History of the Domain Name System: 1983-2008

This is an introductory trailer for a public forum organized by the Oxford Internet Institute that looked at the history and future of the Internet Domain Name System (DNS). Providing an opportunity to commemorate Jon Postel, it looked back at the 25 year history of the DNS, the 10 years of its management under ICANN and a vision of what the future holds.

Voice over and final thoughts from: Ted Nelson

Speaker videos at: http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Web...

Speakers: Keynote from Paul Mockapetris (inventor of the DNS protocol, and Board Chair of Nominum), with Lynn St Amour (CEO and President of ISOC), Markus Kummer (Head of the UN Internet Governance Forum Secretariat), Mike Roberts (first ICANN CEO, and Managing Director The Darwin Group Inc.), Jonathan Zittrain (Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, Oxford Internet Institute), Edmon Chung (CEO of .ASIA) and Dennis Jennings (ICANN Board)