What (who) is IANA - definition

DEPARTMENT OF ICANN, A NONPROFIT PRIVATE AMERICAN CORPORATION

Internet Assigned Number Authority; Internet registry; IP address allocation; Internet number; Internet numbers; Iana.org; IANA; IANA Language Subtag Registry

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Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is a standards organization that oversees global IP address allocation, autonomous system number allocation, root zone management in the Domain Name System (DNS), media types, and other Internet Protocol–related symbols and Internet numbers.

Currently it is a function of ICANN, a nonprofit private American corporation established in 1998 primarily for this purpose under a United States Department of Commerce contract. ICANN managed IANA directly from 1998 through 2016, when it was transferred to Public Technical Identifiers (PTI), an affiliate of ICANN that operates IANA today. Before it, IANA was administered principally by Jon Postel at the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) of the University of Southern California (USC) situated at Marina Del Rey (Los Angeles), under a contract USC/ISI had with the United States Department of Defense.

In addition, five regional Internet registries delegate number resources to their customers, local Internet registries, Internet service providers, and end-user organizations. A local Internet registry is an organization that assigns parts of its allocation from a regional Internet registry to other customers. Most local Internet registries are also Internet service providers.

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Examples of use of IANA

1. Michael Straw, 25, and Iana Straw, 23, pleaded guilty Friday to two counts each of child neglect.

2. The children of Michael and Iana Straw, a 22–month–old boy and an 11–month–old girl, were severely malnourished and near death last month when social workers took them to a hospital, authorities said.

3. The children of Michael and Iana Straw, a boy age 22 months and a girl age 11 months, were severely malnourished and near death last month when doctors saw them after social workers took them to a hospital, authorities said.