Re: New DNS vulnerability: political overreach

[William Herrin via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

On Wed, Jul 29, 2026 at 3:03 AM Kevin Tillery via NANOG
<nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:
> Note: As I understand it, a non-US registry isn't sufficient - it
> must be under another country's ccTLD, as all gTLDs sign a
> contract with ICANN to enforce US law.

Hi Kevin,

Not exactly. The contract between the TLD registry and ICANN operates
under US law which means that a US court can order ICANN to make a
technically feasible change to their relationship with any TLD
registry. But the court can only order iCANN to do things that it is
-possible- for ICANN to unilaterally do.

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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