Interop is an annual information technology conference organised by Informa PLC . Founded in 1986, the event takes place in the US and Tokyo ( Japan ) each year. Interop promotes interoperability and openness, beginning with IP networks and continuing in today's emerging cloud computing era.
14-524: In August 1986 the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) held the first TCP/IP Vendors Workshop in Monterey, California . This event later became Interop. The conference was founded by Dan Lynch, an early Internet activist. From the beginning, large corporations, such as IBM and DEC, attended the meeting. The Las Vegas International Telecoms Show is called "the granddaddy of networking shows" because it
28-430: A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Information Base (MIB). The internet interface had one remote control, to turn the power on and off, and the power duration controlled the darkness of the toast. Local control by a human being was still needed to insert the bread. At the 1990 Interop show, a small robotic crane, remotely controlled through the internet, picked up a slice of bread and dropped it into
42-618: A period of development and several iterations of review by the Internet community and revision based upon experience, is adopted as a Standard by the appropriate body (either the IAB or the IESG), and is published. Each distinct version of an Internet standards-related specification is published as part of the "Request for Comments" (RFC) document series. This archival series is the official publication channel for Internet standards documents and other publications of
56-569: A series of task forces considering different technical aspects of internetting. The re-organized group was named the Internet Activities Board (IAB). The IAB set for itself seven principal foci for the period of 1989 to 1990. These were namely: It finally became the Internet Architecture Board , under ISOC , in January 1992, as part of the Internet's transition from a U.S.-government entity to an international, public entity. The IAB
70-627: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Internet Architecture Board The Internet Architecture Board ( IAB ) is a committee of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and an advisory body of the Internet Society (ISOC). Its responsibilities include architectural oversight of IETF activities, Internet Standards Process oversight and appeal, and the appointment of the Request for Comments (RFC) Editor. The IAB
84-761: Is also responsible for the management of the IETF protocol parameter registries. The body which eventually became the IAB was originally the Internet Configuration Control Board (ICCB). It was created by Vint Cerf in 1979 while he was working at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the United States Department of Defense . In 1983, the ICCB was reorganized by Barry Leiner, Cerf's successor at DARPA, around
98-426: Is responsible for: In its work, the IAB strives to: Activities of the IAB include: Workshops Technical programs and administrative support groups IAB appointments and confirmations The IAB's current responsibilities include: The IAB takes a formal stance on what constitutes proper use of the Internet in their 1989 memo, RFC 1087: “Ethics and the Internet.” They introduce their contemporary version of
112-406: The IAB identifies protecting end users as the first priority in their maintenance of the Internet. As such, though their core principles are the same, the IAB's priority for protection has shifted from the technical and scientific community to the community of day-to-day users. In another memo RFC7624, the IAB takes a firm stance against pervasive mass surveillance through the use of the Internet on
126-606: The Internet Society that is organized and managed on behalf of the Internet community by the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) and the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). The Internet Standards Process is concerned with all protocols, procedures, and conventions that are used in or by the Internet. The process of creating an Internet Standard is straightforward: a specification undergoes
140-591: The Internet, which at the time was in its nascent stages, serving primarily as a tool for communication of research in the scientific community, and identify the use of this internet as a “privilege.” The IAB then proclaims as unethical any activity which: This memo was written at a time during which the Internet existed in the general research milieu, but since that time the Internet has evolved greatly and expanded its user base. The IAB has accordingly taken new stances on ethical and secure Internet use, such as in RFC 8890, where
154-555: The enterprise market. After the crash of 2002, the fever subsided. The 2004 edition in Las Vegas brought together less than 300 exhibitors. The following editions saw a recovery. The organizer of the 2013 edition hoped to increase the number of visitors from 18,000 in 2012 to 20,000 with the presence of 500 suppliers. This international trade related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an IT-related or software-related company or corporation
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#1732856153844168-409: The part of national intelligence agencies, saying that it is necessary that the Internet technical community, including itself, “address the vulnerabilities exploited [by mass surveillance campaigns]...to ensure that the Internet can be trusted by [its] users.” RFC 2850 establishes the structure and purpose of the IAB. The RFC specifies the following: The Internet Standards process is an activity of
182-544: The toaster slot. In 2001, Interop attendance reached a peak with 61,000 visitors, just before the bursting of this Dot-com bubble, which resulted in a major stock market crash for this sector. The 2001 event was marked by innovation, and among the major telecom providers, the rivalry between Juniper Networks and Cisco Systems in the Terabit router market, while the so-called "alternative" operators, such as KPNQwest, Global Crossing and Carrier, launched revolutionary offerings in
196-449: Was created in 1986, a decade before the technology and internet bubble that made it a success. At the 1989 Interop show, Dan Lynch, Interop president, promised John Romkey star billing if he designed an internet interface for a toaster. At the 1990 Interop show, John Romkey and his friend Simon Hackett debuted a Sunbeam Deluxe Automatic Radiant Control Toaster connected to the Internet with TCP/IP networking , and controlled with
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