DNS timeline

Tue Feb 26 02:38:30 UTC 2002

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.html

Here'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

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