Introduction to the Internet

Koklioong Loa

History of the Internet

The Infrastructure of the Net:

Who runs it?

No-one owns the Internet. Many different companies own different parts of the network hardware that the Internet uses but there is no one central body who owns and controls it all.

Internet Society (ISOC): An international non-profit organization(1992) ISOC maintains and extends the development of the Internet and its associated technologies.

Internet Activities Board (IAB): Internet Task Force (IETF and IRTF).

Connecting to the Net:

Internet Services:

Security

Future