Progress in countries connectivity to the Internet based on excerpts from Internet Monthly Reports archived at ISI (attached below): a. 1991 to Mar 1992 - SRI NIC b. Apr 1992 to Sep 1992 - NSFNET/INFORMATION SERVICES c. Oct 1992 to Feb 1993 - NNSC, UCAR/BOLT BERANEK and NEWMAN, INC. d. Mar 1993 to Jun 1993 - Transition from NNSC to InterNIC c. Jul 1993 to Jun 1996 - InterNIC (NSI, ATT, General Atomic) until Jun 1996 the information about new ccTLD comes from InterNIC d. Jul 1996 to xxx 1998 - IANA Reports from ISI The international Internet infrastructure deployment was led by the NSF, as necessary part to its NSFNET US component and with collaboration from research community worldwide, during 5 years between 1998 and 1993, extended for additional 2 years. During the NSFNET project, its documents were archived at NIC.MERIT.EDU The delegations of ccTLD until June 1993 are totaly correlated to research programs and NSFNET support to the international connectivity. During next two years, and until the end of NSFNET project in May 1995, the connectivity to the Internet is still related to the connectivity to the NSFNET. Starting April 1993 the InterNIC is formed (The InterNIC is a cooperative project of three organizations, General Atomics/CERFnet, AT&T, and Network Solutions, Inc. (NSI), designed to provide network information services to the networking community. General Atomics/CERFnet provides Information Services; AT&T provides Directory and Database Services; and NSI provides Registration Services.). The so called IANA function was performed until march 1992 by the SRI NIC, subsequently by NSFNET and eventually by InterNIC (i.e. NSI - but who is in charge of ccTLD-related decisions ?). Starting July 1996 the IANA updates come from ISI, there is no more Federal NSF. The information about ccTLD delegations is limited to number of new entries to root zone (who is in charge of ccTLD-related decisions ?). Distribution of delegated ccTLD Year ccTLD Total ccTLD 85 3 3 86 8 11 87 9 20 ---------------------NSFNET Backbone Project (1987-1995) begins 88 8 28 89 8 36 ---------------------Berlin wall falls on 9 Nov 1989 90 11 47 ---------------------NSFNET leads international connectivity deployment cf. NSF 90-69 Solicitation Project 91 22 69 92 17 86 93 23 109 ---------------------NSFNET creates InterNIC (NSI, ATT, General Atomic) 94 22 131 95 29 160 ---------------------NSFNET Backbone Project is terminated end of April 1995 96 31 191 97 47 238 98 2 240 99 1 241 http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9101.txt : SRI ---- SRI NIC During the month of January, the Internet Registry (IR) at SRI assigned 385 IP network numbers. The total of all IP numbers assigned is now 26,537. The total number of assigned Autonomous System numbers (ASNs) is now 1,217. We have been working closely with NSF and Merit personnel to ensure uninterrupted service for those networks that may have been negatively affected by DDN Management Bulletin #80. Although they no longer recognize the concept of "connected" versus "unconnected" status IP numbers and the notion that U.S. Government sponsorship is necessary for networks, NSF has agreed to grant sponsorship to all IP networks that were assigned during the period of time that RFC 1174 procedural changes were in effect. There are currently a total of 2,322 registered domains which includes 59 at the top level, 2,244 at the second level, and 19 third-level MIL domains. ... Guests at the Merit Network Operations Center included representatives from U.S. Sprint and Cornell University, who will be jointly managing the international connections to INRIA and NORDUnet. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9102.txt : SRI ---- In February, we assigned 922 numbers to new IP networks. The total of all IP numbers assigned is now 26,938. The total number of assigned Autonomous System numbers (ASNs) is now 1,224. There are currently a total of 2,449 registered domains which includes 60 at the top level, 2,334 at the second level, and 55 third-level MIL domains. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9103.txt : SRI ---- Internet registry activities in March included the assignment of 2,195 IP network numbers. The cumulative total of all assigned IP numbers is now 29,133. There are now a total of 1,234 assigned Autonomous System numbers (ASNs) asssigned. There are currently a total of 2,544 domains registered with the NIC, including 61 at the top level, 2,334 at the second level, and 55 third-level MIL domains. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9104.txt : SRI ---- Internet registry activities in April included the assignment of xxx IP network numbers. The cumulative total of all assigned IP numbers is now 30,917. There are now a total of 1,261 assigned Autonomous System numbers (ASNs) assigned. There are currently a total of 2,741 domains registered with the NIC, including 61 at the top level, 2,624 at the second level, and 56 third-level MIL domains. