Domain Names

AKA Acronym Overload

Lauren Reid

Some History…

ARPAnet + HOSTS.TXT = <3…but not for long…</3

Too much traffic Doppelgangers Uniformity

Domain Name System (DNS) Database like a file system: “.” instead of “/” to categorize

Translates

Shamwhat?

Why? 67.207.209.30 vs. shamwow.com

URL: http://www.shamwow.com/ Domain Name: www.shamwow.com Registered Domain Name:

shamwow.com Unique but still easy to

remember!

DNS? TLD? SLD? OMFG WTF!!!

Top-Level Domain (TLD)Original 7: com, edu, gov, mil, net, org, int gTLDs

Country-codes - not just USsTLDs: Sponsored TLDs, have charter and organization, exclusive .gov, .mil, .aero

Country Codes (ccTLDs)

That’s Some BS

Domain Name RegistrarNetwork Solutions, Inc. before 1999 for .com, .net., .org

YES!!!NO!!!

How Do I Get One???

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)After ICANN

established, UCANN go wherever you want to buy a domain - competition!

.ianal

.xxx

.kids

.health

.nyc

.bank .stock

.love

.mcfly

.cat

.jobs .travel

.tel.post

. テスト

.kids