On the ARPANET, hosts were given names to be used in place of numeric addresses. The NIC provided the first links to online documents using the NLS Journal system developed at SRI's Augmentation Research Center. Feinler, working with Steve Crocker, Jon Postel, Joyce Reynolds and other members of the Network Working Group (NWG), developed RFCs into the official set of technical notes for the ARPANET and later the Internet. After the Network Operations Center at Bolt, Bernek and Newman brought new hosts onto the network, the NIC registered names, provided access control for terminals, audit trail and billing information, and distributed Request for Comments (RFCs). The NIC provided reference service to users (initially over the phone and by physical mail), maintained and published a directory of people (the "white pages"), a resource handbook (the "yellow pages", a list of services) and the protocol handbook. Jon Postel fulfilled the role of manager of IANA, in addition to his role as the RFC Editor, until his death in 1998. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assigned the numbers, while the NIC published them to the rest of the network. Feinler, better known as Jake, became principal investigator of the project.
The NIC was based in Doug Engelbart's lab, the Augmentation Research Center, at the Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) in Menlo Park, California.
The first central authority to coordinate the operation of the network was the Network Information Center (NIC). The use of the term is licensed to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). InterNIC is a registered service mark of the U.S. The InterNIC also coordinated the IP address space, including performing IP address management for North America prior to the formation of ARIN. This website is still active today, operated by ICANN, and currently provides reference documents and information related to domain registration. It was accessed through the domain name, with email, FTP and World Wide Web services run at various times by SRI, Network Solutions, Inc., and AT&T. Thereafter, the responsibility was assumed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). From October 1991 until September 18, 1998, it was run by Network Solutions. From its inception in 1972 until October 1, 1991, it was run by the Stanford Research Institute, now known as SRI International, and led by Jake Feinler. The Network Information Center ( NIC), also known as InterNIC from 1993 until 1998, was the organization primarily responsible for Domain Name System (DNS) domain name allocations and X.500 directory services.
Manage Internet protocol numbers and Domain Name System root For "NIC" as a generic term used to refer to a registry operator, see domain name registry. This article is about the defunct organization.
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