The phrase “Next Generation Network” (NGN) has both a generic and specific meaning. Generically, it is used to refer to “some ...
Resource Library
Everyone should have access to an open and trusted Internet.
Read our reports, papers, and other documents for insight and vision on how we can get there.
Action Plan 2025
Our 2025 Action Plan outlines our priorities in 2025, the first year of our 2030 Strategy.
2019-2024 Impact Results
Our Impact Report is a snapshot of how we worked with our global community to grow, promote, and defend the Internet worldwide.
Internet Impact Briefs
Shorter reports that analyze how different policies or new technologies may affect what the Internet needs to exist and thrive.
Glossary of Internet Terms
Understand key terms and become fluent in the language of the Internet with our new and improved glossary.
Policy Briefs
Our perspective on critical Internet issues, including community networks, encryption, open Internet standards, Internet Exchange Points, and more.
The Internet and Standards
The Internet is built on technical standards, which allow devices, services, and applications to be interoperable across a wide and disperse network of networks. The Internet Society is the organisational ...
Comments to the Secretary General’s Report April 2009
Following the last meeting of the World Telecommunication Policy Forum (WTPF) Informal Expert Group held on the 24th of June, we have prepared additional comments on the Secretary General’s Report, ...
Preserving the User Centric Internet
This paper, Preserving the User Centric Internet, was developed by the Internet Society in 2007. It is intended to clarify for ...
IPv6 Address Allocation
The growth and success of the Internet continues to depend on collaboratively engineered and operated, robust technical infrastructure. The Internet Society ...
Comments on final SG Report
Comments submitted by Constance Bommelaer on the ITU World Telecommunication Policy Forum (WTPF) Secretary-General’s Report which seeks to encourage contributions from ITU Member States and Sector Members on any of ...
Internet Society comments on the preliminary third draft of the Secretary-General’s Report
Internet Society is pleased to provide the following comments regarding the draft Report on the Second meeting of the IEG: It is our view that it is important the Report ...
Internet Society comments on second draft of Secretary General’s Report
Comments submitted by Constance Bommelaer on behalf of the Internet Society on the Secretary-General’s second draft report, which sought to encourage ...
Internet Society comments on second draft of ITU Secretary General’s Report
Internet Society comments by Constance Bommelaer on the second draft of the WTPF Secretary General's Report.
Contribution following WTPF first Expert Group Meeting
Following the first meeting of the World Telecommunication Policy Forum (WTPF) Expert Group held on the 24th of June, we have prepared additional comments we would like to submit on ...
Internet Society comments on first draft of ITU SG Report
As a Sector Member of the ITU, Internet Society participates in the consensus-building process of many ITU activities. At the 2006 Plenipotentiary Conference, the ITU decided to hold a World ...
Archives
Lifting barriers to Internet development in Africa: suggestions for improving connectivity
There have been significant improvements to Africa’s Internet connectivity in the last five years. Enormous investment in telecoms infrastructure has characterised these improvements, especially in terms of intercontinental connectivity and ...
A Fine Balance: Internet number resource distribution and de-centralisation
Internet number resources (IP addresses and AS numbers) are distributed to resource users through processes that have evolved over time. Although initially centralised, the processes of policy formation and resource ...
IPv6 and IP Communications (including VoIP, UC, RTC, SIP)
This page provides information related to IPv6 and communications protocols based on IP, including voice-over-IP (VoIP), unified communications (UC). real-time communications (RTC) and the use of the Session Initiation Protocol ...
A report on a micro survey regarding online privacy and personal data
In February 2013, in preparation for a workshop entitled “The New PII: Privacy-Impacting Information” organised by the Internet Society at the WSIS+10 Review Event, the Internet Society invited its members ...
Report: Signed Root Deployment – Framing the Issues (DNSSEC Industry Coalition, 2009)
In April 2013, Steve Crocker circulated this report with the following comment: In June 2009, a year before the root was signed, the DNSSEC Industry Coalition, led by PIR, and ...
Google Public DNS – DNSSEC Validation
Google provides DNSSEC validation through the use of their "Google Public DNS" servers. If your local DNS resolvers do not perform DNSSEC validation, you can change your operating system to ...Cybersecurity: Searching for a Common Understanding
There is no common agreement or consensus as to what the term “cybersecurity” means. A lack of a common shared understanding of this term is the primary obstacle to the ...
Raising the Bar on End-To-End Trust – A Guide for CAs & Their Customers
Security, Privacy & Data Protection should be top priorities for all Certificate Authorities (CAs) - As with all best practices, the strength of a solution is only as strong as ...
The New PII: Privacy-Impacting Information
Has the concept of “personal data” evolved in light of societal, commercial and technological developments? Why are there national and regional variations in legal definitions? Are there tangible privacy risks ...
Global Internet User Survey Infographic
The 2012 Global Internet User Survey focused on issues such as of how users accessed the Internet, what applications they use, how they managed their personal information online, the internet's ...
Summary of activities undertaken by the Internet Society related to the implementation of the targets, recommendations, and commitments of the World Summit on the Information Society
The Internet Society is a nonprofit organization founded in 1992. It is the world’s trusted independent source of leadership for Internet policy, technology standards and future development. Based on its ...
Annual Reports and Financials
On annual basis, we publish annual reports (an Action Plan and Impact Report), as well as financial reports, annual financial statements, and Form 990s.