NET1L - Lesson 3 (Standards Organizations)

Open standards encourage __________, _______, and ________.

• interoperability

• competition

• innovation

• monopoly

Open Standards guarantee that the product of no single company can monopolize the market or have an unfair advantage over its competition.

• True

• False

________________ are usually vendor-neutral, non-profit organizations established to develop and promote the concept of open standards.

• Standards Organizations

• Open Standards Organizations

• Internet Organizations

Standards Organizations are important in maintaining an ____________ with freely accessible __________________ that can be implemented by any vendor.

• open internet

• closed internet

• specifications and protocols

• rules and regulations

Responsible for promoting the open development and evolution of internet use throughout the world.

• Internet Society (ISOC)

• Internet Architecture Board (IAB)

• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

• Internet Research Task Force (IRTF)

Responsible for the overall management and development of internet standards.

• Internet Society (ISOC)

• Internet Architecture Board (IAB)

• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

• Internet Research Task Force (IRTF)

Develops, updates, and maintains internet and TCP/IP technologies.

• Internet Society (ISOC)

• Internet Architecture Board (IAB)

• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

• Internet Research Task Force (IRTF)

This includes the process and documents for developing new protocols and updating existing protocols, which are known as Request for Comments (RFC) documents.

• Internet Society (ISOC)

• Internet Architecture Board (IAB)

• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

• Internet Research Task Force (IRTF)

Focused on long-term research related to internet and TCP/IP protocols such as

Anti-Spam Research Group (ASRG), Crypto Forum Research Group (CFRG), and Peer-to-Peer Research Group (P2PRG).

• Internet Society (ISOC)

• Internet Architecture Board (IAB)

• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

• Internet Research Task Force (IRTF)

Based in the United States, it coordinates IP address allocation, the management of domain names, and assignment of other information used in TCP/IP protocols.

• Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)