[ih] Pre-1997 TLD manager records

[Greg Skinner]

On May 6, 2026, at 3:32 AM, Nigel Roberts via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
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> When I started paying more attention to such things, just over 30 years ago
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> 1 Jon was still with us.
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> 2. TLD records were held in Network Solutions' common database at the InterNIC and shared objects, such as e.g. person objects like NR251 and host objects. (I remember dealing with somecalled Duane there).
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> I'm trying to fill in the gaps between my memory of that time and the previous 12 years or so.
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> I've heard tell that Jon originally kept records of to whom he delegated TLDs in a notebook, and perhaps SRI had more organised records when they were the InterNIC.
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> Can anyone throw light on this period, please??
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Quite a lot happened during that time period. :) You might try the namedroppers list archive <https://marc.info/?l=namedroppers&r=1&w=2>, which goes back to 1983.  It has an (IMO) rudimentary search facility.

--gregbo