects are not administered by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
> 
>  "ICANN oversees the assignment of globally unique identifiers on the Internet,
>   including domain names, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, application port
>   numbers in the transport protocols, and many other parameters."
> 
> In my opinion ICANN does not oversee the assignment of application port numbers in the transport protocols, and many other parameters.
> 
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy 
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