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* [https://www.theregister.com/2000/10/17/tlds_web_icann_afilias/ .web IODesign]: In 2012, IODesign claimed it had over 20,000 domains in its alternative root.<ref>[http://www.domainincite.com/10783-original-web-gtld-applicant-sues-icann Original .Web Applicant Sues ICANN, Domain Incite]</ref><ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iod-v-icann-2012-11-02-en IOD vs ICANN, Resources, ICANN]</ref>

* [https://www.theregister.com/2000/10/17/tlds_web_icann_afilias/ .web IODesign]: In 2012, IODesign claimed it had over 20,000 domains in its alternative root.<ref>[http://www.domainincite.com/10783-original-web-gtld-applicant-sues-icann Original .Web Applicant Sues ICANN, Domain Incite]</ref><ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iod-v-icann-2012-11-02-en IOD vs ICANN, Resources, ICANN]</ref>

* [https://yeti-dns.org/ Yeti-DNS]: Supported by Japan’s [[WIDE Project]], Paul Vixie’s engineering and security project [[TISF]], and the [[Beijing Internet Institute]], this project explores IPv6-only operation, DNSSEC key rollover, renumbering and scaling issues, and multiple zone file signers.<ref>[Alternate DNS Roots and the Abominable Snowman of Sovereignty, IGP]</ref> Phase 2 of the project is decentralized (there no central node, so each node needs to reach a consensus when performing operations; the primary node is the executor but has no special authority); it is scalable; it uses threshold signature technology to reduce the number of [[DNSKEY]]; and it uses DM Management Committee (DMMC) for transactions.<ref>[https://yeti-dns.org/index.html Phase 2, Yeti-DNS]</ref>

* [https://yeti-dns.org/ Yeti-DNS]: Supported by Japan’s [[WIDE Project]], Paul Vixie’s engineering and security project [[TISF]], and the [[Beijing Internet Institute]], this project explores IPv6-only operation, DNSSEC key rollover, renumbering and scaling issues, and multiple zone file signers.<ref>Alternate DNS Roots and the Abominable Snowman of Sovereignty, IGP</ref> Phase 2 of the project is decentralized (there no central node, so each node needs to reach a consensus when performing operations; the primary node is the executor but has no special authority); it is scalable; it uses threshold signature technology to reduce the number of [[DNSKEY]]; and it uses DM Management Committee (DMMC) for transactions.<ref>[https://yeti-dns.org/index.html Phase 2, Yeti-DNS]</ref>

==Reasons Alternative Root Projects Have Developed==

==Reasons Alternative Root Projects Have Developed==