There has been commentary, criticism, and even worry about ICANN’s proposed laissez-faire policy to allow a broad range of top-level domains. Our friends at Circle ID try to calm the waters by reminding us that ICANN’s byzantine committee structure, and its tendency to avoid both conflict and even the clearest paths of action, can make its proceedings downright glacial.

Besides, ICANN has challenges beyond running the world’s domains. Lately, just running their own domain has been a challenge. Shortly after the announcement of the new gTLD’s, Turkish hackers seized control of ICANN’s website by … changing their domain record and redirecting ICANN’s traffic.

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