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How The Internet Works. Rachel Akisada & Melanie Kingsley. Overview. ICANN Registrar Domain Name Registration DNS Servers Web Hosting. What ICANN Does. Coordinates unique identifiers across the world Allows us to have predictable results Helps coordinate how IP addresses are supplied
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How The Internet Works Rachel Akisada & Melanie Kingsley
Overview • ICANN • Registrar • Domain Name Registration • DNS Servers • Web Hosting
What ICANN Does • Coordinates unique identifiers across the world • Allows us to have predictable results • Helps coordinate how IP addresses are supplied • Develops policy on the internet’s unique identifiers
What is ICANN? • Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers • Not for profit • Board of Directors • President & CEO • Staff based around the globe • ICANN Ombudsman
Support Organizations • IP addresses • Domain names • Managers of country code top-level domains
Advisory Organizations • Four advisory organizations • Governments and international treaty organizations • Root server operators • Internet security • “At large” community (average internet users)
How it make decisions • Awareness of issue or change • Discuss and produce report for public review • Board receives report • Board discusses the matter • Makes decision • Can be repeated until all parties satisfied
How it is held accountable • Externally • Can be taken to court • Internally • Bylaws • Independent Nominating Committee • Senior staff • Different dispute resolution procedures
Criticisms • The initial way the board was elected • Strays into national and international public policy
Registrar • Organizations that sell domains • Accredited by ICANN • User chooses a registrar to register their domain name
Examples of Registrars • GoDaddy ($11.99) • NameCheap ($9.98) • 1&1($4.99) • Name.com ($9.99)
Resellers • Third party company • Offers domain registration services through a registrar • May not accredited
Domain Names • Websites have numerical IP addresses • Not human friendly • Domain names are easier to remember • Register a domain name to own it
How to register a domain • Think of a unique name • Find a domain name registrar(GoDaddy, Doster, etc.) • Pay for domain name
Who is involved? • Registrant • Registrars • Reseller • Registry Operators • ICANN
DNS Servers • Domain Name System Servers • Database of domain names and IP addresses • Translates a domain name into an IP address • Looks at different servers until the correct address is found
Root Name Servers • Looks at Top Level Domain • Returns a list of DNS for the requested TLD • DNS Process
Caching • Contains entries that translate domains into IP addresses • DNS caches on client and ISP • Efficiently keep the internet synchronized • Cache poisoning • Flushing a DNS Cache
Web Hosting • Makes a website accessible via the WWW • Lease server space to the client • Provide Internet connectivity typically in a data center
Hosting Options • Free web hosting (Wordpress.com) • Dedicated hosting service • Colocation Web Hosting Service • Cloud hosting
Top Web Hosts • Dreamhost • Bluehost • GoDaddy • InMotion • SiteGround • iPage • HostGator
Choosing a web host • Need to choose a web host based on your needs • You should consider: • The complexity of your website • Database support • Application Development Platforms
Conclusion • All these things are vital to the internet • ICANN is important to keep things uniform • There is a fluid process for how a website is accessed • Questions?