Resources | The Early Days of ICANN
Agreements | Documents | ICANN Board Resolutions | RFCs | Other Resources
Agreements
- IETF-ICANN Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Technical work of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (1 March 2000)
- ICANN/U.S. Government Contract for the IANA Function (9 February 2000)
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Address Supporting Organization Memorandum of Understanding (ASO-MOU) (18 October 1999)
- ASO-MOU Amendment 1 (October 2000)
- Protocol Supporting Organization (PSO) Memorandum of Understanding (14 July 1999)
- Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United States Government (1999)
- University of Southern California/ICANN Agreement (December 1998)
- Memorandum of Understanding with U.S. Department of Commerce (25 November 1998)
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Cooperative Agreement between NSI and U.S. Government (1 January 1993)
- Amendment 11 to Cooperative Agreement between NSI and U.S. Government (7 October 1998)
Documents
- ICANN, Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (24 October 1999)
- Articles of Incorporation of Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (21 November 1998)
- ICANN Bylaws
- 15 December 2002 Bylaws (as a result of 2002 Evolution and Reform Process)
- 6 November 1998 Original Bylaws
- Jon Postel, Proposal for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) (2 October 1998)
- NTIA, Management of Internet Names and Addresses (The "White Paper" - 5 June 1998)
- NTIA, Proposal to Improve the Technical Management of Internet Names and Addresses (The "Green Paper" - 20 February 1998)
- President Clinton, Vice President Gore, A Framework for Global Electronic Commerce (1 July 1997)
- Domain Name Space of the Internet Domain Name System (gTLD-MoU) (1997)
- Jon Postel, New Registries and the Delegation of International Top Level Domains (June 1996)
- Meeting Summary Report: The National Science Foundation Workshop on Name Registration for the ".COM" Domain (30 September 1994)
ICANN Board Resolutions
- Agreements with United States Government (30 August 2000)
- Contract with U.S. Department of Commerce for IANA Function (12 January 2000)
- Agreements Among ICANN, Department of Commerce, Network Solutions (4 November 1999)
- CRADA for Management of Root Server Systems (27 May 1999)
- Registrar Accreditation Policy (4 March 1999)
- IANA Functions Agreement (17 January 1999)
- Memorandum of Understanding with Department of Commerce (21 November 1988)
- Department of Commerce transmittal letter (6 November 1988)
- Minutes, October 25 Organizational Meeting (25 October 1998)
Request For Comments (RFCs)
- Vint Cerf, RFC 2468: I Remember IANA (17 October 1998)
- Joyce Reynolds, Jon Postel, RFC 1060: Assigned Numbers (March 1990) (First documented use of the term Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.)
- Internet Activities Board (IAB), RFC 1083: IAB Official Protocol Standards (December 1988)
- Paul Mockapetris, RFC 882: Domain Names – Concepts and Facilities (November 1983)
- Jon Postel, RFC 349: Proposed Standard Socket Numbers (30 May 1972)
Other Resources
- Internet Society, The IANA Timeline: An Extended Timeline with Citations and Commentary (January 2017)
- ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee, SAC067 – Overview and History of IANA Functions (15 August 2014)
- New TLD Program Application Process Archives (2000)
- At-Large Election Committee (2000)
- ICANN Press Release, ICANN Names Competitive Domain-Name Registrars (21 April 1999)
- Communiqué of the Governmental Advisory Committee, Singapore (2 March 1999)
- DNS Root Server System Advisory Committee, RSSAC Meeting, Singapore (2 March 1999)