INTERNET COMING OF AGE

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INTERNET - COMING OF AGE
MUTATIONS DES TELECOMS
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ON THE 7th DAY . . .
GOD CREATED
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VIRTUAL CIRCUITS vs. DATAGRAMS
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ANCESTORS
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CENTRIC NETWORK
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ECCENTRIC USERS
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Open Systems Interconnection
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TELECOM STANDARDS
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COMPUTER STANDARDS
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O I
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MARKET IN SHAMBLES

• MINIS UP LOCAL NETS
• MAINFRAMES DOWN
• MAJOR MANUFACTURERS LOSE GROUND
• STANDARDS COMMITTEES SHRINK
• OSI STALLED
• UNIX - TCP-IP

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1984 - For whom the bell tolls
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ADHOC CITY
PC - WINDOWS BOTCHITECTURE
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M I N I T E L - 1982 - ...
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THEN WHAT ?
FOR TECHIES

• MAIL

• FTP

• ARCHIE

• GOPHER

• VERONICA

• etc ..

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WEB - 1992 - ...

• FREE ( COM PC)
• TRANS-BORDER
• OPEN (uncontrolled)
• TERRA INCOGNITA

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SHOPPING
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FRAUD

• WILL I GET IT ?
• WHAT IF IT
• DOESNT WORK ?
• I WAS CHARGED
• GOT NOTHING

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MANIPULATION
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CRIME
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INTERNATIONAL SCENE

• DE FACTO LAWLESS TERRITORY
• NO DECISION BY GOVERNMENTS
• EXCEPT US GOVT. (DOC)
• WEAK USERS REPRESENTATION
• GROWING DISSATISFACTION

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IP ADDRESSES ALLOCATION

• USA (ICANN / IANA) ASSIGNS BLOCKS
•  TO REGIONAL INTERNET REGISTRIES
• BIASED DISTRIBUTION

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58
100
FREE
USA
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80
0
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NAMES IN FRENCH
General Masonry of Angers
Maçonnerie Générale dAngers reads

• maconnerie-generale-dangers

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AND IN GREEK

• becomes
• philips

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DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM (DNS)
INTERNET DIRECTORY

• DESIGNED IN 1982 / 83
• FILE HIERARCHY (after unix)
• NAMES IN SUB-ASCII (A-Z, 0-9, -)

ROOT
NAME SERVERS
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VERISIGN MONOPOLY
SCIENCE APPLICATION INTERNATIONAL CORP
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MAIL INTERCEPTION
ROBERT _at_ ENG . NOZTEL . AU
ROOT
SERVERS AU SERVERS NOZEL SERVER ENG ROBERT
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MAIL INTERCEPTION
ROBERT _at_ ENG . NOZTEL . AU
ROOT
SERVERS AU SERVERS NOZEL SERVER ENG ROBERT
11.67.34.50
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WSIS - World Summit on the
Information Society

• PROPOSED BY ITU AND TUNISIA (1998)
• ENDORSED BY UNITED NATIONS (2001)
• FOUNDATIONS OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
• BRIDGE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
• WORK STARTED (2002)
• 1ST SUMMIT GENEVA (DEC 2003)
• 2ND SUMMIT TUNIS (NOV 2005)

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HOT TOPICS

• INTERNET GOVERNANCE
• DEVELOPED VS. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
• MAJOR CONTENDERS BRAZIL, CHINA, EGYPT,
  INDIA, SAUDI ARABIA, SOUTH AFRICA
• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
• PATENTS, OPEN SOURCE
• FINANCE

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BONES OF CONTENTION

• (NON) LEGITIMACY OF ICANN
• MULTILINGUALISM
• IP ADDRESSES
• DOMAIN NAMES
• DNS ROOTS

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INTERNET HAS TO MATURE

• FIT WITHIN INTERNATIONAL STRUCTURES
• COMMON RESOURCES
• INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION
• LAWS, JURISDICTIONS, POLICE
• REGIONAL / CULTURAL DIVERSITY
• DIRECTORIES, NATURAL LANGUAGES, SUBSIDIARITY
• TAKE SECURITY SERIOUSLY
• SPAM, PHISHING, VIRUS

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WSIS LINKS

• SITE
• http//www.itu.int/wsis
• BASIC INFO
• http//www.itu.int/wsis/basic/about.html
• WHY A SUMMIT ?
• http//www.itu.int/wsis/basic/why.html
• FAQ
• http//www.itu.int/wsis/basic/faqs.asp

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THANKS