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Resource Library

Everyone should have access to an open and trusted Internet.
Read our reports, papers, and other documents for insight and vision on how we can get there.

Action Plan 2024

Our roadmap for tackling the threats and challenges for today’s Internet as we look to grow and defend it for future generations.

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2023 Year in Review

The Year in Review shows the steps we took in 2023 to ensure the Internet is for everyone. Learn about the positive difference we made for the Internet.

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Internet Impact Briefs

Shorter reports that analyze how different policies or new technologies may affect what the Internet needs to exist and thrive.

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Global Internet Report (GIR)

From trust to consolidation, access to sustainability, a deep look at the forces shaping our digital future.

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Policy Briefs

Our perspective on critical Internet issues, including community networks, encryption, open Internet standards, Internet Exchange Points, and more.

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Combatting Botnets Through User Notification Across the Ecosystem

Botnets represent a complex problem impacting users, businesses and governments worldwide. Their impact ranges from mere annoyance to significant productivity losses. They are responsible for the distribution of billions of ...

A Summary Report: Promoting the Use of Internet Exchange Points

Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) are vital elements of Internet infrastructure that enable networks to exchange traffic with each other. Multiple Internet service providers (ISPs) can connect at a single IXP, ...

Hash-slinger – a tool for creating TLSA records for the DANE protocol

Hash-slinger is a package of tools created by Paul Wouters of RedHat to make it easy to create records for  the DANE protocol that will allow you to secure your ...

Cisco’s 6Lab Statistics Site

Cisco maintains a comprehensive IPv6 statistics site that is updated daily at:

http://6lab.cisco.com/stats/

As Alain Fiocco wrote in a very detailed blog post announcing the 6lab statistics site, ...

The Modern Paradigm for Standards

The OpenStand principles—based on the effective and efficient standardization processes that have made the Internet and Web the premiere platforms for innovation and borderless commerce—are proven in their ability to ...

Internet and Human Rights: The Challenge of Empowered Communities

Shirin Ebadi reminds us of the power of ideas and shows how the free flow of information can give hope to people in their fight for a better life ...

Some Perspectives on Cybersecurity 2012

This paper is intended to help anyone concerned about the healthy evolution of the Internet with an introduction to cybersecurity ...

Internet Accessibility: Internet Use by Persons with Disabilities: Moving Forwards

Through this paper, the Internet Society wishes to expand our work with everyone in the Internet community to improving persons with disabilities' access to the Internet. If the appropriate Internet ...

Internet Society Submission for the ITU World Conference on International Telecommunication Regulations (WCIT-12)

The Internet Society (ISOC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world. Since ...

Who is following me: tracking the trackers (part 2)

An update to the background paper for a workshop being co-organised by the Council of Europe and the Internet Society at the Internet Governance Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan on 8 November 2012 ...

Deploying DNSSEC: Validation on recursive caching name servers

SURFnet whitepaper on deploying DNSSECWhy should you deploy DNSSEC-validating DNS resolvers on your network?  What kind of planning should you do to prepare? What steps do you need to do?

The team at SURFnet ...

DNSSEC Training: Men and Mice

Men & Mice has worked with the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC), authors and maintainers of the BIND DNS server, to provide training related to DNSSEC for several years at both ...

Organization Reports

On annual basis, we publish annual reports (an Action Plan and Impact Report), as well as financial reports, annual financial statements, and Form 990s.