THE INTERNET REGISTRIES INTERNET REGISTRARS 1969 Since its

THE INTERNET REGISTRIES & INTERNET REGISTRARS

1969 Since it’s beginning, the Internet has grown from x 4 computers to tens millions of computers INTERNET REGISTRAR THE INTERNET REGISTRIES & INTERNET REGISTRARS Origins of the Internet, 1969

Network Information Centre INTERNET REGISTRAR A text file held all the different IP addresses and mapped them to computers. Text file This soon began to fill up. THE INTERNET REGISTRIES & INTERNET REGISTRARS

INTERNET REGISTRAR 1983 The University of Wisconsin created the Domain Name System (DNS) which maps text names to IP addresses. This is a distributed database, but there are central name servers at it’s core. University of Wisconsin THE INTERNET REGISTRIES & INTERNET REGISTRARS

1992 The Internet Society was formed began to oversee the formulation of policies & protocols. INTERNET REGISTRAR THE INTERNET REGISTRIES & INTERNET REGISTRARS

1993 The US department of commerce in conjunction with several public & private entities created Inter. NIC to maintain a central database that contains all the registered domain names and IP addresses. INTERNET REGISTRAR Central Database THE INTERNET REGISTRIES & INTERNET REGISTRARS

INTERNET REGISTRAR 1993 Inter. NIC Central Database Network Solutions. An member of Inter. NIC, Network Solutions, was charged with managing and administering the growing number of Internet domain names and IP addresses. THE INTERNET REGISTRIES & INTERNET REGISTRARS

INTERNET REGISTRAR 1993 Inter. NIC Central Database Network Solutions. Other Company The US government decided, so that Network solutions did not have a Other Company monopoly in the industry, other companies should THE INTERNET also be able to sell INTERNET REGISTRIES & INTERNET REGISTRARS domain names

INTERNET REGISTRAR Network Solutions. Other Company These companies are called, ‘Registrars’ Other Company THE INTERNET REGISTRIES & INTERNET REGISTRARS