[ih] internet-history Digest, Vol 41, Issue 16

Mon Mar 22 15:56:38 PDT 2010

*It is my understanding that NSI later became Verisign.  (Note: I have been
told this last sentence.  I haven't verified it.)
*

The naming of these companies has a confusing history.  VeriSign acquired
Network Solutions Inc in 2000 (I believe) and took over the registry duties
under the name VeriSign.  A few years later, VeriSign spun off the registrar
portion and named it...Network Solutions Inc.  So both companies exist, but
now there is a much more explicit division of duties between them.  This is
my understanding of the situation.

On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Elizabeth Feinler <feinler at earthlink.net>wrote:

> FYI the Network Information Center (NIC) at SRI International, Menlo Park,
> CA developed the TLDs of .mil, .org, .gov, .edu, and .com.  These are
> defined in RFC 1032  which also gives details of the registration procedures
> used then, and discusses country codes.  I am trying to write a small blurb
> outlining the history of this, and will submit a copy to this group when I
> have it finished.  I particularly want to reference what I say, as there is
> so much conjecture out there and I don't want to add to it, if possible.
>  :-).  In 1991 SRI lost the NIC contract in a competitive bid.  Network
> Strategies, Inc (NSI) took over the naming portion of the contract.  It is
> my understanding that NSI later became Verisign.  (Note: I have been told
> this last sentence.  I haven't verified it.)
>
> Regards,
>
> Jake Feinler
> On Mar 22, 2010, at 12:00 PM, internet-history-request at postel.org wrote:
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> >   1. Re: early ccTLD registrations (Craig Partridge)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:40:57 -0400
> > From: Craig Partridge <craig at aland.bbn.com>
> > Subject: Re: [ih] early ccTLD registrations
> > To: el at lisse.na
> > Cc: 'Bernard Turcotte' <turcotte57 at sympatico.ca>, craig at aland.bbn.com,
> >       internet-history at postel.org
> > Message-ID: <20100322154057.9009428E137 at aland.bbn.com>
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> >
> > You might also talk with some of the CSNET folks -- as I recall, in
> > the mid-1980s, we helped several countries get their TLD (as CSNET
> > was providing the primary Internet connectivity to the country).
> > I'd suggest Dick Edmiston or Laura Breeden.
> >
> > I don't have emails from the time but my recollection is that
> > there ended up being some negotiation with the NIC about how we
> > decided who in a country should be allowed to be responsible for that
> > country's TLD.  (This was not a simple question and often pitted
> > Internet pioneers in some countries against their own governments).
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Craig
> >
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I registered .NA in 1991, but have unfortunately lost the
> >> emails from that time.  I would love to reconstruct this,
> >> not only for my own personal use, but also, because during
> >> "work" in the ICANN ccNSO Delegation-, Re-delegation and
> >> Deletion Working Group where we are looking at current
> >> "policy" and "procedures" we found that we not only have no
> >> definitions what TLDs or even "domains" actually are, but we
> >> also do not really know how this all came about.
> >>
> >> I am looking for two people working at the DDN.MIL
> >> Hostmaster around 1990/1991, namely Sue Kirkpatrick, nee
> >> Romano and Douglas MacGowan, both of whom handled .ZA a few
> >> months before .NA and thus may be able to help (direct) my
> >> search.
> >>
> >> Thanks to Randy Bush kindly sending me some stuff he had
> >> already in 2003 I remember that James Revell who as
> >> postsmater at uunet.uu.net forwarded the application to DDN.MIL
> >> and set up the name servers.  I was fortunate to be able to
> >> make contact with him again and we were wondering if there
> >> was someone around who would know whether and how one can
> >> find records from UUNET's side.
> >>
> >> Anyone else having information about how this was handled
> >> before let's say 1994 (when RFC 1591 became prevalent), for
> >> any ccTLD is also more than welcome to contact me directly.
> >>
> >> Two names I have come up with are
> >>
> >> Sue Kirkpatrick nee Romano
> >> Douglas MacGowan
> >>
> >> who both were hostmasters at DDN.MIL then, and I really
> >> would like to get in touch with either or both of them.
> >>
> >> Then there was a Mary Stahl mentioned in the monthly Internet
> >> Reports reporting for DDN.MIL.
> >>
> >> Anyone who registered ccTLDs during that time and is willing
> >> to share their email correspondence would be also greatly
> >> appreciated.
> >>
> >> greetings, el
> >> --
> >> Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse  \        /      Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
> >> el at lisse.NA            / *     | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell)
> >> PO Box 8421             \     / Please do NOT email to this address
> >> Bachbrecht, Namibia     ;____/      if it is DNS related in ANY way
> > ********************
> > Craig Partridge
> > Chief Scientist, BBN Technologies
> > E-mail: craig at aland.bbn.com or craig at bbn.com
> > Phone: +1 517 324 3425
> >
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Eric Gade
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