From spedraja at ono.com Thu Nov 16 13:54:30 2006 From: spedraja at ono.com (sp) Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:54:30 +0100 Subject: [ih] Some words of presentation and some needings Message-ID: <455CDE16.5070404@ono.com> Hello. I've recently suscribe myself to this list. I had it in mind from some months ago, but diverse matters didn't leave me time to do it. I live in Spain. My name is Sergio. I work in IT and Data Processing from 24 years ago. Most of the time in IBM Mainframes enviroment. I had occassion to know in working state some devices from the 60's and 70's and early 80's. We had some of them yet rounding by the CPD, but they shall go to the dumpster in some weeks. One 3705 controller, for example. But the fact in my career was the IBM PC and its compatible machines. From 1986 to our days, the evolution was really amazing. Many things changed during these years in the conception of the Computing practices. But no one so amazing than the massive use of the Internet. I'm in the net from 1994, and I remember my first five years on it like the most impressive in all my life. I ever was interested in Classic Computing and the History of Computing too. I suppose it began with our old (and actually trashed) IBM S/370 3031 running DOS/VS release 34 and VM R6. But the real thing is that my encounter with the Internet made me search for more information about it. And then discovered ARPANET. I could obtain some documents about ARPANET during last years in diverse websites, but I don't have some other of particular interest for me (in particular, the Protocols Handbook, and some other speaking clearly about the commands needed to use the IMP and TIP, and defining in deep the software architecture of the IMP System software and its management; the obtention of any one of these would be agreed in deep). I must say too that I'm using the documentation to develop one IMP/TIP simulators network during my free time for fun :-) But is not an easy task. This is giving me a real idea of the work involved in these early days to develop this pretty work that we can see actually in the form of the Internet. Actually, I'm searching for documentation about the Bell Datastation 303 and/or the Dataphone 303. I should like to know what of these devices was the used together with the IMP's. I have interest in the proceedings to establish connection between the modems of two IMP locations (Calling manually from the Dataphone ? Automatic ?) and the status lights and sounds involved in the usual work realized by the modem. I agree in advance all the help that you could provide me, and I'm open to give all the help the I could supply in relation with this group. Regards Sergio From corso.w at neu.edu Mon Nov 27 12:35:53 2006 From: corso.w at neu.edu (William J Corso) Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:35:53 -0500 (EST) Subject: [ih] Question regarding history of .us ccTLD formation Message-ID: <5803560.1164659753691.JavaMail.corso.w@neu.edu> To whom it may concern, I am a student at Northeastern University in Boston, and I am trying to find someone to briefly speak with or someone who can direct me to some good resources regarding the ISI's role as well as the processes that took place in the establishment of the .us country code top level domain. I have read that the ISI was one of the initial organizations to be involved with the administration of the .us names. I would appreciate any feedback regarding this request as I feel this subject matter has been an important factor in the evolution of internet commerce. Thank you, William J. Corso From vint at google.com Tue Nov 28 09:36:10 2006 From: vint at google.com (Vint Cerf) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:36:10 -0500 Subject: [ih] Question regarding history of .us ccTLD formation In-Reply-To: <5803560.1164659753691.JavaMail.corso.w@neu.edu> Message-ID: <01d501c71313$b63cc210$0601000a@corp.google.com> Jonathan B Postel served at the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (and as the predecessor "numbers czar") from 1969 to his death in 1998. He was at UCLA for a time until joining USC/ISI probably around 1972 [you may need to check that]. He was under contract to DARPA to perform a number of functions among which were the editing of the RFC series and what is now called the IANA function (management of the domain name system, allocation of IP address space, and maintenance of the documentation of protocol parameters associated with the Internet Protocol suite. Jon was responsible for overseeing the Domain Name System developed during the 1984-1986 period and instituted into operation in that time frame. He adopted the practice of assigning country codes from the ISO 3166-1 list that included .us. Jon personally delegated responsibility for the operation of top level country codes - often to universities in the respective countries. In 1998, Jon passed away and ICANN was created to carry out his work. ICANN has responsibility for delegation of top level domain operation. The US Department of Commerce issued an RFP for the operation of .US and selected Neustar to operate it. ICANN, on request of the USG, delegated operation of .us to Neustar. Vinton G Cerf Chief Internet Evangelist Google Regus Suite 384 13800 Coppermine Road Herndon, VA 20171 +1 703 234-1823 +1 703-234-5822 (f) vint at google.com www.google.com -----Original Message----- From: internet-history-bounces at postel.org [mailto:internet-history-bounces at postel.org] On Behalf Of William J Corso Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:36 PM To: internet-history at postel.org Subject: [ih] Question regarding history of .us ccTLD formation To whom it may concern, I am a student at Northeastern University in Boston, and I am trying to find someone to briefly speak with or someone who can direct me to some good resources regarding the ISI's role as well as the processes that took place in the establishment of the .us country code top level domain. I have read that the ISI was one of the initial organizations to be involved with the administration of the .us names. I would appreciate any feedback regarding this request as I feel this subject matter has been an important factor in the evolution of internet commerce. Thank you, William J. Corso From cls at rkey.com Tue