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Internet and Intranet Fundamentals. Class 3 Session B. Topics Regulation. Documentation RFCs and STD Organizations ISOC (IAB, IESG) IETF W3C InterNic IAB Standards Process. Documentation RFCs. RFC = Request for Comments series of notes ARPANET 1969 anyone can write an RFC two paths
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Internet and Intranet Fundamentals Class 3Session B
TopicsRegulation • Documentation • RFCs and STD • Organizations • ISOC (IAB, IESG) • IETF • W3C • InterNic • IAB Standards Process
DocumentationRFCs • RFC = Request for Comments • series of notes • ARPANET 1969 • anyone can write an RFC • two paths • as Internet Draft • through IETF • through RFC Editor • http://www.rfc-editor.org/
DocumentationRFCs • RFC 2223 • Instructions for Authors • http://info.internet.isi.edu:80/in-notes/rfc/files/rfc2223.txt • Internet Standards • some RFCs are also standards (STD) • RFC-1280 is also STD-1
DocumentationRFCs • Some Important RFCs • SMTP: RFC-821 • FTP: RFC-959 • TCP: RFC-793 • UDP: RFC-768 • DNS: RFC-1034 • HTTP: RFC-2068
Organizations • ISOC = Internet Society • "To assure the beneficial, open evolution of the global Internet and its related internetworking technologies through leadership in standards, issues, and education.” • took over steering and funding function for IETF after government exited • organizational home for IETF, IESG (Internet Engineering Steering Group) and IAB (Internet Architecture Board)
Organizational Hierarchy ISOC IAB IESG IETF Working Group Working Group Working Group Areas
OrganizationsIETF • IETF = Internet Engineering Task Force • technical worker bees • Applications Area • General Area • Internet Area • Operations and Management Area • Routing Area • Security Area • Transport Area • User Services Area
OrganizationsW3C • W3C = World Wide Web Consortium • Tim Berners-Lee • inventor of WWW • http://www.w3c.org/ • Current work: redesign html definitions as an xml language • Make it self extensible markup language.
IAB Standards Process • Informational • Experimental • Proposed Standard • Draft Standard • Internet Standard