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9105.txt : SRI ---- The cumulative total of all assigned IP numbers is now 29,866. There are now a total of 1,278 assigned Autonomous System numbers (ASNs) assigned. There are currently a total of 2,843 domains registered with the NIC, including 63 at the top level, 2,721 at the second level, and 59 third-level MIL domains. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9106.txt : SRI NIC ------- Because the supply of Class B numbers is dwindling due to the growing number of requests for these numbers, the NIC Internet registry has imposed more stringent requirements for obtaining these numbers. Organizations that want to obtain large groups of Class B numbers (five or more) will be required to furnish the registry with a detailed rationale for their requests, and in some cases will be asked to accept alternative allocations of Class C numbers. The cumulative total of all IP numbers now assigned is 30,146. See the table below for a breakdown by month. There are now a total of 1,290 Autonomous System numbers (ASNs) assigned. There are currently a total of 2,298 domains registered. This includes the root domain, 63 top-level domains, 2,172 second-level domains, and 62 third-level MIL subdomains. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9107.txt : SRI ---- The cumulative total of all IP numbers now assigned is now 31,206. See the table below for a breakdown of these assignments by class. There are now a total of 1,323 Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) assigned. There are currently a total of 3,052 domains registered. This includes the root domain, 63 top-level domains, 2,925 second- level domains, and 64 third-level MIL subdomains. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9108.txt : SRI ---- Over 3,700 new numbers were assigned in August. The cumulative total of all IP numbers now assigned is now 34,930. See the table below for a breakdown of these assignments by class. The cumulative total of assigned Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) is 1,336. The total number of domains registered is 3,245. This number includes the root domain, 64 top-level domains, 3,113 second-level domains, and 67 third-level MIL subdomains. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9109.txt : SRI NIC ------- The cumulative total of all IP numbers assigned at the end of September was 36,988. See the table below for a breakdown of these assignments by class. The cumulative total of assigned Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) was 1,384, and the cumulative total number of domains registered was 3,450. This includes the root domain, 77 top-level domains, 3,304 second-level domains, and 67 third-level MIL subdomains. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9111.txt : SRI ---- The "Northern Swift Fox" and "San Joaquin Kit Fox" which support WHOIS data and SRI staff data respectively, were upgraded to run ISODE and QUIPU 7.0. SRI pursued obtaining copies of WHOIS data from the current DDN NIC contractor (GSI/Network Solutions) in order to keep the X.500 WHOIS data up to date. A fax containing proposed options for the format of the dumps and/or incremental updates of the WHOIS data was sent to Scott Williamson of Network Solutions as a basis for discussion. Scott Williamson and Ruth Lang met while at IETF to continue these discussions. Early agreements point toward the use of an Ingres-independent ASCII format for transmission of this information. According to Network Solutions' estimates, they may be able to make WHOIS data available to FOX in early 1992. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9202.txt : At the close of February, 1992, 4,775 nets have been configured for announcement on the NSFNET infrastructures. Of this total, 2,390 nets are configured for T3 announcement, and 1,601 nets are located outside of the United States. Venezuela and South Africa are the most recent international connections to the NSFNET. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9202.txt : SRI ---- No internet-related progress to report this month. Ruth Lang (rlang@nisc.sri.com) http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9203.txt : SRI ---- No Internet-related progress to report. Ruth Lang (rlang@nisc.sri.com) http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9204.txt : NSFNET/INFORMATION SERVICES Luxembourg is the newest international site among the now 1,806 foreign networks configured for announcement on the NSFNET infrastructures. A total 5,291 networks are configured at the close of April 1992, with 3,547 nets announcing to the T3 backbone. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9205.txt : NSFNET BACKBONE PROJECT Information Services At the close of May 1992, 5515 networks are configured for announcement on the NSFNET infrastructures. Of this total, 3690 networks announce to the T3 backbone and 1912 are foreign networks. