Signposts in Cyberspace: The Domain Name System and Internet Navigation - Softcover

National Research Council; Division On Engineering And Physical Sciences; Computer Science And Telecommunications Board; Committee On Internet Navigation And The Domain Name System: Technical Alternatives And Policy Implications

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309096405 ISBN 13: 9780309096409

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2005

Synopsis

The Domain Name System (DNS) enables user-friendly alphanumeric namesa "domain namesa "to be assigned to Internet sites. Many of these names have gained economic, social, and political value, leading to conflicts over their ownership, especially names containing trademarked terms. Congress, in P.L. 105-305, directed the Department of Commerce to request the NRC to perform a study of these issues. When the study was initiated, steps were already underway to address the resolution of domain name conflicts, but the continued rapid expansion of the use of the Internet had raised a number of additional policy and technical issues. Furthermore, it became clear that the introduction of search engines and other tools for Internet navigation was affecting the DNS. Consequently, the study was expanded to include policy and technical issues related to the DNS in the context of Internet navigation. This report presents the NRCa (TM)s assessment of the current state and future prospects of the DNS and Internet navigation, and its conclusions and recommendations concerning key technical and policy issues.

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Committee on Internet Navigation and the Domain Name System: Technical Alternatives and Policy Implications, National Research Council

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309096405
• ISBN 13: 9780309096409
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416