Rüdiger Volk at the University of Dortmund started to administer the .de domain in 1988, and introduced the name "de-NIC".Missing Link: Der Herr der Routen - vom funktionierenden Netz und den Grundlagen, heise online, 2020-12-06.About DENIC. How it all Started: The Birth of .de and the Founding of the Cooperative, denic, accessed: 2020-12-06.
