Version 6.3 of Linux is released and ICANN becomes the recognised internet domain name manager. All on today’s On This Day from TEST Huddle.
1999 – SUSE Linux Updated
On This Day in 1999, the latest version of the SUSE Linux operating system (version 6.3) is released.
1998 – ICANN becomes the Recognised Internet Domain Manager
In the United States, the Department of Commerce signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The U.S. leglislature has passesd an amendment to the June Statement of Policy on the Management of Internet Domain Names and Addresses, commonly known simply as the White Paper which recognises ICANN as the administrator of internet name and address system.
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