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Internet Society
AbbreviationISOC
FormationDecember 11, 1992; 31 years ago (1992-12-11)[1]
FoundersVint Cerf, Bob Kahn
54-1650477[2]
Legal status501(c)(3) nonprofit organization[2]
PurposeInternet development, infrastructure, accessibility and standards
HeadquartersReston, Virginia, U.S.[3]
Region served
Global
Membership
67,287 (March 2020)[4]
Andrew Sullivan[5]
Gonzalo Camarillo[5]
Subsidiaries
Revenue (2018)
US$56,762,624[3]
Expenses (2018)US$45,104,865[3]
Employees110 (in 2018)
Volunteers (2018)
4,099 (IETF, IESG, IAB, IRTF)[3][7]
Websitewww.internetsociety.org

The Internet Society (ISOC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1992 and incorporated in the U.S. It provides leadership in Internet-related standards, education, access, and policy. Its mission is to support and promote "the development of the Internet as a global technical infrastructure, a resource to enrich people’s lives, and a force for good in society". The organization's main offices are in Reston, Virginia and Geneva, Switzerland. Its vision is "The Internet is for Everyone".

Organization

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The Internet Society has regional bureaus worldwide.[8] The Internet Society comprises chapters, organizational members,[9] and, as of July 2020, more than 70,000 individual members.[4] The Internet Society has staff of more than 100 and is governed by a Board of Trustees, whose members are appointed or elected by the society's chapters, organization members, and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).[10][11] The IETF comprises the Internet Society's volunteer base.[12] Its leadership includes Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Gonzalo Camarillo; and President and CEO, Andrew Sullivan.[13][14]

The Internet Society created the Public Interest Registry (PIR),[15] launched the Internet Hall of Fame,[16] and serves as the organizational home of the IETF.[9] The Internet Society Foundation is its philanthropic arm.[17]

Activities

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In the late 1990s, the Internet Society established the Jonathan B. Postel Service Award.[18] It has been presented every year to honor a person who has made outstanding contributions in service to the data communications community.

The Internet Society's activities include MANRS (Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security), launched in 2014 to provide crucial fixes to reduce the most common threats to the Internet's routing infrastructure.[19]

The society organizes the Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) to help grow the Internet infrastructure in Africa and hosts Internet development conferences in developing markets.[20][21]

The society offers Deploy360, an information hub, portal and training program to promote IPv6 and DNSSEC.[22]

In 2017 it launched an annual Indigenous Connectivity Summit to connect tribal communities, starting with an event in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In subsequent years the event has been held in Inuvik, NWT, and Hilo, Hawaii.[23][24]

The society publishes reports on global Internet issues,[25] and creates tools, surveys, codes, and policy recommendations to improve Internet use.[26][27][28] The society supports projects to build community networks and infrastructure, secure routing protocols, and advocate for end-to-end encryption.[29][9][30]

History

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In 1992 Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn and Lyman Chapin announced the formation of the Internet Society as "a professional society to facilitate, support, and promote the evolution and growth of the Internet as a global research communications infrastructure," which would incorporate the Internet Activities Board (IAB), the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF), plus the organization of the annual INET meetings.[8][31] This arrangement was formalized in RFC1602 in 1993. [32]

In 2002, the Internet Society successfully bid for the .org registry and formed the Public Interest Registry, to manage and operate it in conjunction with Afilias, a domain name registry.[33][34]

On June 8, 2011, the Internet Society mounted World IPv6 Day to test IPv6 deployment.[35]

In 2012, on the Internet Society's 20th anniversary, it established the Internet Hall of Fame, an award to publicly recognize those who made significant contributions to the development and advancement of the Internet.[36]

Following the success of World IPv6 Day in 2011, on June 6, 2012 the Internet Society organized the World IPv6 Launch, this time with the intention of leaving IPv6 permanently enabled on all participating sites.[37]

