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| caption = Nabil Bukhalid at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] being inducted into the [[Internet Hall of Fame|Internet Hall of Fame.]] |
| caption = Nabil Bukhalid at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] being inducted into the [[Internet Hall of Fame|Internet Hall of Fame.]] |
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Bukhaild graduated from the [[American University of Beirut]] with a Bachelor's in Engineering and a Master's in Business Administration. He headed the computing and networking services department at AUB.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Confideo Venture Mentoring {{!}} Lebanon |url=http://confideo-vm.com/our-mentors |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=confideo-vm.com}}</ref> The original purpose for the [[.lb]] DNS was for the AUB's website, it was created in August of 1993. Bukhaild claims the the top level domain was assigned to him by [[Jon Postel]], the former administrator of the [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] (IANA).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-21 |title=How websites registered to Lebanon’s country code domain almost disappeared from the web |url=https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1275464/how-websites-registered-to-lebanons-country-code-domain-almost-disappeared-from-the-web.html |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=L'Orient Today}}</ref> In 1997 the .lb domain which used to be given to site owners for free, now had the that the condition that they must obtain a trademark certificate from the [[Ministry of Economy and Trade (Lebanon)|Ministry of Economy and Trade]] at the request of Bukhaild's team. This effectively made the entire DNS system run (but not owned) by Bukhalid and his team at AUB, despite their continuous attempts to get a Lebanese governmental agency to run the administration of the .lb domain. |
Bukhaild graduated from the [[American University of Beirut]] with a Bachelor's in Engineering and a Master's in Business Administration. He headed the computing and networking services department at AUB as the Chief Enterprise Architect.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Confideo Venture Mentoring {{!}} Lebanon |url=http://confideo-vm.com/our-mentors |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=confideo-vm.com}}</ref> The original purpose for the [[.lb]] DNS was for the AUB's website, it was created in August of 1993. Bukhaild claims the the top level domain was assigned to him by [[Jon Postel]], the former administrator of the [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] (IANA).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-21 |title=How websites registered to Lebanon’s country code domain almost disappeared from the web |url=https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1275464/how-websites-registered-to-lebanons-country-code-domain-almost-disappeared-from-the-web.html |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=L'Orient Today}}</ref> In 1997 the .lb domain which used to be given to site owners for free, now had the that the condition that they must obtain a trademark certificate from the [[Ministry of Economy and Trade (Lebanon)|Ministry of Economy and Trade]] at the request of Bukhaild's team. This effectively made the entire DNS system run (but not owned) by Bukhalid and his team at AUB, despite their continuous attempts to get a Lebanese governmental agency to run the administration of the .lb domain. |
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Nabil Bukhalid | |
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| File:Nabil Bukhalid.jpg Nabil Bukhalid at UCLA being inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame. | |
| Born | Bhamdoun, Lebanon |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Occupation | Computer Scientist |
Nabil Bukhalid is a Lebanese computer scientist and founder of the Lebanese Academic and Research Network. He is a Internet Hall of Fame Inductee and he was one of the key figures responsible for introducing the Internet to Lebanon and establishing the Lebanese Domain Registry.
Early Life
Career
Bukhaild graduated from the American University of Beirut with a Bachelor's in Engineering and a Master's in Business Administration. He headed the computing and networking services department at AUB as the Chief Enterprise Architect.[1] The original purpose for the .lb DNS was for the AUB's website, it was created in August of 1993. Bukhaild claims the the top level domain was assigned to him by Jon Postel, the former administrator of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).[2] In 1997 the .lb domain which used to be given to site owners for free, now had the that the condition that they must obtain a trademark certificate from the Ministry of Economy and Trade at the request of Bukhaild's team. This effectively made the entire DNS system run (but not owned) by Bukhalid and his team at AUB, despite their continuous attempts to get a Lebanese governmental agency to run the administration of the .lb domain.
He currently works as a consultant for organizations specializing in Internet infrastructure. He has been working in international networking since 1993[3]
References
- ^ "Confideo Venture Mentoring | Lebanon". confideo-vm.com. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ "How websites registered to Lebanon's country code domain almost disappeared from the web". L'Orient Today. 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ "Nabil Boukhaled | International Conference on Open Source Software Computing (OSSCOM 2016)". osscom2016.osscom.org. Retrieved 2022-12-15.