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9206.txt : NSFNET/INFORMATION SERVICES --------------------------- NSFNET Project Information Services At the close of June, 5739 networks are announced via the NSFNET infrastructures. Of this total, 3920 nets are announced via the T3 backbone, and 2002 nets have foreign locations. Guests at the Merit Network Operations Center (NOC) included Mr. Tadeusz Wegrzynowski, Managing Director of the Warsaw University Computer Center and Administrator of the PLEARN Node, and members of the Department of Defense Security Administration. The Information Infrastructure and Technology Act of 1992 was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Al Gore (D-TN) on 1 July. This act builds on the High-Performance Computing Act introduced by Senator Gore in 1988 and signed into law last year. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9207.txt : NSFNET/INFORMATION SERVICES --------------------------- The total number of networks announced to the NSFNET infrastructures reached 6031 at the close of July, with 4950 of these nets also announced to the T3 backbone. Estonia and Thailand are the newest foreign locations with networks announced to the NSFNET; 2133 networks of the total represent foreign network announcements. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9208.txt : NSFNET/INFORMATION SERVICES --------------------------- The number of networks announced to the NSFNET infrastructures at the end of August totaled 6,385. Of this total, 5,676 nets have announcement to the T3 backbone, and 2,273 nets are international sites. Visitors to the Merit Network Operations Center included a delegation from several African nations and representatives from Japan. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9209.txt : NSFNET/INFORMATION SERVICES --------------------------- The current target for dismantling the T1 backbone is November '92. This will occur after (1) the remaining networks using the T1 backbone have been cut over to the T3 backbone (these are: ESnet, EASInet and CA*net); (2) the OSI CLNP transport capability over the T3 backbone is in place; (3) the T3 ENSS nodes are backed up by additional T1 circuits terminating at alternate backbone POPs. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9210.txt : NNSC, UCAR/BOLT BERANEK and NEWMAN, INC. ---------------------------------------- The NNSC Staff continues to receive and process hundreds of requests for information on connecting to the Internet due to articles published in the October issues of BYTE Magazine and IEEE Spectrum. Corinne Carroll http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9302.txt : NNSC, UCAR/BOLT BERANEK and NEWMAN, INC. ---------------------------------------- Transition to new INTERNIC The NNSC manager, Cyndi Mills, met with representatives from General Atomics, Network Solutions and AT&T to discuss details of the transition to the new INTERNIC team. After March 31, services provided by the NNSC will be transferred to General Atomics and AT&T. Specific details on this transition will not be available until April 1. General Atomics will provide INTERNIC Information Services for the NSFNET and the NREN. AT&T will provide directory and database services. Network Solutions will continue to provide registration services. The new INTERNIC team will begin operation on April 1, 1993. The NNSC project's services will be discontinued as of March 31, 1993. Corinne Carroll http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9303.txt : NNSC, UCAR/BOLT BERANEK and NEWMAN, INC. ---------------------------------------- Announcement -- Transition from NNSC to the New InterNIC Team ============================================================== On April 1, 1993, the NSF Network Service Center (NNSC) began to phase out its services following the final award of the long- awaited "Network Information Services Manager(s) for NSFNET and the NREN". The services formerly provided by the NNSC are being transferred to a new team made up of three separate organizations, collectively known as the InterNIC (the Internet Network Information Center). * Network Solutions (NSI), has provided registration for the NSFNET since January 1992, and continues to perform all REGISTRATION SERVICES on host RS.InterNIC.NET. * AT&T will provide expanded DIRECTORY AND DATABASE SERVICES on host DS.InterNIC.NET . * General Atomics, which now operates CERFnet and the San Diego Supercomputer Center, provides a Reference Desk and general INFORMATION SERVICES on host IS.InterNIC.NET . This award expands the scope of the services which have previously been supplied by several organizations, including the NSF Network Service Center (NNSC). The NNSC is assisting the combined Network Information Services Managers in this transition. