When I looked up icann.org on lookup.icann.org, it said it was registered through GoDaddy. Why?
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#3I confirmed it, whois record said it was registered via GoDaddy. Maybe it is because of GoDaddy is the biggest domain name registry company.
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#4Domain Name: icann.org
Registry Domain ID: 628dbbcb4edc464b9401cbadea0a08b2-LROR
Registrar WHOIS Server: http://whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: http://www.whois.godaddy.com
Updated Date: 2020-09-24T16:37:31Z
Creation Date: 1998-09-14T04:00:00Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2027-12-07T17:04:26Z
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
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#7Because they registered/transferred them to GoDaddy.com
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#8Because they registered/transferred them to GoDaddy.com
GoDaddy has the IANA Registrar ID #146,so I think it is not the oldest internet domain registrar company. Since ICANN rules the internet, they shouldn't use an unreliable company like this, why didn't ICANN use Network Solutions which has the IANA Registrar ID #2(#1 is reserved)? Hence,Network Solutions is trusted and used by the United Nations and its bodies. GoDaddy did really bad things, so why did ICANN ever do this?