Dot-com turns 20

[NameCaster]

The Domain Name System, or DNS -- better known as .com and .edu -- went online June 23, 1983. It was developed by Paul Mockapetris and the late Jon Postel at the USC School of Engineering's Information Sciences Institute.

The system was part of a pre-Internet project the two men were working on. Postel gave his partner an assignment to develop a stable system to translate numerical codes that identified Web addresses into names that were easy for people to use and remember.

Postel planned the system and Mockapetris developed and coded it.

On June 23, 1983, the system was put to the test and passed. The DNS system has since expanded to include extensions such as .gov, .net, and .org, among others.

Mockapetris is now the chairman and chief scientist at Nominum Inc. in Redwood City, Calif.

Full story...
http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2003/06/16/daily32.html

 

[Jeff]

Where's Al Gore's name ... did he come later?!? :o

 

[RJ]

Dave, you missed the party we had two months ago! :D

http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1903

That article is strange. DNS was invented 20 years ago, but the first .com wasn't introduced until 1985. They must have missed that in their research.

 

[NameCaster]

Originally posted by -RJ-
Dave, you missed the party we had two months ago! :D

I must have been snoozing :p

 

[dax]

So, btw, does anyone know what was the 1st ever registered .com?
The earliest 2 i know are bbn.com (04/85) and think.com (05/85)...

 

[Fusionhost]

proberly microsoft.com :p lol
or the person who invented the internet register it...

 

[RJ]

Originally posted by dax
So, btw, does anyone know what was the 1st ever registered .com?
The earliest 2 i know are bbn.com (04/85) and think.com (05/85)...

I know!

http://www.namefaqs.com/question/qstId/25.html

 

[vivnet]

Thanks for the link RJ! Very interesting stuff!

 

[dax]

Thanks RJ!.

So nordu.net was the 1st domain name.
But isn't it funny: i thought Americans invented the DNS, and the 1st name is registered for Danmark firm?

Registrant:
NORDUnet (NORDU-DOM)
Boge Alle 5
DK 2970 Horsholm dk 2970
DK

LOL!

And guess who has nordu.com (you have 3 chances to guess)?
(answer is HCRAES ETAMITLU <- ) LOL!

And how symbolic it is that symbolics.com is the 1st .com ever registered

 

[domdom]

americans did not invent the internet
england did
america just commercialised it, like most things
another country invents something usa will take the credit

 

[DSL]

Ahh the domains are good.

 

[darksk8er]

Originally posted by domdom
americans did not invent the internet
england did
america just commercialised it, like most things
another country invents something usa will take the credit

I take you are not from here.
:hehe:

 

[dax]

Originally posted by domdom
americans did not invent the internet
england did
america just commercialised it, like most things
another country invents something usa will take the credit

I think you are not familiar with fact that Internet has developed from ARPAnet -> US DoD project from 1960s...
Personally, i never heard that England had anything (and i mean ANYTHING) with development of Internet nor DNS.

 

[painperdu]

It's amazing to consider that Jon Postel once kept track of internet addresses on a few pieces of paper!