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9304.txt : MERIT/NSFNET ENGINEERING ------------------------ Merit's "IPREGISTER" service is provided to network operators and administrators in countries which are becoming connected or need assistance in connecting to the Internet and NSFNET. The goal is to assist in achieving connectivity to the NSFNET as quickly and efficiently as possible within contraints of agency policies. The service was orginally established when IP numbers were allocated with a "connected" or "unconnected" flag. At that time, NSF had to sponsor an organization in order for them to receive an IP number with the "connected" flag. It was important for non-domestic networks to receive this classification if they desired to communicate with scientists and researchers via the NSFNET backbone. "Connected" status was a requirement for routing traffic on the NSFNET backbone. Since NSF was unable to know the appropriateness of sponsoring each and every non-domestic network, and there was not a consolidated European, Asian, South American, and other regional networking organization to consult, NSF established reciprocal agreements with designated representatives within countries. This action translated into a procedure which was implemented by Merit. One of the steps of the procedure was to delay addition of non-domestic networks into the NSFNET routing database until the designated representatives from that country acknowledged and confirmed this addition. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9305.txt : MERIT/NSFNET INFORMATION SERVICES --------------------------------- During the month of May, Ghana became the newest international site with announcement to the NSFNET backbone. Of the 12,349 total networks announced to the NSFNET backbone at the close of May, 4,951 networks have foreign locations. ... The international connectivity list, created by Larry Landweber at the University of Wisconsin, is ordered by country and network protocol. This information is also rendered into map form. Available as /internet/connectivity/world.list.txt /internet/connectivity/world.list.ps /internet/connectivity/world.map.ps http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9306.txt : MERIT/NSFNET INFORMATION SERVICES --------------------------------- During the month of June, Fiji and Liechtenstein became the newest international sites with announcement to the NSFNET backbone. Of the 13,170 total networks announced to the NSFNET backbone at the close of June, 5,461 networks have foreign locations. ... SHUTDOWN OF THE NNSC INFORMATION SERVICES The services formerly provided by the NNSC have been transferred to a new Network Information Services Management team, collectively known as the InterNIC (the Internet Network Information Center). The NNSC Info-Server has been shut down, and anonymous FTP to nnsc.nsf.net has been discontinued. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9307.txt : INTERNIC INFORMATION SERVICES ----------------------------- This month the InterNIC begins regular entries to the Internet Monthly Report. The InterNIC is a cooperative project of three organizations, General Atomics/CERFnet, AT&T, and Network Solutions, Inc. (NSI), designed to provide network information services to the networking community. General Atomics/CERFnet provides Information Services; AT&T provides Directory and Database Services; and NSI provides Registration Services. ... Indonesia became the newest international site with announcement to the NSFNET backbone during July. Foreign networks now number 5,827 of the total 14,121 networks announced to the NSFNET backbone. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9308.txt : The RIPE NCC RIPE (Reseaux IP Europeens) is a collaborative organisation open to all European Internet service providers. The objective of RIPE is to ensure the necessary administrative and technical coordination to allow the operation of a pan-European IP network. Much of this work is achieved through voluntary effort. RIPE does not operate a network of its own. The RIPE Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC) is a European organisation with a charter to support RIPE. It is specifically focused on undertaking those activities which cannot be effectively performed by volunteers from the participating organisations. As such, it provides a wide range of technical and administrative support to network operators in the Internet community across Europe. The RIPE NCC currently has 3 permanent staff members. The RARE association provides the legal and financial framework for the NCC. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9309.txt : ISI administers the US Domain (under a contract from the InterNIC Registration Service (Network Solutions)). In this issue of the IMR a summary of the status of the US Domain use is presented. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9309.txt : SprintLink and NSFNET International Connections Manager (ICM) September Status Report ... 