“Internet / Governance” IST99 - Helsinki Andrew McLaughlin Director of Policy, ICANN Internet Policy Actors Process - Private Sector - Non-Governmental - Bottom-Up Result - Consensus-Based Implementation - Market-Driven.
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“Internet / Governance” IST99 - Helsinki Andrew McLaughlin Director of Policy, ICANN <[email protected]> Internet Policy Actors Process - Private Sector - Non-Governmental - Bottom-Up Result - Consensus-Based Implementation - Market-Driven Three Examples of Internet Policy Makers • Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) <www.ietf.org> • World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) <www.w3.org> • Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) <www.icann.org> What does ICANN do? Coordinates policies relating to the unique assignment of: – Internet domain names (.com, .net, .fi, etc.) – Numerical IP Address (192.0.34.34) – Protocol Port and Parameter Numbers Coordinates the Internet’s Root Server System ICANN ICANN Board of Directors [19 Directors] Domain Name Supporting Organization Names Council [3 Directors] Address Supporting Organization Address Council [3 Directors] Protocol Supporting Organization Protocol Council [3 Directors] At Large Membership At Large Council [9 Directors] Business and Commercial APNIC IETF At Large Members Non-Commercial ARIN W3C ISPs RIPE NCC ITU-T ccTLD Registries ETSI gTLD Registries Registrars Trademark and IP Root Server System Advisory Committee Governmental Advisory Committee Membership Task Force Funding Task Force For Further Information: Andrew McLaughlin <[email protected]> <http://www.icann.org>