− | The registrations of .be domain names was originally performed by Pierre Verbaeten of the of the Computer Science department of the Catholic University of Leuven from 1989 to 1994. During that time, there were only 129 domain names registered. Prof. Verbaeten requested to transfer the responsibility of registering domain names to DNS.be which was formed on February 2, 1999. DNS.be assumed the responsibility on January 1, 2000. <ref>[http://www.dns.be/en/about_dnsbe/history History of DNS.be]</ref> In 2006, DNS.be signed a co-operative agreement with the [[ICANN|Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]]. <ref>[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:dv7h-OjeSswJ:www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/cctlds/be/be-icann-letters 21dec06en.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> | + | The registrations of .be domain names was originally performed by Pierre Verbaeten of the of the Computer Science department of the Catholic University of Leuven from 1989 to 1994. During that time, there were only 129 domain names registered. Prof. Verbaeten requested to transfer the responsibility of registering domain names to DNS.be which was formed on February 2, 1999. DNS.be assumed the responsibility on January 1, 2000. <ref>[http://www.dns.be/en/about_dnsbe/history History of DNS.be]</ref> In 2006, DNS.be confirmed its commitment and cooperation with the [[ICANN|Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]] in ensuring the security, stability and interoperability of the 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-letters 21dec06en.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> |