bucharest-ajm-tutorial

ICANN BucharestOrientationWorkshop25 June 2002AndrewMcLaughlinV.P., ICANNICANN: The Basic IdeaICANN =An Experiment in Technical Self-Management by the global Internet communityICANN: The Basic BargainICANN =Internationalizationof Policy & Management Functions for DNS and IP Addressing systems+Private Sector(non-governmental) ManagementWhat does ICANN do?Coordinates policies relating to the unique assignment of:– Internet domain names– Numerical IP Addresses– Protocol Port and Parameter NumbersCoordinates the DNS Root Name Server System- through Root Server System Advisory CommitteeSays The Economist:• “ICANN is in many ways a completely new institutional animal.”• “It is a hybrid between an online community and a real-world governance structure, an untested combination.”• “It is also a new type of internationalorganisation: an industry trying to regulate part of itself, across the globe, with little or no input from national governments.”(10 June 2000)ƒƒƒƒDomain names & IP addressesDomain names are the familiar, easy-to-remember names for computers on the Internet e.g., amazon.com, icann.org, nic.org.ghDomain names correlate to Internet Protocol numbers (IP numbers) (e.g., 98.37.241.130) that serve as routing addresses on the InternetThe domain name system (DNS) translates domain names into IP numbers needed for routing packets of information over the Internet Types of Internet Domains• Generic Top Level Domains ...