8) Connected Moscow node to GALSnet, FREEnet and SOVam. This node is in the process of expanding to include 16 new additional access lines. Utilizing Russian-made "Techno PC," which provides multiline SLIP with BGP, to interconnect with Russian networks. 9) Delivered T1 connection to Mexico CONACYT. In process of turning-up routing. 10) Delivered a 768 kbps connection to the Japanese Information Center for Science and Technology (JICST). In process of turning- up routing. 11) Deployed a router in the Sprint Stockton Technical Office Center (TOC) for the Japanese Internet Initiative (IIJ). Plans are for peering with SprintLink and Alternet. 12) Sprint deployed several "non connected" managed router networks utilizing CIDR addressing. 13) The 64 kbps link to Uninet-ZA (South Africa) experienced serious congestion as a result of extremely heavy usage. ... http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9310.txt : MERIT/NSFNET INFORMATION SERVICES --------------------------------- Lebanon and Guam are the newest international sites with announcement to the NSFNET backbone during October. Foreign networks now number 7,539 of the total 17,979 networks announced to the NSFNET backbone. ... REGISTRATION SERVICES The Internet continues to grow every month. According to our statistics there are over 12,252 domains in the InterNIC database and we also registered a record 729 inverse addresses as well. The Internet is becoming more popular than it's ever been and the general public is reaping the benefits. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9311.txt : MERIT/NSFNET INFORMATION SERVICES --------------------------------- During November, new international sites with announcement to the NSFNET backbone included Kenya, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands Antilles, Equatorial Guinea and Peru. Foreign networks now number 8,106, of a total 19,664 networks announced to the NSFNET backbone. ... Local Internet Registry Group by Daniel Karrenberg Administration of top level domains was discussed. The group felt the Lebanon top level domain request took too long. If this happens in Europe, it might be good to have the RIPE NCC handle the proces. There was no objection from this group. The idea is to have the RIPE NCC jump in when there isn't any consensus in a country and have the NCC handle it. Daniel said the RIPE NCC is willing to provide this service, and he will communicate this to the IANA. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9312.txt : MERIT/NSFNET INFORMATION SERVICES --------------------------------- In December, the National Science Foundation requested that traffic from the countries of the former Soviet Union satisfying the NSFNET Backbone Acceptable Use Policy guidelines be routed by the NSFNET Backbone Service. Traffic from the countries of the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine is now carried on the NSFNET. Foreign networks now number 9,042 of a total 21,430 networks announced to the NSFNET backbone. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9402.txt : Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 14,754 network addresses and registered 826 new top- and second-level domains. A top-level domain for Algeria, DZ, was registered and applications from Bahrain, Belarus, and Iran were also received. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9404.txt : Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 10,264 network addresses and registered 1,376 new top and second level domains. Top-level domains for Bahrain (BH), Moldova (MD) and Zambia (ZM) were registered this month. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9405.txt : I. Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 12000 network addresses and registered over 1300 domains, including top-level domains for Russsian Federation (RU), Belarus (BY) and Saudi Arabia (SU). http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9406.txt : I. Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 6000 network addresses and registered over 2000 domains, including a top-level domain for Panama. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9407.txt : I. Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 35,000 network addresses (30,000 to Space and Naval Warfare Command) and registered over 1800 domains. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9408.txt : I. Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 6,000 network addresses and registered over 2,400 domains. Blocks of 256 Class C addresses were assigned to Globalcom, CAnet/Manitoba, UTAH Education, Sun.Belt, Sprint, Los Alamos, DEC, ADP, AT&T, Lawrence Livermore, Colorado Supernet, Galaxy, CA-NET Ontario. A top-level country domain for the Republic of Armenia was registered. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9409.txt : I. Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 6,000 network addresses and registered over 1,736 domains. Three top-level country domains were registered during the month; Kazakhstan (KZ), Guyana (GY), Armenia (AM). http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9410.txt : I. Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 8,173 network addresses and registered over 2,747 domains. One top-level country domain was unregistered during the month; Czechoslovakia. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9411.txt : I. Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 4,480 network addresses and registered over 3,356 domains. Two top-level country domains were registered during the month; Jordan, and El Salvador. ... Domain Registrations During November, 3,356 domains were added to the database. The totals by major domain category for the month are: MONTH COM EDU ORG NET GOV US CNTY TOTAL NOV94 2817 37 277 215 8 0 2 3356 As of 30-Nov-94, there were 33,884 domains in the InterNIC database, including 923 marked for removal and 354 on hold due to name server problems. The monthly cumulative totals by major domain category for the past year are: MONTH COM EDU ORG NET GOV US CNTY TOTAL ====================================================== AUG93 8185 1291 740 239 195 168 110 10928 SEP 8718 1306 807 253 202 171 112 11569 OCT 9204 1319 856 265 206 182 113 12145 NOV 9791 1339 908 285 209 224 114 12870 DEC 10608 1389 1019 367 248 231 115 13977 JAN94 11239 1412 1086 454 257 239 115 14802 FEB 12097 1435 1190 553 260 251 116 15902 MAR 13240 1473 1305 608 266 267 119 17278 APR 14154 1489 1391 660 272 268 123 18357 MAY 15235 1515 1512 738 280 268 126 19674 JUN 16937 1554 1692 869 284 273 127 21736 JUL 18537 1584 1853 969 287 274 127 23631 AUG 20550 1621 2055 1119 294 280 128 26047 SEP 21980 1646 2212 1232 302 280 131 27783 OCT 24271 1680 2474 1383 310 280 130 30528 NOV 27088 1717 2751 1598 318 280 132 33884 http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9412.txt : I. Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 5,911 network addresses and registered over 3,681 domains. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9501.txt : I. Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 40,077 network addresses and registered over 4,099 domains. Three top level domains were registered this month for Ghana (GH), Monaco (MC), and Nepal (NP). http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9502.txt : I. Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 10,056 network addresses and registered over 4,190 domains. Three top level domains were registered this month for Anguilla (AI), Cote d'Ivoire (CI), and Guam (GU). http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9503.txt : I. Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 11,012 network addresses and registered over 6,757 domains. Three top level domains were registered this month for Mongolia (MN), Nigeria (NG), and Uganda (UG). http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9504.txt : I. Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 12,147 network addresses and registered over 9,911 domains. Five top-level country domains were registered during April for: Vanuatu (VU), Micronesia (FM), Kiribati (KI), and Uzbekistan (UZ). http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9505.txt : I. Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 9,503 network addresses and registered over 13,974 domains. One top-level country domains were registered during May for: Cameroon (CM). http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9506.txt : I. Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 5,931 network addresses and registered over 13,974 domains. There were no top-level country domains registered during June. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9507.txt : I. Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 6,914 network addresses and registered over 12,190 domains. There were four (4) top-level country domains registered during June: Madagascar (MG), Kyrgyzstan (KG), Tanzania (TZ), and Samoa (WS). http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9508.txt : I. Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 12,619 network addresses and registered over 19,657 domains. There were two (2) top-level country domains registered during August: Virgin Islands (US), and San Marino (Republic of). http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9509.txt : I. Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 5,648 network addresses and registered over 22,676 domains. There was one top- level country domains registered during September: Vatican City State. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9510.txt : I. Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 9,843 network addresses and registered over 20,315 domains. There were three top-level country domains registered during October: Mauritius (MU), Brunei (BN), and Ethiopia (ET). http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9511.txt : I. Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 5,968 network addresses and registered over 20,612 domains. There was one top- level country domain registered during November: Angola (AO). http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9512.txt : I. Significant Events During December 1995, InterNIC Registration Services assigned the following network addresses, and registered domain names to include top-level country domains: Assigned Registered Country Domain(s) Network Addresses 6,015 Domain Names Registered 24,423 Top-level Country Domain(s) 2 GI - Gibraltar TO - Tonga http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9601.txt : I. Significant Events InterNIC Registration Services assigned over 40,077 network addresses and registered over 4,099 domains. Three top level domains were registered this month for Ghana (GH), Monaco (MC), and Nepal (NP). http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9603.txt : I. Significant Events During February 1996, InterNIC Registration Services assigned the following network addresses, and registered domain names to include top-level country domains: Assigned Registered Country Domain Network Addresses 5,316 Domain Names Registered 34,933 Top-level Country Domain(s) 3 SY - Syria AW - Aruba KH - Cambodia http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9604.txt : I. Significant Events During April 1996, InterNIC Registration Services assigned the following network addresses, and registered domain names to include top-level country domains: Assigned Registered Country Domain(s) Network Addresses 16,781,886 * Domain Names Registered 45,102 Top-level Country Domain(s) 4 CF - Central African Republic NE - Niger MF - Mauritanie OM - Oman http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9605.txt : I. Significant Events During May 1996, InterNIC Registration Services assigned the following network addresses, and registered domain names to include top-level country domains: Assigned Registered Country Domain(s) Network Addresses 4,126 Domain Names Registered 48,954 Top-level Country Domain(s) 2 LA - Vientiane DJ - Djibouti http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9606.txt : I. Significant Events During June 1996, InterNIC Registration Services assigned the following network addresses, and registered domain names to include top-level country domains: Assigned Registered Country Domain(s) Figure 2-5: Network Addresses 6,171 Figure 2-3: Domain Names Registered 55,433 Table 2-7: Top-level Country Domain(s) 1 QA - Qatar http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9607.txt : I. Significant Events * HostReg and CReg templates are now being processed automatically; previously they had to be processed manually; now about 50% are being processed automatically. * The auto-registration software now sorts requests into six groups: (1) COM, (2) ORG, (3) NET, (4) GOV, (5) EDU and (6) TLD; this eliminates a manual step in the process and allows the ability to put an increased priority on GOV, EDU and TLD requests. INTERNIC DIRECTORY AND DATABASE SERVICES The new Netfind Seed database is up on our machines. In addition, InterNIC Directory and Database Services will become the new home of the netfind-servers mailing list. THE US DOMAIN REGISTRY A new policy has been added to the criteria for delegating domain names under the US Domain: It is the intention that the delegation of third level (for example, locality) domain names be wide spread to many registries. It is undesirable for one person or organization to manage a large part of the third level names in any particular geographic or logical area. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9610.txt : I. Significant Events Help Desk Support The following foreign language skills are now available in the Call/Processing Center: Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindu, Urdu, Punjabi, English, and Canadian; five CSRs are available to support the pending Latin NIC with Spanish/Portuguese. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9612.txt : The latest version of the Netfind seed database has over 950,000 entries. The database continues to expand at a rapid rate (the November version had just over 760,000 entries). This version of the seed database is in the new format, and we will continue to provide updates in the new format, which requires Netfind source code version 5.0.2. