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AlterNIC

AlterNIC was an unofficial, controversial Internet domain name registry that relied on an alternative DNS root. The primary purpose of the project was to challenge the monopoly of InterNIC, the official governing body for generic top-level domains (gTLDs) until the creation of the ICANN in 1998. AlterNIC offered second level domain registration in its…

History, Hijacking of InterNIC's website & Alternative TLDs

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Alternative TLDs

Controversy

Hijacking of InterNIC's website

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AlterNIC

Nodes54
Edges53
Triples41
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037037
Components1

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AlterNIC

Top relations

related to Hijacking of InterNIC's website · 15
AlterNIC → After, December, FBI, He, InterNIC, July, Kashpureff, New York City, NSI, On July, On October, The, This, Toronto, United States
related to External links · 13
AlterNIC → April, Archived, Brooklyn Federal Court, CS1, Cyber Crime, Eugene Kashpureff, Eugene Kashpureff's, List, Name Network Information Center, NET Alternative Internet Domain, Retrieved June, URL, Wayback Machine
related to history · 8
AlterNIC → At, Diane Boling, Domain, Eugene Kashpureff, In, Internet, Jason Hendeles, Until
related to Alternative TLDs · 3
AlterNIC → As, Internet, TLDs

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internet domain name alternative tlds internic kashpureff network dns nsi names root official icann website new registry purpose could servers

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
.ltdinstance ofSome TLDs0.80text
.med or .xxx were operated directly by AlterNICinstance ofSome TLDs0.80text
AlterNICrelated to Alternative TLDsInternet0.60section
AlterNICrelated to Alternative TLDsAs0.60section
AlterNICrelated to Alternative TLDsTLDs0.60section
AlterNICrelated to External linksList0.60section
AlterNICrelated to External linksWayback Machine0.60section
AlterNICrelated to External linksNET Alternative Internet Domain0.60section
AlterNICrelated to External linksName Network Information Center0.60section
AlterNICrelated to External linksArchived0.60section
AlterNICrelated to External linksApril0.60section
AlterNICrelated to External linksRetrieved June0.60section

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