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Internet Society Press Release
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16 June 1992
Internet Society
PRESS RELEASE
* * * * * INTERNET SOCIETY TAKES HISTORIC STEPS * * * * *
At its first formal meeting, the Internet Society Board of Trustees
gathering from all corners of the world in Kobe, Japan, took several
historic actions that will significantly affect internetworking
worldwide.
The Internet Society is an international professional organization
established for evolving and extending availability of the techniques
and technologies that allow diverse information systems to openly
communicate. It also includes the huge network of networks known as
the Internet which links millions of users worldwide. These
technologies and the Internet are very rapidly evolving and widely
viewed as critically important infrastructure.
The organization formerly known as the Internet Activities Board
was merged into the Internet Society as a body called the Internet
Architecture Board (IAB). The IAB evolves the technology of the Internet
and develops the series of international standards which are the
predominant means today for common open interconnection, management,
and use of diverse equipment, networks and applications. Some of the
most popular include electronic mail, file transfer, news distribution,
remote logon, and knowledge discovery.
The Board also decided to establish a cooperative relationship with the
Geneva-based U.N. specialized agency known as the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU). In conjunction with this action, the Board
also decided to establish an advisory liaison relationship between the
standards bodies of the two organizations, thus effecting a link between
the IAB and the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative
Committee (CCITT). Lastly the ISOC will submit a contribution to the
ITU's Plenipotentiary Conference that underscores internetworking as
critical infrastructure and the use of the Internet to significantly
enhance global telecommunications collaboration.
By taking these historic steps, the Board hopes not only to greatly
advance the development and use of internetworking technologies and the
Internet, but also to stimulate more effective collaboration within the
telecommunications field.
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