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Foil 49 The Internet (2)

From Introduction to Internetworking Lectures at Xi'an Jaotong University -- Sept 1998. by Roman Markowski
1 Backbone of the Internet
  • NREN - National Research and Education Network
  • NSFnet, both administrated by the National Science Foundation
  • NSF - controls the backbone
  • FNC - Federal Networking Council coordinates attachment of other networks
  • IAB - Internet Activities Board, consists of
  • IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force; specifies protocols and standards
  • IRTF - Internet Research Task Force; researches new technologies
  • TCP/IP - the key protocol used on the Internet
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