InternetNews.com: ICANN Moves Toward Self-Rule and Unlimited Domain Names

Accroding to a July 19, 2004 artcle, "Speaking from the Shangri-La Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during ICANN's tri-annual meeting Monday, Vint Cerf, ICANN chairman, said seven of the 24 tasks needed to move ICANN's operations out of the hands of the U.S. government are complete."

According to a separate report from Reuters, Mr. Cerf also said the next-generation protocol, IPv6, had been added to its root server systems, making it possible for every person or device to have an Internet protocol address.

Other issues, including ICANN's contentious $15.8 million budget, are on the agenda.