Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 111 / Wednesday, June 10, 1998 / Notices 31741 differences of juvenile fish as they pass rulemaking, or ``Green Paper,'' was U.S. Role in DNS Development downstream through Lake Pateros and published in the Federal Register on Wells Dam. For modification 1, PUD GC February 20, 1998, providing More than 25 years ago, the U.S. Government began funding research requests an increase in the take of opportunity for public comment. NTIA necessary to develop packet-switching juvenile, endangered, UCR steelhead received more than 650 comments, as of technology and communications associated with a study designed to March 23, 1998, when the comment networks, starting with the ``ARPANET'' inventory fish species in Wells reservoir period closed.3 network established by the Department on the Columbia River. ESA-listed fish The Green Paper proposed certain are proposed to be observed by SCUBA of Defense's Advanced Research actions designed to privatize the Projects Agency (DARPA) in the 1960s. divers or collected in beach seines, management of Internet names and anesthetized, examined, allowed to ARPANET was later linked to other addresses in a manner that allows for recover, and released. Modification 1 is networks established by other the development of robust competition requested to be valid for the duration of government agencies, universities and and facilitates global participation in the permit. Permit 1116 expires on research facilities. During the 1970s, Internet management. The Green Paper December 31, 2002. DARPA also funded the development of proposed for discussion a variety of a ``network of networks;'' this became Dated: June 4, 1998. issues relating to DNS management known as the Internet, and the protocols Patricia A. Montanio, including private sector creation of a that allowed the networks to Deputy Director, Office of Protected new not-for-profit corporation (the ``new intercommunicate became known as Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. corporation'') managed by a globally Internet protocols (IP). [FR Doc. 98±15439 Filed 6±9±98; 8:45 am] and functionally representative Board of As part of the ARPANET development BILLING CODE 3510±22±F Directors. work contracted to the University of EFFECTIVE DATE: This general statement California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Dr. Jon Postel, then a graduate student at DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE of policy is not subject to the delay in effective date required of substantive the university, undertook the National Telecommunications and rules under 5 U.S.C. § 553(d). It does not maintenance of a list of host names and Information Administration contain mandatory provisions and does addresses and also a list of documents not itself have the force and effect of prepared by ARPANET researchers, [Docket Number: 980212036±8146±02] law.4 Therefore, the effective date of this called Requests for Comments (RFCs). policy statement is June 10, 1998. The lists and the RFCs were made Management of Internet Names and available to the network community Addresses FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: through the auspices of SRI Karen Rose, Office of International AGENCY: National Telecommunications International, under contract to DARPA Affairs (OIA), Rm 4701, National and Information Administration, and later the Defense Communication Telecommunications and Information Commerce. Agency (DCA) (now the Defense Administration (NTIA), U.S. ACTION: Statement of policy. Information Systems Agency (DISA)) for Department of Commerce, 14th and performing the functions of the Network SUMMARY: On July 1, 1997, as part of the Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, Information Center (the NIC). DC., 20230. Telephone: (202) 482±0365. Clinton Administration's Framework for After Dr. Postel moved from UCLA to 1 E-mail: [email protected] Global Electronic Commerce, the the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) President directed the Secretary of Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1512; 15 U.S.C. 1525; at the University of Southern California Commerce to privatize the domain name 47 U.S.C. 902(b)(2)(H); 47 U.S.C. 902(b)(2)(I); (USC), he continued to maintain the list system (DNS) in a manner that increases 47 U.S.C. 902(b)(2)(M); 47 U.S.C. 904(c)(1). of assigned Internet numbers and names competition and facilitates international SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: under contracts with DARPA. SRI participation in its management. International continued to publish the Accordingly, on July 2, 1997, the Background lists. As the lists grew, DARPA Department of Commerce issued a permitted Dr. Postel to delegate Request for Comments (RFC) on DNS Domain names are the familiar and additional administrative aspects of the administration. The RFC solicited easy-to-remember names for Internet list maintenance to SRI, under public input on issues relating to the computers (e.g., continuing technical oversight. Dr. overall framework of the DNS ``www.ecommerce.gov''). They map to Postel, under the DARPA contracts, also administration, the creation of new top- unique Internet Protocol (IP) numbers published a list of technical parameters level domains, policies for domain (e.g., 98.37.241.30) that serve as routing that had been assigned for use by name registrars, and trademark issues. addresses on the Internet. The domain protocol developers. Eventually these During the comment period, more than name system (DNS) translates Internet functions collectively became known as 430 comments were received, names into the IP numbers needed for the Internet Assigned Numbers amounting to some 1500 pages.2 transmission of information across the Authority (IANA). On January 30, 1998, the National network. Until the early 1980s, the Internet was Telecommunications and Information managed by DARPA, and used primarily Administration (NTIA), an agency of the 3 The RFC, the Green Paper, and comments for research purposes. Nonetheless, the Department of Commerce, issued for received in response to both documents are available on the Internet at the following address: task of maintaining the name list comment, A Proposal to Improve the became onerous, and the Domain Name Technical Management of Internet <http://www.ntia.doc.gov>. Additional comments were submitted after March 23, 1998. These System (DNS) was developed to Names and Addresses. The proposed comments have been considered and treated as part improve the process. Dr. Postel and SRI of the official record and have been separately participated in DARPA's development 1 Available at <http://www.ecommerce.gov>. posted at the same site, although the comments 2 July 2, 1997 RFC and public comments are were not received by the deadline established in the and establishment of the technology and located at: <http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/ February 20, 1998 Federal Register Notice. practices used by the DNS. By 1990, domainname/index.html>. 4 See Administrative Law Requirements at p. 19. ARPANET was completely phased out. 31742 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 111 / Wednesday, June 10, 1998 / Notices The National Science Foundation today's vibrant World Wide Web. This The U.S. Government plays a role in the (NSF) has statutory authority for type of pioneering Internet research and operation of about half of the Internet's supporting and strengthening basic development continues in cooperative root servers. Universal name scientific research, engineering, and organizations and consortia throughout consistency on the Internet cannot be educational activities in the United the world. guaranteed without a set of authoritative States, including the maintenance of and consistent roots. Without such DNS Management Today computer networks to connect research consistency messages could not be and educational institutions. Beginning In recent years, commercial use of the routed with any certainty to the in 1987, IBM, MCI and Merit developed Internet has expanded rapidly. As a intended addresses. NSFNET, a national high-speed network legacy, however, major components of (4) Protocol Assignment. based on Internet protocols, under an the domain name system are still The Internet protocol suite, as defined award from NSF. NSFNET, the largest of performed by, or subject to, agreements by the Internet Engineering Task Force the governmental networks, provided a with agencies of the U.S. Government. (IETF), contains many technical ``backbone'' to connect other networks (1) Assignment of numerical parameters, including protocol serving more than 4,000 research and addresses to Internet users. numbers, port numbers, autonomous educational institutions throughout the Every Internet computer has a unique system numbers, management country. The National Aeronautics and IP number. IANA, headed by Dr. Jon information base object identifiers and Space Administration (NASA) and the Postel, coordinates this system by others. The common use of these U.S. Department of Energy also allocating blocks of numerical addresses protocols by the Internet community contributed backbone facilities. to regional IP registries (ARIN in North requires that the particular values used In 1991±92, NSF assumed America, RIPE in Europe, and APNIC in in these fields be assigned uniquely. responsibility for coordinating and the Asia/Pacific region), under contract Currently, IANA, under contract with funding the management of the non- with DARPA. In turn, larger Internet DARPA, makes these assignments and military portion of the Internet service providers apply to the regional maintains a registry of the assigned infrastructure. NSF solicited