In 1985, Symbolic Company registered its first company. Com domain name. At that time, domain name registration was just emerging, and there were few applicants.
In 1993, the World Wide Web protocol appeared on the Internet, and domain names became popular.
In 1993, Network Solutions (NSI) signed a five-year contract with the U.S. government to specifically represent the right to register. COM, ORG, and. NET。 At that time, there were only about 7000 domain names.
Since 1994, NSI has charged a registration fee of US $100 for each domain name and an annual management fee of US $50 two years later.
At the beginning of 1998, the national security agencies have registered more than 1.2 million domain names, 90% of which use suffixes. And earned more than 60 million dollars. It is estimated that by the middle of 1999, the company's domain name registration fee alone will generate an annual income of $200 million.
On July 1, 1997, as part of the management policy of the U.S. government's "global e-commerce system", President Clinton entrusted the U.S. Department of Commerce to implement the privatization of the domain name system, introduce a competition mechanism, and promote international participation. On July 2, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it would invite the public to make suggestions and comments, and solicit opinions on the role of the U.S. government in domain name management, the overall structure of the domain name system, the addition of new top-level domain names, and the policies of registration agencies and trademark affairs.
On January 30, 1998, the U.S. Department of Commerce officially released the "Draft for Improvement of Domain Name Technical Management (Discussion Draft)" through its website. The Green Paper, presided over by President Clinton's Internet policy adviser McGonagall, stated that the US government would transfer the management of Internet domain names from the US government to non-governmental organizations. The Green Book summarizes four basic principles on domain name issues, namely, the stability of the transfer process, the competitiveness of the domain name system, thorough cooperation and non-governmental nature, and representativeness that reflects the needs of all international users. Under these principles, the Green Paper proposes to establish a private non-profit enterprise to take over the domain name management, transfer the domain name management functions of the U.S. government to the joint venture before September 30, 1998, and successfully complete the transfer of all management roles by September 30, 2000 at the latest. One
In June 1998, the Clinton administration issued a white paper proposing that non-profit organizations take over the domain name management functions of the government. The report did not explain the funding sources of the organization, but provided some guidelines and suggested the establishment of a non-profit group.
On September 30, 1998, the U.S. government terminated its contract with the current domain name provider NSI. The existing agreement between the two parties will be extended for two years until 30 September 2000. According to the agreement, NSI will jointly undertake the registration of Internet top-level domain names with other companies. The National Institute of Statistics and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce will launch the shared registration system in stages on March 31, 1999, and will fully implement it on June 1, 1999.
ICANN is a non-profit Internet management organization, established in October 1998. It signed an agreement with the US government to take over the initial responsibility of IANA and monitor the policies and agreements related to Internet domain names and addresses, while the government adopted a non intervention policy.
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