"The class conflict view of things is very traditional in France, " says economist Fabien Postel-Vinay.

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Not nearly filling Postel's shoes, we have the new Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN.

CNN: Opinion: The Internet's identity crisis

On October 20th, therefore, the Commerce Department sent the plan's authors (now, sadly, minus Dr Postel) back to the drawing-board.

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The domain name identity crisis is worrisome right now because of the recent untimely death of Jon Postel, the guru of Internet names and numbers.

CNN: Opinion: The Internet's identity crisis