IANA stewardship transition
The handover of oversight of the IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority The functions that coordinate the root zone, IP addresses and protocol numbers. Full definition of IANA from the United States government to the global internet community. It was completed on 1 October 2016, when the contract between the NTIA National Telecommunications and Information Administration The United States government agency for internet policy, which oversaw IANA until 2016. Full definition of NTIA and ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers The nonprofit that coordinates the global DNS and gTLD policy. Full definition of ICANN ended. New accountability rules for ICANN came into force at the same time.
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