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RESTENA was launched in 1989 by the country's Ministry of Education, in order to respond to the communications requirements of the education and scientific research communities. In 1992, the RESTENA network was connected to the Internet, and was granted authority for the .lu domain by the IANA. In 2000, an independent structure, the RESTENA Foundation was created.<ref name="centr"></ref><ref name="dns">[http://www.dns.lu/en/home/ DNS Luxembourg], dns.lu</ref>
RESTENA was launched in 1989 by the country's Ministry of Education, in order to respond to the communications requirements of the education and scientific research communities. In 1992, the RESTENA network was connected to the Internet, and was granted authority for the .lu domain by the IANA. In 2000, an independent structure, the RESTENA Foundation was created.<ref name="centr"></ref><ref name="dns">[http://www.dns.lu/en/home/ DNS Luxembourg], dns.lu</ref>
==History==
A quick timeline of RESTENA is as followsː<ref name="centr"></ref>
* '''1992'''ː The responsibility for the management of .lu is delegated to RESTENA
* '''1998'''ː The registry is a co-founding member of the Council of European National Top-Level Domain Name Registries (CENTR)
* '''2000'''ː 10000 domain names are registered under .lu
* '''2001'''ː Liberalization of the registration policy and implementation of the Official Domain Name Charter as a result of a close collaboration between the registry and private and public actors of the Luxembourg Internet community
* '''2005'''ː 20000 domain names are registered under .lu
* '''2006'''ː Establishment the the registry - registrar model
* '''2008'''ː 40000 domain names are registered under .lu
* '''2009'''ː Revision of the Domain Name Charter
* '''2010'''ː 50000 domain names are registered under .lu
* '''2010'''ː ̈Introduction of Internationalized Domain Names ([[IDN]]s) and [[DNSSEC]]
==References==
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