In December 2017, the Internet Society acquired the Online Trust Alliance (OTA), the standards body that produces an annual Online Trust Audit, a Cyber Incident Response Guide, and an Internet of Things (IoT) Trust Framework.[38]

In January 2018, the New York Times reported on an Internet Society community network project to increase access to the Internet in the Caucasus Mountains.[39] Also in 2018, the Internet Society partnered with Facebook to create Internet exchange points in an effort to increase Internet access across continental Africa.[40]

In 2019, the society launched the MANRS Observatory to provide statistics related to routing security and compliance with the MANRS norms.[19] By May 2020, the initiative included more than 500 Network Operators, IXPs, CDN and Cloud providers worldwide.[41]

Proposed sale of Public Interest Registry

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In 2019 the Internet Society agreed to the potential acquisition of Public Interest Registry by Ethos Capital for $1.135 billion. The transaction was initially expected to be completed in early 2020.[42][43] As part of the proposed acquisition, the registry's managers would have remained in place.[42] The Internet Society said it planned to use the proceeds to fund an endowment-like mechanism.[44]

The sale was met with significant opposition, since it involved the transfer of what is viewed as a public asset to a private equity investment firm. [45] On January 30th, 2020, ICANN halted its final approval of the sale after the Attorney General of California requested detailed documentation from all parties, citing concerns that both ICANN and the Internet Society had potentially violated their public interest missions as registered charities subject to the laws of California.[46][47] In February, the Internet Society's Chapter Advisory Council (which represents its membership) began the process to adopt a motion rejecting the sale if certain conditions were not complied with. On April 30th, 2020, ICANN rejected the proposal to sell PIR to Ethos Capital, effectively ending the proposed deal.[48][49] Following the decision, Internet Society President and CEO Andrew Sullivan said PIR nor any of its operations are for sale now.[50]

