The '''Linux Assigned Names and Numbers Authority''' is a central registry of names and numbers used within [[Linux]]. It was created in [[2000]] by [[H. Peter Anvin]], and its current maintainer is [[Torben Mathiasen]]. '''LANANA''' is part of the [[Free Standards Group]].
== Registries ==
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== History ==
The Linux Device List was created in [[1992]] by [[Rick Miller (programmer)|Rick Miller]], and maintained by him until [[1993]]. In [[1995]], it was adopted by H. Peter Anvin. In [[2000]], he created LANANA to maintain the list and other similar lists in the future. The name of the registry was a playful reference to [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority|IANA]], central registry of names and numbers used in the [[Internet]].
In [[2002]], LANANA became an official workgroup of the Free Standards Group.
