Suggest you ping the all your favorite URLs. It will echo back their IP addresses. Save that info and you can use it to reach the web sites without using Domain Name Servers (DNS).
freerepublic.com has an IP address of 209.157.64.200
We probably can get a DNS list. Wouldn’t it be easy to modify a browser (especially open source) to read my own DNS list.
As things change, that list can be passed around by hand, or over the net if appropriately disguised, I would think.
You made me reach. Well done and interesting [and I wonder if surfing is easier with IP Addresses than with domain names?]
But as for using IP Addresses as a ‘back door’ to bypass ICANN ...
ASO is a sub-group of ICANN unless I’m reading this wrong.
wikipedia:
The Address Supporting Organization (ASO) deals with policy making on IP addresses.[47]
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Here is the full structure ...
Structure[edit]
At present ICANN is organized formally as a non-profit corporation “for charitable and public purposes” under the California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law. It is managed by a 16-member Board of Directors composed of eight members selected by a nominating committee on which all the constituencies of ICANN are represented; six representatives of its Supporting Organizations, sub-groups that deal with specific sections of the policies under ICANN’s purview; an At-Large seat filled by an At-Large Organization; and the President / CEO, appointed by the Board.[45]
There are currently three Supporting Organizations. The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) deals with policy making on generic top-level domains (gTLDs).[46] The Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) deals with policy making on country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs). The Address Supporting Organization (ASO) deals with policy making on IP addresses.[47]