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Re: DNS timeline
From: David Conrad <david.conrad () nominum com>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 18:09:06 -0800
Simon, Is your revisionist history part of a stand-up routine? The DNS root fragmented in 1996? Bill Manning was an "IANA-rep"? Alternic chosen as the test root? Chuckle. Thanks for the amusement. Rgds, -drc On 2/25/02 6:38 PM, "Simon Higgs" <simon () higgs com> wrote:
At 01:40 AM 2/25/2002 -0500, Sean Donelan wrote:Since it appears DNS goofiness is about to return, I put together a timeline of significant events that affected DNS service technically over the last 20 years. http://www.donelan.com/dnstimeline.htmlHere's some that you missed: 7/31/1996. DNS root fragments (no-one notices). IANA-rep authorizes Draft Postel TLD applicants to go live with new registr(ies) as proof of concept. AlterNIC chosen as the "test root" until 10/1/1996 when TLDs were due to go live in IANA root. Process hi-jacked by ISOC/ITU/WIPO whereby new TLDs forced to exist outside IANA root. ?/2001. ICANN introduce the first intentionally duplicate TLDs (.BIZ/.INFO), de-stabilizing the DNS and causing cross-root pollution (now everyone notices). ?/2001. .US domain moved to .BIZ name servers creating permanent state of DNS root cross-pollution and creates new .US resolution problems. And the latest major internet outage: 2/2002. Randy Bush starts sounding rational (Go Randy, go!): http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200202/msg00242. html Best Regards, Simon -- ###
Current thread:
- DNS timeline Sean Donelan (Feb 24)
- Re: DNS timeline Patrick (Feb 25)
- Re: DNS timeline Lucy E. Lynch (Feb 25)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: DNS timeline Simon Higgs (Feb 25)
- Re: DNS timeline David Conrad (Feb 26)
- Re: DNS timeline Simon Higgs (Feb 27)
- Re: DNS timeline David Conrad (Feb 28)
- Re: DNS timeline David Conrad (Feb 26)
- Re: DNS timeline Patrick (Feb 25)