Status Quo Ante
Most Internet DNS and IP Address coordination functions performed by, or on behalf of, the US government
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- Information Sciences Institute (ISI) of University of Southern California
- Stanford Research Institute (SRI)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- IBM, MCI, and Merit
- AT&T, General Atomics, Network Solutions, Inc.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- US Department of Energy