The phrase “Next Generation Network” (NGN) has both a generic and specific meaning. Generically, it is used to refer to “some ...
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 2026
From our strategic vision to specific goals, read about how we’ll be advancing our five-year strategy in the coming year.
2019-2024 Impact Results
Our Impact Report is a snapshot of how we worked with our global community to grow, promote, and defend the Internet worldwide.
Internet Impact Briefs
Shorter reports that analyze how different policies or new technologies may affect what the Internet needs to exist and thrive.
Glossary of Internet Terms
Understand key terms and become fluent in the language of the Internet with our new and improved glossary.
Policy Briefs
Our perspective on critical Internet issues, including community networks, encryption, open Internet standards, Internet Exchange Points, and more.
Open Inter-networking
The modern Internet features increasing complexity of uses and demand for bandwidth. The Internet Society believes that an Internet access environment characterized by choice and transparency, ...
The Internet and Standards
The Internet is built on technical standards, which allow devices, services, and applications to be interoperable across a wide and disperse network of networks. The Internet Society is the organisational ...
Comments to the Secretary General’s Report April 2009
Following the last meeting of the World Telecommunication Policy Forum (WTPF) Informal Expert Group held on the 24th of June, we have prepared additional comments on the Secretary General’s Report, ...
Preserving the User Centric Internet
This paper, Preserving the User Centric Internet, was developed by the Internet Society in 2007. It is intended to clarify for ...
IPv6 Address Allocation
The growth and success of the Internet continues to depend on collaboratively engineered and operated, robust technical infrastructure. The Internet Society ...
Comments on final SG Report
Comments submitted by Constance Bommelaer on the ITU World Telecommunication Policy Forum (WTPF) Secretary-General’s Report which seeks to encourage contributions from ITU Member States and Sector Members on any of ...
Internet Society comments on the preliminary third draft of the Secretary-General’s Report
Internet Society is pleased to provide the following comments regarding the draft Report on the Second meeting of the IEG: It is our view that it is important the Report ...
Internet Society comments on second draft of Secretary General’s Report
Comments submitted by Constance Bommelaer on behalf of the Internet Society on the Secretary-General’s second draft report, which sought to encourage ...
Internet Society comments on second draft of ITU Secretary General’s Report
Internet Society comments by Constance Bommelaer on the second draft of the WTPF Secretary General's Report.
Contribution following WTPF first Expert Group Meeting
Following the first meeting of the World Telecommunication Policy Forum (WTPF) Expert Group held on the 24th of June, we have prepared additional comments we would like to submit on ...
Internet Society comments on first draft of ITU SG Report
As a Sector Member of the ITU, Internet Society participates in the consensus-building process of many ITU activities. At the 2006 Plenipotentiary Conference, the ITU decided to hold a World ...
Archives
Google IPv6 Statistics
Google maintains a page showing the percentage of visitors to their site that connect using IPv6:
IPv6 Act Now
The following link is the RIPE NCC-managed IPv6 Act Now resource. It offers great basic information about IPv6, including some very good multimedia content.
ARIN IPv6 Wiki
The following link is to the ARIN IPv6 Wiki. This resource was created by ARIN and is regularly updated with new information by community members.
Wikipedia IPv6
The following link is to the Wikipedia entry for IPv6. It provides very good background information about IPv6 and very well answers many basic questions about the resource.
Jen Linkova Slides
The following link takes you to a presentation prepared by Jen Linkova that provides a very good high level and technical overview of IPv6.
Number Resource Organization
The Number Resource Organization (NRO) is a coordinating body for the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) that manage the distribution of Internet number resources including IP addresses and Autonomous System ...
NIST Secure Domain Name System (DNS) Deployment Guide
The United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) created an excellent "Special Publication" related to DNSSEC: Secure Domain Name System (DNS) Deployment Guide Like many of NIST's Special ...Video: How DNSSEC Works
This silent video created by Shinkuro, Inc., provides a good visualization of how DNS works normally, how an attacker can hijack DNS queries, and how DNSSEC can protect the integrity ...
Testing: DNSViz – A DNS Visualization Tool
To test DNSSEC for a domain, Sandia National Laboratories operates "DNSViz - A DNS visualization tool" at:
You just enter the domain to be tested into the ...
Testing: DNSSEC Analyzer
If you want to test if DNSSEC is correctly implemented for a domain, a great tool is the "DNSSEC Analyzer" operated by Verisign Labs:
You simply enter ...
Case Study: NLnet Labs
A member of the NLnet Labs team describes the deployment of IPv6 at a home network in this case study.
Please visit our IPv6 Case Studies page for ...
Annual Reports and Financials
On annual basis, we publish annual reports (an Action Plan and Impact Report), as well as financial reports, annual financial statements, and Form 990s.
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