[kictanet] IANA FUNCTIONS: THE BASICS

[Mwendwa Kivuva]

GG, this is good info to bootstrap our memory, especially to those of us
who are wondering what is all this IANA, NTIA talk :)

Warm regards

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Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
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On 8 April 2014 23:32, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com> wrote:

> For those who have been following the debate, this gives the basics.
>
> When you want to visit a website, you type or paste the site's domain name
> into
> your browser, or click on an html link.
> That domain name is sent to a server which translates the name into a
> series of numbers
> - the Internet Protocol or IP Address - which the server uses to direct
> your request to
> the website's physical location. This all happens in the blink of an eye.
> Those names and numbers are called "unique identifiers" and are aligned
> with a
> standard set of protocol parameters that ensure computers can talk to and
> understand
> each other.
> These are part of the IANA functions, which are managed by ICANN, the
> Internet
> Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
> These functions aren't just limited to browsing the Internet - they also
> enable you to send
> an email or backup photos to the cloud, amongst other tasks.
>
>
> http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/iana/functions-basics-07apr14-en.pdf
>
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