Third Generation Internet Revealed: Reinventing Computer Networks with IPv6

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L. E. HughesThird Generation Internet Revealedhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8603-6_12

12. IPv6-Related Organizations

Lawrence E. Hughes¹  

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Frisco, TX, USA

 

There are quite a few international- and national-level organizations involved in making this transition from the Second Internet to the Third Internet work. This chapter lists the most prominent ones but does not claim to be comprehensive.

Internet Governance Bodies

The first group of organizations helps govern the Internet. There is no Internet Corporation or any UN Internet Authority. The Internet is something quite different from the kinds of entities most people are familiar with. Its ownership ...