The Story Behind Creating DNS | Paul Mockapetris

<p>This interview is with Paul Mockapetris, the creator of the internet&#39;s Domain Name System (DNS). I talked to him about the story behind building it and certain design choices he made.<br><br>• My ergonomic keyboard project I mentioned, you can follow along here: https://read.compose.llc/<br>• The Kickstarter page for it: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanlpeterman/compose-simple-ergonomics-beautifully-done<br><br>Podcast links:<br><br>• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT4iVeUoL18<br>• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835<br>• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/e071-paul-mockapetris<br><br>Thank you to this episode&#39;s sponsor for supporting my work:<br><br>• WorkOS: makes your app Enterprise Ready with easy to use APIs to add SSO, SCIM, RBAC, and more in just a few lines of code, check them out at https://workos.com/<br><br>Timestamps:<br><br>(00:00) Intro<br>(00:40) What computing was like before DNS<br>(09:02) Why URLs are inverted<br>(16:33) How DNS works<br>(20:27) How he migrated the internet to DNS<br>(25:17) Why do companies host DNS servers<br>(33:17) What is an RFC<br>(35:07) How he got into computing<br>(46:39) Advice for his younger self<br>(52:56) Outro<br><br>Where to find Paul:<br><br>• Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mockapetris<br><br>Where to find Ryan:<br><br>• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/<br>• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman<br>• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/<br>• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman<br>• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman<br>• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman<br><br>Referenced in this episode:<br><br>• Original DNS RFC 882: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc882/<br>• Original DNS RFC 883: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc883/</p>