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9701.txt : IANA REPORT ----------- Here is the list of IANA assignments for the month of January: AS-Nunbers: Blocks 1 BOOTP-DHCP Extension Codes 2 Cable Address Blocks 3 Country Codes 2 Media Types 2 Multicast Addresses: Individual Assignments 4 Multicast Addresses: Blocks 1 Payload Types 1 PPP Field Assignments 2 Port Assignments 38 SGMP Vendor Specific Codes 5 Josh Elliott (elliott@isi.edu) http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9702.txt : IANA REPORT ----------- Here are IANA's assignments for February: Cable Address Blocks 1 Country Codes 3 INT TLDs 2 Media Types 18 Multicast Addresses: Individual Assignments 1 Multicast Addresses: Blocks 4 Point-to-Point Protocol Assignments 3 Port Assignments 21 SMI Numbers 1 Josh Elliott http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9703.txt : IANA REPORT ----------- Here is the IANA March report: Address Resolution Protocol Parameters 2 Cable Address Blocks 5 Character Sets 1 Country Codes 5 Media Types 6 Port Assignments 33 Protocol Assignments 1 SMI Numbers 1 Josh Elliott (iana@isi.edu) http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9704.txt : IANA REPORT ----------- Here is the IANA monthly report for April 1997: AS Numbers: Blocks 1 Cable Address Blocks 2 Country Codes 2 DHCP Options 1 IPv4 Address Space 3 Media Types 1 Multicast Addresses: Individual 2 Multicast Addresses: Blocks 1 Private Enterprise Numbers 65 Port Assignments 55 SMI Numbers 5 Josh Elliott http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9705.txt : IANA REPORT ----------- Here is the IANA monthly report: Cable Address Blocks 1 Country Codes 5 Media Types 1 Novell SAP Numbers 2 Private Enterprise Numbers 62 Port Number Assignments 136 SMI Numbers 1 Josh Elliott (elliott@isi.edu) http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9706.txt : IANA REPORT ----------- Here is the June Report on IANA activity and assignments: Country Codes 2 DHCP Options 3 Domain System Parameters 2 Media Types 11 Multicast Addresses: Individual Assignments 4 Novell SAP Numbers 2 Private Enterprise Numbers 59 Port Numbers 34 SMI Numbers 3 Josh Elliott http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9707.txt : IANA REPORT ----------- IANA Monthly Report - July 1997 BOOTP-DHCP Extension Codes 8 Cable Address Blocks 2 Country Codes 2 DHCP Options 2 INT Domains 1 MIME Media Types 2 Multicast Addresses: Individual Ass. 2 Novell SAP Numbers 1 PPP Field Assignments 1 Private Enterprise Numbers 70 Port Assignments 48 Protocol Type/Field Assignments 2 SMI Numbers 5 SOCKS Methods 3 Telnet Options 3 Josh Elliott (elliott@isi.edu) http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9708.txt : IANA REPORT ----------- BOOTP-DHCP Extension Codes 1 Country Codes 5 MIME Media Types 1 Multicast Addresses: Individual Assignments 4 Multicast Addresses: Blocks 2 PPP Field Assignments 1 Private Enterprise Numbers 58 Port Numbers 23 http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9709.txt : IANA REPORT ----------- Country Codes 1 DHCP Options 1 Multicast Addresses: Individual 2 PPP Field Assignments 1 Private Enterprise Numbers 64 Port Numbers 38 Protocol Numbers 1 SMI Numbers 6 http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9710.txt : IANA REPORT ----------- Cable Address Blocks 4 INT Domains 1 Language Tags 2 MIME Media Types 5 Multicast Addresses: Individual 1 Multicast Addresses: Blocks 2 Novell SAP Numbers 4 Private Enterprise Numbers 63 Port Numbers 48 http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9711.txt : IANA REPORT ----------- Country Codes 4 Media Types 3 Novell SAP Numbers 3 Private Enterprise Numbers 48 Port Numbers 29 SMI Numbers 4 by Josh Elliott http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9712.txt : IANA REPORT ----------- Country Codes 1 Machine Names 2 Media Types 1 Multicast Addresses: Blocks 5 Novell SAP Numbers 1 Private Enterprise Numbers 63 Port Numbers 24 SMI Numbers 9 by Josh Elliott http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9801.txt : INTERNIC DIRECTORY AND DATABASE SERVICES The Netfind seed database for January contained over 2.7 million entries. Since the InterNIC Directory and Database Services project will end at the end of March, we have stopped taking new entries for our Directory of Directories. Only InterNIC Directory and Database Services will end at that time; InterNIC Registration Services will continue operation. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9803.txt : INTERNIC DIRECTORY AND DATABASE SERVICES InterNIC Directory and Database Services ended operation on April 1, 1998 at the completion of our five year cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. Our final version of the Netfind seed database is available and contains 3.25 million entries. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/imr9806.txt : It may be that in the long run nearly all the country codes will have some government influence acting on their management. Within the US, the USPS is a very unusualy organization in that it is not officially part of the government but an independent non-for-profit corporation, yet closely supervised by the government. If the US Government told the IANA to allocate the US domain to some agency or another there could be a lot of worse choices.