Novelties On The Internet Technology and Service

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Novelties On The Internet Technology and Service

• Budi Rahardjo
• http//budi.insan.co.idInstitut Teknologi
  Bandung
• 2004

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History of the Internet

• Started as a research network
• Grew to cover research and education entities
• Then, 1995, become accessible to public and
  commerce. All hell breaks loose!
• Future Internet Protocol (IP) becoming public
  utility, ubiquitous / pervasive
• Difficult to find the right business model

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History of Internet Applications

• Email (still the most popular applications)
• File transfer (FTP)
• Information system (gopher, WAIS, etc.)
• Hyper information system (WWW, portal, blog)
• Multimedia applications (streaming audio video,
  games, entertainment) ? VoIP, MoIP
• P2P applications (file sharing / exchange,
  multimedia exchange) ? business model?
• Next?...

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History of Internet Devices

• Computer terminals
• Personal computers, portable notebooks
• Cellular phones and PDA. Mobile devices
• Internet-enabled devices (coffee maker,
  refrigerators, TiVo)
• Next?

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Technology Drivers

• Computer Technology
• Moores law complexity doubles every 18 months
• Good enough
• Storage Technology
• Increases 3 times / year
• Good enough
• Network Technology
• Increase in speed, lower in price
• But new bandwidth-hungry applications.The need
  for (more) speed!

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Internet Governance

• No centralized management (?). Responsibilities
  are distributed (eg. IP allication, DNS). What
  about ENUM?
• Communities
• Co-operation and collaboration are the keys
• Open standards based on consensus (eg. RFC)
• Open forum to discuss technical aspects
• Caught Government off guard
• Still trying to find the best Internet governance
  model

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IP Problems

• IP (v4, that is) is not the best protocol, but
  good enough.
• No guarantee. Sometimes it is difficult to
  predict the quality.
• Limited security
• Solution?
• Many managed solutions have failed to gain
  popularity. For example Asynchronous Transfer
  Mode (ATM). Would MPLS have the same fate?
• Just trow in more bandwidth if you need more.
  Bandwidth is cheap.
• Add band-aid / patached security solutions. Good
  enough. Would IP v6 help?
• But, IP is so pervasive. Everybody uses it. You
  cannot escape from it. Mind as well build
  opportunities around it

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Summary

• Internet is here and will grow with
• New applications and technologies
• New innovations
• Still trying to find
• the right (Internet) governance model
• the right business model