References

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  1. ^ "The Internet Society and Internet History". internetsociety.org. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
  2. ^ a b "2016 Form 990 Filing: Internet Society" (PDF). Internal Revenue Service. 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
  3. ^ a b c d "2018 Form 990" (PDF). Form 990. 2019. p. 1. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Internet Society". Internet Society. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Board of Trustees". internetsociety.org. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
  6. ^ "2018 Form 990" (PDF). Form 990. 2019. p. 78. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  7. ^ "Internet Society Form 990: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)". Internet Society. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  8. ^ a b Duffy Marsan, Carolyn (March 26, 2012). "Internet Society celebrates 20 years of standards, advocacy". Network World. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  9. ^ a b c Higgins, Kelly Jackson (June 1, 2017). "Internet Society Takes On IoT, Website Security, Incident Response via OTA Merger". Dark Reading. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  10. ^ "Meet the Team". Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  11. ^ "ISOC Board of Trustees".
  12. ^ "Internet Society Form 990: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)". Internet Society. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  13. ^ "Domain Wars: Nonprofit .Org Addresses Could Soon Belong To A For-Profit Company". On Point by WBUR-FM. January 21, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  14. ^ Finley, Klint (February 4, 2020). "Who Should Control the Internet's .Org Addresses?". Wired. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  15. ^ McCarthy, Kieran (November 29, 2019). "Internet Society CEO: Most people don't care about the .org sell-off – and nothing short of a court order will stop it". The Register. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  16. ^ Asmelash, Leah (September 27, 2019). "Larry Irving is the first African American inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame". CNN. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  17. ^ McCarthy, Kieren (December 3, 2019). "Internet Society says opportunity to sell .org to private equity biz for $1.14bn came out of the blue. Wow, really?". The Register. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  18. ^ Vint Cerf (October 1998). "I remember IANA". RFC 2468. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  19. ^ a b Higgins, Kelly Jackson (August 13, 2019). "Internet Routing Security Initiative Launches Online 'Observatory'". Dark Reading. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  20. ^ Batambuze III, Ephraime (March 30, 2016). "The Internet Society brings African Peering and Interconnection Forum to Tanzania for first time". PC Tech Magazine. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  21. ^ "Forum to propose how to build the internet ecosystem in Ethiopia". Aptantech. February 29, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  22. ^ Jackson, William (February 6, 2012). "Internet Society launches info hub for DNSSEC, IPv6". Cybereye. GCN. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  23. ^ Scott, Mackenzie (October 12, 2018). "'Inuvik is a community the world can learn from': Rural internet hot topic at summit". CBC News. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  24. ^ Valleau, Natalie (November 27, 2019). "Calgary grad student helps bring internet to remote Hawaiian community". CBC News. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  25. ^ Deb, Sandipan (April 2, 2019). "The Internet @ 30: Big hope to big bother". Mint. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  26. ^ Feldstein, Steven (June 13, 2019). "To end mass protests, Sudan has cut off Internet access nationwide. Here's why". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  27. ^ Molla, Rani (May 13, 2019). "People say they care about privacy but they continue to buy devices that can spy on them". Vox Media. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  28. ^ Zurier, Steve (January 25, 2019). "Internet Society to Issue Privacy Code of Conduct". Dark Reading. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  29. ^ Gilbert, David (January 24, 2020). "3 Billionaire Republican Families Are About to Buy the Dot-Org Domain. That's Terrifying Nonprofits". Vice Media. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  30. ^ Singh, Manish (January 9, 2020). "Over two dozen encryption experts call on India to rethink changes to its intermediary liability rules". TechCrunch. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  31. ^ Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn, Lyman Chapin (1992). "Announcing the Internet Society". Retrieved 15 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  32. ^ https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1602
  33. ^ Rosencrance, Linda (October 14, 2002). "Internet Society chosen to run .org domain registry". Computerworld. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  34. ^ Law, Gillian (October 15, 2002). "ICANN picks ISOC's proposal to run .org domain". Network World. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  35. ^ Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. (June 7, 2011). "What is World IPv6 Day and why it matters". ZDNet. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  36. ^ Ngak, Chenda (April 23, 2012). "Internet gets Hall of Fame, Al Gore honored". CBS News. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  37. ^ Chris Middleton (June 6, 2012). "Today is World IPv6 Launch day, says alliance of providers (new updates)". Computing.
  38. ^ Leyden, John (5 April 2017). "Online Trust Alliance merges with Internet Society". The Register. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  39. ^ NYANI QUARMYNE and KEVIN GRANVILLE (5 January 2018). "Hauling the Internet to an Ex-Soviet Outpost High in the Caucasus Mountains". New York Times. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  40. ^ Reichert, Corinne (September 26, 2018). "Facebook partners with Internet Society to accelerate African connectivity". ZDNet. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  41. ^ Meynell, Kevin (May 13, 2020). "MANRS Reaches 500 Networks". MANRS. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  42. ^ a b "Nonprofits Worry About the Sale of Dot-Org Domain Registry". The Associated Press. January 24, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  43. ^ Bacchi, Umberto (March 18, 2020). "Coronavirus disruption fears delay decision over .org domain". Reuters. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  44. ^ "Advancing the Internet Society's Mission Into the Future". 30 November 2019.
  45. ^ Kieren McCarthy. "As pressure builds over .org sell-off, internet governance bodies fall back into familiar pattern: Silence". The Register. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  46. ^ at 21:24, Thomas Claburn in San Francisco 31 Jan 2020. "ICANN't approve the sale of .org to private equity – because California's Attorney General has... concerns". www.theregister.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-02-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  47. ^ "ICANN Receives Letter from California Attorney General Regarding .ORG Change of Control". ICANN. January 30, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  48. ^ "ICANN Board Withholds Consent for a Change of Control of the Public Interest Registry (PIR)". Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  49. ^ "ICANN rejects sale of .org to for-profit investor group", Joseph Menn, Reuters, May 1, 2020.
  50. ^ "The Web's .Org Domain Is Still Run by a Nonprofit". Wired. May 1, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
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