- National Telecommunications and Information Administration
- The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an agency of the U.S. Department
of Commerce homepage. This site contains position papers and breaking news on the US governements involvement
with the internet. President Clinton's Green paper is located at this site.
- DomainStats.com
- This site maintains domain registration information and udates it daily.
- NetNames.com
- NetNames.com is a domain registration company in the UK. This site posts news stories relating to domains.
- Domain Names and Privatization of the Internet
- The National Science Board's statement of support for the continued privatization and commercialization of the Internet.
- Whose Internet Is It, Anyway?
- An article from April of 98 on the debate on who should control domains.
- The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Homepage
- "The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the new non-profit corporation
that was formed to take over responsibility for the IP address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment,
domain name system management, and root server system management functions now performed under U.S. Government
contract by IANA and other entities." This site contains announcements, links and community feedback on domains.
- ICANN Seeks Input on Net Rules
- An article from Wired News (February 8, 1999) on the Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers seeking public comment on a new proposal for opening up Internet domain-name
registration to competition.
- Hunting Down Domains
- A news article from Wired News about a new Web site that has started a service to help bring some order to the business of domain names.
- Web Techs International Domains Statistics
- Internet statistics including domains, users, hosts etc... The stats are from July 1998.
The site also provides information on registering domain names.
- The Great Naming Debate
- A list of numerous links to news articles on domains(1996-1997).
- 80 organizations Sign MoU to Restructure the Internet
- A press release giving information on organizations signing a Memorandum of Understanding covering the way
the way top level domains are allocated and maintained.
- International Ad Hoc Committee Recomendations
- The final report of the International Ad Hoc Committee's recommendations for the administration and management of top level domains.
- Web Marketing Information Center
- This site contains links that focus on Web use demographics.
- Center For Democracy and Technology
- News and links on the ifrastructure of the internet. CDT's postion is "to ensure that the future Internet infrastructure develops in a way
that maximizes the democratic potential of the Net and encourages a decentralized, open architecture."
- Technical management of Internet Domains
- "This document, concerning ways to improve technical management of the Internet Domain Name System, is a proposed rule of the Department of Commerce."
- Wired News Domain Related Articles
- This is a link to all of the domain related articles found on the Wired News site.
- THE INTERNET: PRIVATIZATION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
- An editorial by Chris Flash against the privatization of the domain name system.
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