How The Internet Is Managed

A new system has been described offering much promise in solving many military communications problems. It is, however, a difficult system to understand and further research is necessary in order to achieve sufficient confidence in the notion to permit investment of large sums for its construction. Some paths leading to further examinations of these concepts have been described.

The amount of work and its nature is such that it is beyond the scope of work appropriate to RAND. Thus, the majority of the future work will have to come from other organizations and agencies. Now the hard work must begin.

The organizations shown below collectively participate in the management of the Internet.

Organisations who are behind the internet management

 

These organizations are described in the following links:

Internet Architecture Board [IAB] : Oversees the technology standards.

Internet Society [ISOC] : The umbrella Internet organization.

Internet Engineering Task Force [IETF] : Improves the net's technology standards.

Internet Research Task Force [IRTF] : Carries out research into the future Internet.

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers [ICANN] : Manages the domain name system, and the allocation of Internet Protocol numbers.

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority [IANA] : Manages the Internet Protocol numbers for the ICANN.

Network Solutions : The first domain name registrar, and still manages the central database.

Accredited Registrars : The current list of domain name registrars.

The National Science Foundation [NSF] : Described for its historical management role.

 

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