Less than two weeks before a United Nations summit on the Internet begins, technology firms including Google, IBM and Microsoft are <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5931684.html?tag=zdnn.alert">supporting the Bush administration's efforts</A> to maintain the United States' unique influence over domain names. In what amounted to a public effort to back the status quo, those firms sent representatives to an event here organized to highlight what some participants touted as the security and stability of the current form of Internet governance. MCI, BellSouth and Cisco Systems also participated.