University of Miami Law School University of Miami School of Law Institutional Repository Articles Faculty and Deans 2000 Wrong Turn in Cyberspace: Using ICANN to Route Around the APA and the Constitution A. Michael Froomkin University of Miami School of Law,
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[email protected]. WRONG TURN IN CYBERSPACE: USING ICANN TO ROUTE AROUND THE APA AND THE CONSTITUTION A. MICHAEL FROOMKINt ABSTRACT The Internet relies on an underlying centralized hierarchy built into the domain name system (DNS) to control the routing for the vast majority of Internet traffic. At its heart is a single data file, known as the "root." Control of the root provides singular power in cyber- space. This Article first describes how the United States government found itself in control of the root. It then describes how, in an attempt Copyright © 2000 by A. Michael Froomkin. t Professor, University of Miami School of Law. E-mail:
[email protected]. Research and writing of this Article was supported by a Summer Grant from the University of Miami School of Law.