Domain Name History

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Can anyone Tell me about how Domain Names Were started???

And Can Someone tell me about it's history and all....

Thank you

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[RJ]

A short history is here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS

Also,

A Bit of History

The Internet owes its roots to an ambitious 1973 research program of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop communication protocols that would allow networked computers to communicate transparently across multiple linked packet networks. With significant success and rapid growth, by the 1980s the population of users expanded to include commercial enterprises and organizations outside the U.S., in addition to government facilities.

In 1984, the Domain Name System was introduced. Some of the earliest domain names in the system were symbolics.com, mit.edu, think.com, css.gov and mitre.org. The U.S. Department of Defense oversaw the domain name system until 1993, when the non-military component of the system was privatized through a cooperative agreement between the National Science Foundation and Network Solutions, Inc., among others.

Today the Internet functions as collaboration among many cooperating parties. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a non-profit, private-sector corporation, was established in 1998 by the U.S. Department of Commerce as the technical coordination body for aspects of the Domain Name System.

Domain Name Timeline
1983:
Name server developed at University of Wisconsin, no longer requiring users to know the exact path to other systems

1984:
Domain Name System (DNS) introduced
Number of hosts breaks 1,000

1985:
ISI at USC assumes responsibility for DNS root management
Symbolics.com becomes the first registered domain name on 15 March
Other firsts: cmu.edu, purdue.edu, rice.edu, berkeley.edu, ucla.edu, rutgers.edu, bbn.com (24 Apr); mit.edu (23 May); think.com (24 May); css.gov (June); mitre.org, .uk (July)

1987:
Number of hosts breaks 10,000

1989:
Number of hosts breaks 100,000

1990:
First commercial provider of Internet dial-up access (world.std.com)

1992:
Internet Society (ISOC) is chartered (January)
Number of hosts breaks 1,000,000
Term "surfing the Internet" coined

1993:
InterNIC created by National Science Foundation
Network Solutions, Inc awarded cooperative agreement for registration services

1995:
$50 annual fee instated for domain names registration

1996:
Domain name tv.com sold to CNET for US$15,000

1997:
Domain name business.com sold for US$150,000
101,803 name servers in Whois database

1998:
Network Solutions registers its 2 millionth domain on 4 May
Compaq pays US$3.3million for altavista.com
ICANN established to transition DNS technical coordination from government to private sector

1999:
First testbed registrars announced for competitive Shared Registry System
Register.com is first registrar to come online
business.com is sold for US$7.5million (it was purchased in 1997 for US$150,000)

2000:
Testbed allowing registration of domain names in Chinese, Japanese and Korean begins
ICANN selects new TLDs: .aero, .biz, .coop, .info, .museum, .name, .pro (16 Nov)

2001:
EDUCAUSE takes over management of .edu domain
.biz, .info and .aero registrations begin

2003:
Public Interest Registry (PIR) takes over management of .org domain

Source: Hobbes' Internet Timeline
Copyright 2004 Robert H. Zakon
www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/
www.verisign.com/Resources/Naming_Services_Resources/Domain_Name_Industry_Brief/page_002688.html

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Cool Thanx for the info........

Umm..........If you dont mind can anyone tell me the first domain that was ever registered???

Thank you,

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[RJ]

Cool Thanx for the info........

Umm..........If you dont mind can anyone tell me the first domain that was ever registered???

Thank you,

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It's in the post above.

 

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Oh yeah......You Are right!!

www.symbolics.com

Sorry.....didnt read properly

Thank you once again

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[slaydragon]

yeah...that site is really good with all the info...thanks..

 

[Rom]

Thanks for the info