<h4 style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px;">IANA Wants Public Input on New Website</h4>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Redesign goal to make information easier to find</p>
<p style="margin: 15px 0px 0px;">28 June 2007</p>
<p> <strong>SAN JUAN</strong><strong>, Puerto Rico</strong>: The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has debuted a beta version of
a complete redesign of its website to a more useable navigation system and
an improved look and feel. </p>
<p>The website is at <a href="http://beta.iana.org/"> http://beta.iana.org/</a>. </p>
<p>The redesign offers a cleaner looking and more navigable website. As
well, the upgrade will allow new functions to be added to the site
based on feedback from users. The new site is expected to go live by
the end of July. </p>
<p>The IANA site contains the root zone database, which lists the
administrators of generic top-level domains (like .net, .com, and
.asia) and country code top-level domains (like .de, .nl, and .uk). It
also provides information on IANA's global coordination of the Internet
Protocol addressing systems that allow computers to talk to each other
over the Internet, as well as Protocol Assignments in conjunction with
the Internet standardization community. </p>
<p>Anyone with input, suggestions, or questions can send them via email to: <a href="mailto:iana@iana.org"> iana@iana.org</a>. </p>
<p>IANA, which is operated by ICANN, is one of the Internet's oldest
institutions, with its activities dating back to the 1970s. IANA is the
body responsible for coordinating some of the key elements that keep
the Internet running smoothly. Whilst the Internet is renowned for
being a worldwide network free from central coordination, there is a
technical need for some key parts of the Internet to be globally
coordinated – and this coordination role is undertaken by IANA. </p>
<p><strong>About ICANN: </strong></p>
<p> ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's
system of unique identifiers like domain names (like .org, .museum and
country codes like .uk) and the addresses used in a variety of Internet
protocols that help computers reach each other over the Internet.
Careful management of these resources is vital to the Internet's
operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders meet regularly to develop
policies that ensure the Internet's ongoing security and stability.
ICANN is an internationally organized, public benefit non-profit
company. For more information please visit: <a href="http://www.icann.org/">www.icann.org</a>.</p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Anne-Rachel Inne