[ih] Pre-1997 TLD manager records

[Greg Skinner]

On May 7, 2026, at 4:45 AM, Vint Cerf via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> I have not gone back to look in this document but there may be some useful
> information about the early days of identifier management to be found there:
> 
> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/creation-administration-unique-identifiers-1967-2017-18nov20-en.pdf
> 
> v
> 

I looked a bit more into this and found a couple more items.  RFC 1032 <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1032> includes a questionnaire for TLD applicants to fill out and return via email.  I figured the root servers were also involved in this somehow, and found another ICANN document which gives a history of the root server system <https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/root-server-system-advisory-committee-rssac-publications/rssac-023-17jun20-en.pdf>.  The document cites some namedroppers email and IETF meeting proceedings.  There are several other people on this list who worked on/with these things, so hopefully they can provide more information.

--gregbo