ISOC report ICANN 0403

Internet Society (ISOC)&Internet Standards (IETF): 

Internet Society (ISOC) & Internet Standards (IETF) Mirjam Kühne, ISOC

Overview: 

Overview What is ISOC ISOC’s activities and mission ISOC’s relation to the IETF IETF structure and operations

Internet Society – Who we are : 

Internet Society – Who we are Founded 1991 by Internet Pioneers International, not-for-profit, membership org. 150+ organisation members 17,000+ individual members 80+ chapters, 50+ chapters forming Organisation members fund activities in Standards Education Public Policy

Global Membership: 

Global Membership

ISOC Chapters: 

ISOC Chapters Independent, voluntary entities Serve local community organise activities locally provide services in local language Some chapters applied for “At-Large Structure” Follow and promote ISOC’s mission

ISOC’s Mission: 

ISOC’s Mission "To assure the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world."

ISOC’s Activities: 

ISOC’s Activities Education Registry for .org (PIR) Support for Internet Standards (IETF) Building active global community of knowledgeable members & chapters

Education: 

Education Transfer of technical knowledge Education in technologically emerging countries workshops, publications, conferences Education of policy & decision makers public awareness Open access to education material

Public Interest Registry - PIR: 

Public Interest Registry - PIR Registry for .org ISOC won bid because of strong technical roots respect in the Internet community Exemplary registry Revenues support other ISOC activities

Internet Standards: 

Internet Standards ISOC is the organisational home of the IETF ISOC provides funding for IAB RFC Editor some IESG activities ISOC holds copyrights on RFC’s

The IETF: 

The IETF Internet Engineering Task Force Formed 1986 - 17 years ago Produces Internet Standards Standards Process open to all Standards Documents open and free of charge “rough consensus and running code”

Organisation of the IETF: 

Organisation of the IETF

IETF Structure: 

IETF Structure 8 areas with Area Directors (AD’s) 130+ working groups No “members”, no explicit voting 3 meetings/year 1000 participants, many more on mailing lists Individuals not companies or governments operators, designers, vendors, researchers

IETF Structure (2): 

IETF Structure (2) IESG: Internet Engineering Steering Group Area Directors, chosen by the community reviews and approves standards IAB: Internet Architectural Board provides overall architectural advise oversight function & external liaison IRTF: Internet Research Task Force works on long term issues

IETF Structure (3): 

IETF Structure (3) IANA: Internet Assigned Number Authority assigns protocol parameters to IETF now based within ICANN RFC’s: “Request for Comments” IETF documents not only standards, but also informational, experimental, Best Current Practices open and freely available on the web

IETF Liaisons: 

IETF Liaisons Formal liaisons with: ITU-T ISO ATM Forum W3C 3GPP Global Grid Forum IEEE Informal co-operation with many other organisations

ISOC Workshop – WSIS 9.12.2003: 

ISOC Workshop – WSIS 9.12.2003 “The Internet: How it works, Why it works, Who makes it work” Introduction (Tarek Kamel, Ministry of Communications, Egypt) Internet & Internet Standards (Lynn St.Amour, ISOC) The Root Server System (Joao Damas, ISC) The RIR System (Raul Echeberria, LACNIC) ICANN (Theresa Swineheart, ICANN) http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/wsis/workshop.shtml

More information: 

More information DNS explained for Non-Experts will be published shortly http://www.isoc.org/briefings/ Presentation about Root Servers GAC Meeting on Tuesday IETF web site http://www.ietf.org