American Registry for Internet Numbers: Difference between revisions

| stakeholder group= Technical

| issue areas     = Number Resources

| region         = USA, Canada, and some Caribbean Islands

During the 1980s, [[Jon Postel]] was responsible for the assignment of IP Addresses. However, as the Internet grew this task, which he had volunteered for,  became much more difficult; thus, [[IANA]]  was created. [[IANA]] in association with [[RIR]] had as main responsibility the assignment and handling of registration tasks.  

In the early 1990's the general Internet community agreed upon the separation between the management of domain names and the management of [[IP Address|IP Addresses]]. This is when ARIN was established to provide IP registration services. ARIN was created as a non-profit corporation and began work on December 22nd, 1997.<ref>[https://www.arin.net/about_us/history.html ARIN History]</ref>

ARIN is incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia and is governed by an Executive Board. The members of the Executive Board are elected by its members.

In November 2011, ARIN began testing out a [[WhoWas]] service, whereupon written request ARIN could disclose the historical responsibility of an IP Address or block of addresses.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20111128_arin_launches_whowas_service_historical_registration_info/ ARIN Launches Whowas Service Historical Registration, CircleID.com]</ref>

* [[Paul Andersen]] (Chair)

* [[Nancy Carter]] (Treasurer)

* [[John Curran]] (President & CEO)

* [[Dan Alexander]]

* [[Peter Harrison]]

* [[Bill Sandiford]] (Vice Chair)

* [[Catherine Middleton]]

* [[Stephen M. Ryan]] (Secretary, General Counsel)