‘Gambits’ are a risk to Internet domain system
Vinton Cerf said that he feared the network’s addressing system would break down if “political gambits” by international groups or national agencies interfere with plans to expand the languages used in domain names. The article goes on to say “At the heart of the latest split is the issue of allowing non-Western characters to be used in Internet addresses.”
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