The IANA functions coordinate the Internet’s globally unique identifiers, and are provided by Public Technical Identifiers, an affiliate of ICANN.

We are one of the Internet's oldest institutions, with the IANA functions dating back to the 1970s. Today the services are provided by Public Technical Identifiers, a purpose-built organization …

IANA Report on Recognition of LACNIC as a Regional Internet Registry (7 November 2002) IANA Report on Recognition of AfriNIC as a Regional Internet Registry (8 April 2005)

Domain Name Services We operate and maintain a number of key aspects of the DNS, including the root zone, and the .int and .arpa domains. The DNS Root Zone The root is the upper-most …

The IANA functions coordinate the Internet’s globally unique identifiers, and are provided by Public Technical Identifiers, an affiliate of ICANN.

The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions, which are managed by ICANN, play a role ensuring you get to where you want to go by coordinating unique identifiers. The three …

Root Zone Management We are responsible for management of the DNS root zone. This role means assigning the operators of top-level domains, such as .uk and .com, and maintaining …

As the manager of the DNS root zone, we are responsible for coordinating these delegations in accordance with our policies and procedures. Much of this data is also available via the …

Protocol Registries Protocol parameter registries represent the authoritative record of many of the codes and numbers contained in a variety of Internet protocols. We maintain these records in …

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