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To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a nonprofit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It helps promote competition and develop policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers. ICANN doesn’t control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn’t deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet’s naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet.

Nominet is the custodian of the UK’s national domain name registry. Since 1996, we have underpinned critical national infrastructure, provided domain name services, and been a force for good in the UK’s digital economy and the global internet community. Through our work and the projects we support, we aim to create positive societal impact; transforming lives by shaping a safer, more interconnected and inclusive world.

When you type a .nl domain name into your browser, we direct you to the right website. When you send an e-mail to a .nl address, we make sure that it can be delivered to the right mailbox. And the functional stability of the .nl domain is down to us. We register .nl domain names and ensure that the 5.8 million-plus registered names can be reached by internet users around the world. That involves processing more than 1.5 billion search queries every day. We also make digital living easier and safer by developing and delivering services and solutions based on innovative, secure domains and digital identities. Our research team SIDN Labs supports those activities by devising new technologies and systems that increase the stability and security of .nl, the DNS and the internet infrastructure. We are also directly or indirectly (through SIDN Fund) closely involved in numerous social initiatives designed to promote use of the internet or address its unwanted side-effects. In short, we are dedicated to secure and convenient digital living. More information: Company website http://www.sidn.nl Working at website http://www.werkenbijsidn.nl Innovation platform SIDN http://www.sidnlabs.nl Knowledge platform DNSSEC http://www.dnssec.nl Twitter @SIDN https://twitter.com/SIDN