ICANN Historical Timeline

1968-1976: DARPA Era - The Birth of the Internet

ARPANET

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  NLS System at Stanford, 1968
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  The "Mother of All Demos," 1968
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  Concept drawing of ARPANET, 1969
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  Interface Message Processor, 1969
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  Queen Elizabeth II sends an email, 1976

The ARPANET was a product of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. MIT, the University of Southern California, UCLA, and the Stanford Research Institute, under contract with DARPA, were all instrumental in the development of technologies that are still used today in the modern Internet. Jon Postel, Vint Cerf, Steve Crocker, and other Internet pioneers were first connected with ARPANET projects and innovations.

1983 - 1989: Birth of the DNS

1986 - NSF launches NSFNet 1987 - Over 20,000 servers online hosting websites

1996 Internet Governance blueprint era: International Ad-Hoc Committee formed

1997 - MoU 1998 - green/white papers

1999-2002: (infant) ICANN

Privatization Marilyn Cade DNSO exists PSO, ASO are reserved

2002 ICANN Reform (toddler)

2003 2004

2007 - 2009 (youth) Infinite reviewing cycles begin

(IDNs?)

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

National Science Foundation

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

Request For Comments

Deprecated. Domain Name Supporting Organization. Predecessor of the Generic Names Supporting Organization, which advised the Board with respect to policy issues relating to the Domain Name System (ICANN Bylaws).

Deprecated. Protocol Supporting Organization.

Address Supporting Organization. Advises the Board with respect to policy issues relating to the operation, assignment, and management of Internet addresses (ICANN Bylaws).