Improve physical security of critical systems, especially domain name and root servers.

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Mr Black said many domain registries like Nominet felt frustrated by Icann's stance, given that the root servers only held a database of the 300 or so computers with detailed lists of which domain was where.

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Root Orange has developed a particularly innovative method for exploiting valuable domain names.

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Specifically, ICANN is responsible for coordinating the assignment of protocol parameters, overseeing the domain name system, allocating IP-address space and managing the root-server system.

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