I’m not a Historian, I am a Computer Scientist Guntis Bārzdiņš, NIC.LV Riga, 19 April 2013

I’m not a Historian,I am a Computer Scientist

Guntis Bārzdiņš, NIC.LV

Riga, 19 April 2013

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Virsraksts

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Computer Science & Electronics

The first domain name in Latvia registered within USSR (for UUCP e-mail)

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.lumii.lat.su

And it happened -

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10 December 1990

#N lumii.lat.su

#S PC AT, MS-DOS 3.30, UUPC

#O The Research Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science

#C Andrejs Spektors

#E postmaster@lumii.lat.su

#T +7 013 2 225621

#P 29 Raina bulvaris, SU-226250 Riga, Latvija, USSR

#L

#W dvv@hq.demos.su 901210, dvv@hq.demos.su 901210

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Pioneers of Internet in Latvia

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The first Internet POP in Latvia at Institute of Mathematics and Compuer Science, University of Latvia (IMCS UL)

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The Primary server for TLD .LV was moved from KTH (SUNET, Sweden) to IMCS ULin March, 1993

Whois: domain lv

Academic Network of Latvian Universities ( LATNET )

Rainis blvd. 29

Riga LV1459

LATVIA

Domain Name: LV

Administrative Contact:

Barzdins, Guntis e-mail : guntis@mii.lu.lv

phone : 371-2-212427

Technical Contact, Zone Contact:

Gatavins, Martins e-mail : martins@mii.lu.lv

phone : 371-2-212427

Lacis, Janis e-mail : janis@mii.lu.lv

phone : 371-2-212427

Record last updated on 15-Mar-93.

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Domain servers in listed order:

LAPSENE.MII.LU.LV 159.148.60.2

SUNIC.SUNET.SE 192.36.125.2

NS.EU.NET 192.16.202.11

NS.UU.NET 137.39.1.3

Top Level domain for the Republic of Latvia

Not much has changed since then –

20 years of successful operation!

Lot of data has been moved over these 20 years...

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INET’ 93 in San Francisco – we become a part of the global Internet community

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Thanks to the .LV “Technical Contacts” for the 20 years of smooth operation!

Mārtiņš Medens Jānis Lācis

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Thank you!

guntis@nic.lv