Governance of the Internet Flashcards
1
Q
How is the World Wide Web, normally thought as
A
HTML and URLs
2
Q
How does the IP conversion happen
A
Document requests use a known DNS, but each DNS doesn’t know all address pairing. Hierarchical lookup eventually reaches the root DNS server
3
Q
Who decides what domains get which names
A
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) holds authority in its Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) which in turns delegates to the Regional Internet Registries (RIR) which in turn delegates to ISP’s
4
Q
What are the three main top level players in contention to control how this works
A
US Department of Commerce, ISOC (Internet Society), Council of Registrars (CORE)
