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'''DNS Belgium''' is the organization that manages the registration of Belgium's [[.be]] ccTLD.<ref name="mission">[https://www.dnsbelgium.be/en/about-us Mission, DNS Belgium]</ref> They are also applicants for the [[.brussels]] and [[.vlaanderen]] [[gTLD]]s, which they announced in March 2012 after receiving 10 years of contracts from both the Flemish and Brussels governments to manage the operations of the proprsed [[gTLD]] strings.<ref>[http://www.dns.be/en//dnsbe_operator_vlaanderen DNS.be operator .vlaanderen]</ref><ref>[http://www.dns.be/en//brussels_operated_by_dnsbe_as_well .brussels operated by DNS.be as well]</ref> All three extensions have their own separate websites, and they have already received their initial evaluations for .brussels and .vlaanderen.<ref>[http://www.dns.be www.dns.be]</ref><ref>[http://www.dnsvlaanderen.be www.dnsvlaanderen.be]</ref><ref>[http://www.dnsbrussels.be www.dnsbrussels.be]</ref>

'''DNS Belgium''' is the organization that manages the registration of Belgium's [[.be]] ccTLD.<ref name="mission">[https://www.dnsbelgium.be/en/about-us Mission, DNS Belgium]</ref> They are also applicants for the [[.brussels]] and [[.vlaanderen]] [[gTLD]]s, which they announced in March 2012 after receiving 10 years of contracts from both the Flemish and Brussels governments to manage the operations of the proposed [[gTLD]] strings.<ref>[http://www.dns.be/en//dnsbe_operator_vlaanderen DNS.be operator .vlaanderen]</ref><ref>[http://www.dns.be/en//brussels_operated_by_dnsbe_as_well .brussels operated by DNS.be as well]</ref> All three extensions have their own separate websites, and they have already received their initial evaluations for .brussels and .vlaanderen.<ref>[http://www.dnsbelgium.be www.dnsbelgium.be]</ref><ref>[http://www.dnsvlaanderen.be www.dnsvlaanderen.be]</ref><ref>[http://www.dnsbrussels.be www.dnsbrussels.be]</ref>

==History==

==History==

From 1989 to 1994, registration of .be domain names was originally performed by Pierre Verbaeten of the of the Computer Science department at the Catholic University of Leuven. During that time, there were only 129 domain names registered by Prof. Verbaeten; he then requested that registration responsibility be transferred to DNS Belgium, which was formed on February 2, 1999 by [[ISPA]], [[Beltug]] and [[Agoria]].

From 1989 to 1994, registration of .be domain names was originally performed by Pierre Verbaeten of the of the Computer Science department at the Catholic University of Leuven. During that time, there were only 129 domain names registered by Prof. Verbaeten; he then requested that registration responsibility be transferred to DNS Belgium, which was formed on February 2, 1999 by [[ISPA]], [[Beltug]] and [[Agoria]].

DNS Belgium assumed the responsibility on January 1, 2000.<ref>[http://www.dns.be/en/about_dnsbe/history History of DNS.be]</ref> In 2006, DNS Belgium confirmed its  commitment and cooperation with [[ICANN]] to ensure the security, stability and interoperability of the [[DNS|Domain Name System]] (DNS).<ref>[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:dv7h-OjeSswJ:www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/cctlds/be/be-icann-letters21dec06en.pdf+DNS.be+and+ICANN&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShjwxYjd3v8jd42q9WETwWzawHiE1Xf7i0SHt_ocfPeEjIRzwnTJ-WwzPtOxREEF-SSmgh4AtcWDOy8LsQHRq7zzFpw2sZ_5wkqgyF_2FrlzpcD4q1W_yhlgew8biyrzkN4mp&sig=AHIEtbSZ4gK6Q4bWPIUHdRnmGYmlb1TUrA ICANN Letter to DNS.be]</ref>

DNS Belgium assumed the responsibility on January 1, 2000.<ref>[https://www.dnsbelgium.be/en/history History of DNS.be]</ref> In 2006, DNS Belgium confirmed its  commitment and cooperation with [[ICANN]] to ensure the security, stability and interoperability of the [[DNS|Domain Name System]] (DNS).<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/be-icann-letters-21dec06-en.pdf  ICANN Letter to DNS.be]</ref>

DNS Belgium facilitates cooperation between the nation's [[ISP]]s, dictates technical and regulatory details for registration.<ref name="mission"></ref>

DNS Belgium facilitates cooperation between the nation's [[ISP]]s, dictates technical and regulatory details for registration.<ref name="mission"></ref>