Nov 28 10:39:43 2006 From: cls at rkey.com (Craig Simon) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:39:43 -0500 Subject: [ih] Question regarding history of .us ccTLD formation In-Reply-To: <5803560.1164659753691.JavaMail.corso.w@neu.edu> References: <5803560.1164659753691.JavaMail.corso.w@neu.edu> Message-ID: <456C826F.5080306@rkey.com> Hi william, If you haven't already seen "Addressing the World: National Identity and Internet Country Code Domains," edited by Erica Schlesinger Wass (including her chapter on .US), it's definitely worth a look. Craig William J Corso wrote: > To whom it may concern, > > I am a student at Northeastern University in Boston, and I am trying to > find someone to briefly speak with or someone who can direct me to some > good resources regarding the ISI's role as well as the processes that > took place in the establishment of the .us country code top level > domain. I have read that the ISI was one of the initial organizations > to be involved with the administration of the .us names. I would > appreciate any feedback regarding this request as I feel this subject > matter has been an important factor in the evolution of internet > commerce. > > Thank you, > William J. Corso > > From vint at google.com Tue Nov 28 10:50:12 2006 From: vint at google.com (Vint Cerf) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:50:12 -0500 Subject: [ih] Question regarding history of .us ccTLD formation In-Reply-To: <456C826F.5080306@rkey.com> Message-ID: <026801c7131e$171fb8d0$0601000a@corp.google.com> There is also Signposts in Cyberspace frm the National Research Council Vinton G Cerf Chief Internet Evangelist Google Regus Suite 384 13800 Coppermine Road Herndon, VA 20171 +1 703 234-1823 +1 703-234-5822 (f) vint at google.com www.google.com -----Original Message----- From: internet-history-bounces at postel.org [mailto:internet-history-bounces at postel.org] On Behalf Of Craig Simon Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 1:40 PM To: William J Corso Cc: internet-history at postel.org Subject: Re: [ih] Question regarding history of .us ccTLD formation Hi william, If you haven't already seen "Addressing the World: National Identity and Internet Country Code Domains," edited by Erica Schlesinger Wass (including her chapter on .US), it's definitely worth a look. Craig William J Corso wrote: > To whom it may concern, > > I am a student at Northeastern University in Boston, and I am trying > to find someone to briefly speak with or someone who can direct me to > some good resources regarding the ISI's role as well as the processes > that took place in the establishment of the .us country code top level > domain. I have read that the ISI was one of the initial organizations > to be involved with the administration of the .us names. I would > appreciate any feedback regarding this request as I feel this subject > matter has been an important factor in the evolution of internet > commerce. > > Thank you, > William J. Corso > > From touch at ISI.EDU Thu Nov 30 07:25:39 2006 From: touch at ISI.EDU (Joe Touch) Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:25:39 -0800 Subject: [ih] Question regarding history of .us ccTLD formation In-Reply-To: <01d501c71313$b63cc210$0601000a@corp.google.com> References: <01d501c71313$b63cc210$0601000a@corp.google.com> Message-ID: <456EF7F3.7010204@isi.edu> Vint - thanks for the following summary! William - you may also want to review RFC-1480, which describes the US domain and those processes. Joe -- ---------------------------------------- Joe Touch Sr. Network Engineer, USAF TSAT Space Segment Vint Cerf wrote: > Jonathan B Postel served at the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (and as > the predecessor "numbers czar") from 1969 to his death in 1998. He was at > UCLA for a time until joining USC/ISI probably around 1972 [you may need to > check that]. He was under contract to DARPA to perform a number of functions > among which were the editing of the RFC series and what is now called the > IANA function (management of the domain name system, allocation of IP > address space, and maintenance of the documentation of protocol parameters > associated with the Internet Protocol suite. > > Jon was responsible for overseeing the Domain Name System developed during > the 1984-1986 period and instituted into operation in that time frame. > > He adopted the practice of assigning country codes from the ISO 3166-1 list > that included .us. Jon personally delegated responsibility for the > operation of top level country codes - often to universities in the > respective countries. In 1998, Jon passed away and ICANN was created to > carry out his work. ICANN has responsibility for delegation of top level > domain operation. The US Department of Commerce issued an RFP for the > operation of .US and selected Neustar to operate it. ICANN, on request of > the USG, delegated operation of .us to Neustar. > > > > > Vinton G Cerf > Chief Internet Evangelist > Google > Regus Suite 384 > 13800 Coppermine Road > Herndon, VA 20171 > > +1 703 234-1823 > +1 703-234-5822 (f) > > vint at google.com > www.google.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: internet-history-bounces at postel.org > [mailto:internet-history-bounces at postel.org] On Behalf Of William J Corso > Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:36 PM > To: internet-history at postel.org > Subject: [ih] Question regarding history of .us ccTLD formation > > To whom it may concern, > > I am a student at Northeastern University in Boston, and I am trying to find > someone to briefly speak with or someone who can direct me to some good > resources regarding the ISI's role as well as the processes that took place > in the establishment of the .us country code top level domain. I have read > that the ISI was one of the initial organizations to be involved with the > administration of the .us names. I would appreciate any feedback regarding > this request as I feel this subject matter has been an important factor in > the evolution of internet commerce. > > Thank you, > William J. Corso -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 250 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature Url : http://mailman.postel.org/pipermail/internet-history/attachments/20061130/3d05509b/signature.bin