1. Management of the Internet
Organizations
Standardization
Copyright issues

2. The Characteristic Types of the Internet Services
Internet Service Providers (ISP)
Guaranteed bandwidth international TCP/IP access
Average bandwidth domestic and international TCP/IP access
TCP/IP access in switched line
Application Service Providers (ASP)

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4. Some Internet Related organizations
Internet Society (ISOC)
Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
Internet Research Task Force (IRTF)
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG)
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
WWW Consortium (W3C)
National organisations (every country has similar):
Hungarnet Society
Council of Internet Service Providers (ISZT)
Budapest Internet eXchange (BIX)

5. Standardization
the process of establishing a technical standard among competing entities in a market
where this will bring benefits without hurting competition
Types:
patented standard (e.g.: IBM SNA)
public standard (e.g.: ITU, ISO or IEEE standards)
non-official standard (e.g.: RFC)

6. International Standards Organizations
There are many international standards organizations
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

7. Standards/Standards Bodies
The Internet Society
Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
defines overall architecture of the Internet
provides broad guidance for IETF
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG)
provides technical management of IETF and the Internet standards process
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
designs and develops Internet protocols
charters standards working groups
publishes RFCs, with approval of IESG
Eight areas defined: General, Applications, Internet, Operations & Management, Routing, Security, Transport, User Services

8. Internet Standards Organizations
Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
Technical advisory group of the Internet Society
Its responsibilities include:
IESG Selection
Architectural Oversight
Standards Process Oversight and Appeal
RFC Series editorial management and publication
Administration of the various Internet assigned numbers
Representative of the Internet Society with other organizations concerned with standards and other technical and organizational issues relevant to the world-wide Internet
Advice and guidance the Board of Trustees and Officers of the Internet Society (ISOC)
concerning technical, architectural, procedural, and (where appropriate) policy matters pertaining to the Internet and its enabling technologies

9. Internet Standards Organizations
The Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG)
Responsible for technical management of IETF activities
The Internet standards process
final approval of specifications as Internet Standards

10. Internet Standards Organizations
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
It is open to any interested individual
Develops standards
considered by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group
Internet Architecture Board.
IETF RFCs and the RFC Editor
Requests for Comments (RFCs)
Document series
Defined by
the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
and its steering group the IESG
The RFC Editor
supported (funds) by the Internet Society
responsible for preparing and organizing the standards in their final form

11. Internet Standards Organizations RFC – Publication Process
Creating an RFC
Before it can be published as an RFC, a document must first be published as an Internet Draft
Submission Process
RFCs from the IETF
Independent Submissions
Evaluation of RFC:
proposed standard (6 month)
draft (6 month maximum, but after 4 months it can became RFC)
standard (RFC) (up to obsolescence)

12. Internet Standards Organizations
Internet Research Task Force (IRTF)
Work on topics related to
Internet protocols
Applications
Architecture
Technology
Managed by
IRTF Chair
Internet Research Steering Group (IRSG)
topical workshops focusing on the evolution of the Internet
or more general workshops
to discuss research priorities

13. Internet Standards Organizations
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
Preserving the central coordinating functions of the global Internet for the public good
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
IP address space allocation,
Protocol parameter assignment,
Domain name system management,
Root server system management functions
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
Produce the telecommunications standards

14. Internet Standards Organizations
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Develops specifications, guidelines, software, and tools
to lead the Web to its full potential
as a forum for information, commerce and communication
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland
International organization within the United Nations System
Members are governments and the private sector
Coordinate global telecommunication networks and services
ITU-T
responsible for telecommunications standardization process

15. Internet RFC Process Historic Experimental Best Current Practice
Informational
Internet Standard
Draft Standard
Proposed Standard
Internet Draft

16. Standards/Standards Bodies
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
United Nations agency
Members are governments
ITU-T (replaced CCITT) drives telecommunications standardization process
organized as 14 study groups
4-year cycle/study period for standards (but changing)

17. Standards/Standards Bodies
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE)
LAN Standards: IEEE 802
Subsequently ISO 8802
currently organized into seventeen working groups
e.g. IEEE 802.3
IEEE defines overall architecture and practices for LANs/MANs

18. Topology of the BMENET

20. The connectivity of the HBONE

21. Different Levels of Authority
Public Domain
can copy without any restriction
Freeware
can be used, but copyrighted, the copy or the modification can be limited
Shareware
for evaluation purposes (before buying), only
Mixed:
individuals and non-profit organizations obtain freely
the profit oriented organizations must buy