| Who controls the Next Generation Internet? |
 | The Internet users do. The concept behind it simple. Resolve all known, operational Top-Level Domains on the planet - not just the gTLDs, but ALL TLDs. This is called the Inclusive Name Space.
The Next Generation Internet is the sum of all known technologies, name spaces, protocols and features available to the participating consumer of Internet services. The myriad of features on the Next Generation Internet are governed by the demand created by the sum of each and every individual participant, machine, provider, and software application accessing this open environment.
The Internet and it's DNS system is capable of providing telecomunications services that most people have only begun to exploit, such as communications and control methodologies with toaster ovens, cellular telephones, mobile and personal computing devices, etc. The Next Generation Internet endeavors to support all experimental and emerging technologies as they become available as demanded by the community of its participating members - whether human, oranization, or machine.
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| What does it mean to "register" a domain name? |
| A domain registration is much like securing a telephone number, except that you don't always get to pick and choose your phone number. With an internet domain, you simply decide upon a name in the format SLD.TLD, check to see if it is available and then purchase a registration for it if it hasn't already been registered by someone else.
Unlike telephone numbers, domain registrations don't expire at the end of every month and are usually renewable in one year increments. Some Registration Service Centers (RSCs) let you register domains up to several years at once.
You don't "OWN" the domain - only the registration. You are free to do whatever you like with the domain name, however, such as build a corporate Intranet infrastructure or simply place a single mail or webserver on the Internet under that domain name.
It is the responsibility of the registrant to renew their domains before their respective expiration dates if they want to continue to have the domain exist on the Internet. Once a domain expires it can no longer be seen on the Internet - because it's DNS zone is removed by the registry.
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| When will my local ISP resolve the Next Generation Internet? |
| Many already do. If not, you can quickly and easily enable your office network or home PCs to participate on the Next Generation Internet.
Major backbone Internet Service Providers around the world continue to enable the resolution of the Next Generation Internet for their subscribers by resolving DNS from the Public-Root system. More join each day, and many more smaller, local and regional ISPs upgrade their customer offerings every day.
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| What is the Domain Name System? |
| The Domain Name System (DNS) helps users navigate the global Internet and connect their computers to web sites or other computers by translating domain names into valid Internet addresses.
Every computer on the Internet has a unique address called its "IP address" or Internet Protocol address. IP addresses are strings of
numbers. Internet users found these series of numbers hard to remember. The DNS was created so a familiar string of characters (the "domain name") could be used instead.
So rather than typing an IP address like "57.67.193.187", you instead type an easy to remember name like "www.inaic.org".
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| The Internet Names Authorization & Information Center (INAIC) and the Public-Root are IPv6 compliant.
IPv6 is the Next Generation Internet Protocol that provides trillions more addresses than the existing IPv4 system is in use today. It’s also more secure then IPv4 and allows operators a lot of flexibility in the management of networks and devices.
The development of the IPv6 protocol has diversified how users access the Internet. As public awareness of IPv6 functionality and benefits spread so does the demand. IPv6 is also backward compatible with existing protocols.
The key transition objective of the protocol is to allow IPv6 and IPv4 hosts to interoperate. A second objective is to allow IPv6 hosts and routers to be deployed in a highly diffused and incremental fashion, with few interdependencies. A third objective is that the transition should be as easy as possible for end-users, system administrators, and network operators.
The Public-Root system integrates full support for IPv6 AAAA name server address records for Top-Level Domains (TLDs). The INAIC recognizes the importance of IPv6 to the Internet community and is committed to innovation by empowering TLD operators with IPv6 addressing to support their transition to the Next Generation Internet
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| What is the Next Generation Internet? |
| Governments, corporations and educators use the term Next Generation Internet to describe the future of networks. Resolving the entire domain name system, or Public DNS, is a big part of it. The Public-Root enables you to see and visit ALL domains under ALL TLDs anywhere in the world. Resolving domains in the Public-Root is not necessarily depending on your Internet Service Provider (ISP) supporting the service. |
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