1Welcome to INET MEA Cairo, Egypt 8 May 2005Mirjam Khne, ISOC2Internet Society Who we are Founded 1991 by Internet Pioneers International, not-for-profit, membership org. 150+ organisation members 20,000+ individual members 60+ chapters, 20+ chapters forming Organisation members fund activities in Standards Education Public Policy3ISOC Mission“To assure the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world.“ 4ISOC Activities Support for Internet Standards (IETF) Transfer of technical knowledge Education in technologically emerging countries Education of policy & decision makers Manage subsidiary to run .org Building active global community of knowledgeable members & chapters5The InternetHow it works, Why it works, Who makes it work?http:/www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/6Internet Infrastructure7Infrastructure Roles Each component plays specific role responsible for different tasks and communities common principles and goals shared Components highly interdependent require coordination but NO central control good or necessary Diversity good for stability and resilience8Infrastructure Roles (2) Development Technical Standards (IETF) Capacity and knowledge base (ISOC) Administration Allocation of IP addresses (RIRs) Delegation of domain names (gTLDs, ccTLDs) Registry of names, numbers, protocols (IANA, ICANN) Operation Root server operators Connectivity providers (ISPs, Exchange Points) Service and application providers9Development of Technical Standards Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Formed 1986 Individuals not companies or governments Runs on: “rough consensus and running code” Liaison and cooperation with ITU-T, ISO, ATM Forum, W3C, 3GPP, IEEE10Development of Capacity Internet Society (ISOC) transfer of technical knowledge education in technologically emerging countries education of policy & decision makers Network Training Workshops since 1992 Support of local/regional initiatives (e.g. AfNOG & AfriNIC) Workshops for ccTLD operators11Administration of IP & AS Numbers Necessary for Internet connectivity Numbers get allocated from IANA to RIRs to ISPs to users RIRs non-for-profit membership organisations AfriNIC, APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC, RIPE NCChttp:/www.isoc.org/briefings/02112Administration of Domain Names IANA maintains DB with all TLDs gTLDs (.org .net .info .) ccTLDs (.gh .de .cn .) Registries maintain specific TLD Registrars delegate to next level13Operation of Root Servers Publish root zone file lists all TLDs and their IP addresses (small file) Servers operated by many organisations not volunteers highly professional, responsible and reliable servers in more than 80 countrieshttp:/www.isoc.org/briefings/019http:/www.isoc.org/briefings/02014Operation of Networks Connectivity Providers ISPs responsible for their own network coordinate with other ISPs so that customers/users can reach whole Internet Internet Exchange Points Application & Service Providers Web, email, content providershttp:/ispcolumn.isoc.org/2005-01/interconns.html15Agenda 10:45 12:151. ICANN: Internationalisation and Technical Stewardship of the InternetSpeaker: Theresa Swinehart, General Manager, Global Partnerships, ICANN2. RIR OperationsSpeakers: Axel Pawlik, General Manager, RIPE NCCAdiel Akplogan, CEO, AfriNIC16Agenda 12:45 14:153. UAENIC at a Glance - Root server and ccTLD operations Speaker: Abdulla Hashim, UAENIC4. Interconnections and Internet Exchange PointsSpeaker: Didier R. Kasole, KINIX 17Agenda 15:45 18:005. The Internet Society: Internet Standards, Education and PolicySpeaker: Lynn St.Amour, President and CEO, ISOC6. Internationalising the InternetSpeaker: Mirjam Khne, ISOC (material provided by John Klensin) 18Further Readinghttp:/www.isoc.org/news/ “The genius of the Internet” “Governance is a misnomer” “Internet works through coordination and open consensus” http:/www.isoc.org/briefings/ DNS explained for non-experts DNS root servers explained for Non-Experts The Regional Internet Registry Structurehttp:/ispcolumn.isoc.org/ Wheres the Money? Interconnection and financial settlements