Domain Name

Domain Name, is composed of a collusively use bit of space composed of Internet in the Name of a computer or computing unit Name, when used in data transmission of electronic computer logo azimuth (sometimes refers to the geographical location), current Domain Name has become the Internet brand, online trademark protection is one of the necessary product.

definition

The enterprise, government and non-governmental organizations or individuals in domain registrar on registered name, the Internet is enterprises or institutions of mutually contact network address.

Internet address of a, as if a addresses with Internet protocol (IP) address corresponding a bunch of easy memory characters, by several from a to z of 26 Latin letters and 0 to 9 10 Arabic numerals and "-" and ". "symbol constitute and according to certain level and logical array. Now a number of countries in the development of other language domain name, such as Chinese domain name. Domain name is not only easy to remember, and even in IP address changing, by changing the analytic corresponding relation, domain name can still remain unchanged.

Network is based on TCP/IP protocol to communicate and connection, every one host has a unique identity fixed IP address, with the difference on the network of tens of thousands of the user and the computer. Network in distinguishing all connected network and host, adopts a only, general address format that every and network connection of computers and servers are assigned a unique address. In order to guarantee that the network on each computer IP address uniqueness, the user must be to particular agency to apply for registration, the agency according to user unit network scale and recent development plan and assign IP addresses. The network address scheme is divided into two sets of: IP address system and domain-name address system. These two sets of address system is actually one-to-one relationship. IP address using binary Numbers to show, each IP address long 32 bit by 4 less than 256 digital composition, digital use between point interval, such as 100.10.0.1 said an IP address. Due to the IP address is digital identification, when using, difficult to memory and writing, so in IP address again on the foundation of developing a symbolic address scheme, instead of digital type's IP address. Each symbolic address with the specific IP address on the network correspondence, such resource access up will be easier. This with network digital IP address corresponding character type address is called domain.

Visible Internet domain name which is the name of the company, is a through computer network in this unit on net of address. A company if hope on the network to establish their own homepage, it must obtain a domain name, domain name also by several parts, including the Numbers and letters. Through this address, people can be found on the Internet the details. Domain name is Internet access units and individuals in the network, the important mark of the plays a role, facilitate others identification of one enterprise identify and retrieval, organizations or individuals of information resources, so as to better achieve on the network resources sharing. In addition to identify the functions, in a virtual environment, domain name still can rise to guide, publicity, representative functions.

Popular saying, domain name is equivalent to a family house Numbers and others through this number can easily find you.

The composition of domain name

With a common domain as an example to illustrate, baidu website is consists of two parts, the label "baidu" is the subject of this domain, and finally the label ".com "is the domain of suffixes, representative of this is a com international domain name, is the top level domain. But in front of the WWW. Is a network for the domain name, WWW.

DNS domain of label regulation, by English letters and Numbers components, each a label, no more than 63 a character, nor casesensitive searches. Label except hyphens (-) outside must not use other punctuation. The lowest levels of the domain name written on the left, and of the highest rank of domain name written in most the right side. By several label consisting of domain name total does not exceed 255 complete a character.

In recent years, some countries are developed using adopted the national language construct domain name, like German, French, etc.

The development history

In 1985, the first Symbolics company registered. Com domain. At that time domain name registration just started, applicants very few.

1993 Internet domain name to appear on WWW agreement, start consulted.

1993 Solutions (NSI) a company with the U.S. government signed a five-year contract, sole agent. COM. ORG,.net, three international top-level domain name registration authority. At that time domain altogether just 7000.

From 1994 to each domain NSI fee charged $100 each year, two years later, the management fees charged $50.

In early 1998, already registered domain-name NSI 120 million, of which 90% use. ".com "suffixes, into the 6,000 million dollars. Lotro, in 1999, in the middle of the company only a domain registration fee will be $2 billion in revenue.

On July 1, 1997, as the U.S. government "global e-commerce system" management policy, part of the commerce President Clinton entrusted to domain name system implementation, folklore and introducing competition mechanism, and promote the international participation. On July 2, the us department of commerce released to the public solicitation scheme and assessment of the invitation to the American government in domain names, domain name system management role, the general structure, the new top-level domain names for increases, the registration institution of policies and trademark business problem solicitation parties opinion.

1998 January 30th, the United States government ministry of commerce through its web site formally promulgated the "domain name technology management to improve draft (discussion)". By the President Clinton's Internet policy adviser McGonagall, presided over the "green paper finish that" the statement from the American government will "caution and gentle" to the management of Internet domain names by the U.S. government transferred to non-governmental organization, "" green paper summarized in domain name on the question of the four cardinal principles, namely over the stability of the process, domain name system of competitiveness," complete "coordination and folk, and reflect all international user needs representativeness. In these principles under "green paper" made form a private, nonprofit enterprise take over the management of domain name, and in September 1998 30 days before the date of the American government to this domain name management function joint enterprise, and in the late September 30 2000 completed a management role the handover.

June 1998 Clinton administration publish a white paper, and recommend the nonprofit organization over the government's domain management functions. The report did not explain the agency funding and provided some guiding principles, and suggested to sets up a non-profit group organization.

In 1998, September 30 U.S. government ended it with current domain name service provider NSI contract between. Both an existing agreement will be postponed, two years to September 30, 2000. Under the agreement, together with other companies NSI will undertake Internet top level domain registration work. And the us department of commerce NSI state telecommunications and information administration (in 1999 NTIA) will begin on March 31 stages start sharing registration system, to 1999 June 1 fully implemented.

Established in October 1998, a not-for-profit ICANN Internet management organizations. It signed an agreement with the U.S. government, took the original IANA functions and duties, be responsible for monitoring and Internet domain name and address of the relevant policies and agreement and government has adopted a policy of non-intervention.