− | [[ICANN]] has taken over the functions of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority ([[IANA]]), which was originally a research project handled by the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) at the USC School of Engineering, under a contract awarded by DARPA. IANA was set up to establish, implement and look after [[IP]] allocation and related policies. <ref>[http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Network_Other/icann.html linuxmafia.com]</ref> | + | [[ICANN]] has taken over the functions of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority ([[IANA]]), which was originally a research project handled by the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) at the USC School of Engineering, under a contract awarded by DARPA. IANA was set up to establish, implement and look after [[IP]] allocation and related policies, as well as run the DNS, which included assigning technical parameter numbers, managing the assigned values, and supervising the operations of DNS root server system. <ref>[http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Network_Other/icann.html linuxmafia.com]</ref> |