{"id":24886,"date":"2015-10-27T10:42:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T08:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=24886"},"modified":"2015-10-27T10:42:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T08:42:58","slug":"the-rise-and-fall-of-ly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/27\/the-rise-and-fall-of-ly\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rise and Fall of .Ly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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“The Rise and Fall of .Ly<\/a>” covers some of the not so widely known Internet history, including The God of the Internet, Jon Postel:<\/p>\n

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Until 1998, the Internet had a \u201cGod.\u201d His name was Jon Postel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Postel was a computer science student at UCLA in the late 1960s. In 1969, he got into the Internet more or less on the ground floor, when he was part of the team that set up the first node of the ARPANET — which would lay the technological groundwork for the modern Internet.<\/span><\/p>\n

In these early days, computers would refer to each other and the files on them by IP address. The earliest web addresses were strings of numbers, like: 123.45.67.89. If you wanted to reference, access, or communicate with a computer, you\u2019d type in its numerical address. As the ARPANET grew, its moderators compiled a single file mapping memorable names, often pronounceable strings of characters, to IP addresses. This file was named \u201cHOSTS.TXT”, and it was like a giant phone book with every computer\u2019s name and number in it. Hosts made copies of the master HOSTS.TXT. This system got more and more cumbersome as the network got bigger and bigger.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1983, ARPANET became a subnet of the early Internet. At around the same time, Postel, along with computer scientist Paul Mockapetris, devised a new system to name the various places of the web. Their invention, called the Domain Name System (DNS), took the role of the HOSTS.TXT file and distributed it across an eventually vast, multifaceted network of servers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

“The Rise and Fall of .Ly” covers some of the not so widely known Internet history, including The God of the Internet, Jon Postel: Until 1998, the Internet had a \u201cGod.\u201d His name was Jon Postel. Postel was a computer science student at UCLA in the late 1960s. In 1969, he got into the Internet … Continue reading The Rise and Fall of .Ly<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"The Rise and Fall of .Ly #DNS #domains #Internet #history","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62,1334],"tags":[1762,286,764,3385],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-24886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-domain-names","tag-history","tag-internet","tag-jon-postel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27275,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/29\/ncr-patents-the-internet\/","url_meta":{"origin":24886,"position":0},"title":"NCR Patents the Internet","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"January 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I came across this old story (back from 2003) on Slashdot - NCR Patents the Internet - and it even more hilarious now than it was back than: We all know about NCR's lawsuit against Palm & Handspring, but I haven't seen much press about patent infringements they are claiming\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15936,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/11\/23\/day-in-brief-2011-11-23\/","url_meta":{"origin":24886,"position":1},"title":"Day in brief – 2011-11-23","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"November 23, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"G+: Monkey crotch FTW!!! http:\/\/t.co\/70G3ZFFp # G+: We screwed it up big time, didn't we? http:\/\/t.co\/iNsoAI0e # G+: Even though I personally prefer other places, Drifters Bar is pretty good. http:\/\/t.co\/LDiRNklW # G+: http:\/\/t.co\/twtcM2Og http:\/\/t.co\/g8RUsWzW # I favorited a @YouTube video http:\/\/t.co\/M4NjmnbW Serious Sam 3: BFE - Launch Trailer #\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16621,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/13\/the-internet-explorer-6-countdown\/","url_meta":{"origin":24886,"position":2},"title":"The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 13, 2012","format":"link","excerpt":"The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/The-Internet-Explorer-6-Countdown-500x407.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":27166,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/24\/bitcoin-money-decentralization\/","url_meta":{"origin":24886,"position":3},"title":"Bitcoin \u2013 Money Decentralization","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"With Bitcoin on the rise recently (currently priced at $900+), I thought I'd share the link to this article -\u00a0Bitcoin \u2013 Money Decentralization - which provides some insight into how Bitcoin works and some core principles behind it. 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