Resources
Below are some interesting links associated with some of the topics discussed. (I hope they all still work. All open in new window.)
http://www.ietf.org is the home page of the Internet Engineering Task Force. This body is greatly responsible for the development of Internet protocols and the like.
http://www.internic.org is the organization responsible for administering domain names.
<!-- <a href="http://www.nexor.com/standards/rfc" target="_blank">http://www.nexor.com/standards/rfc</a> is an excellent RFC search engine useful for finding any RFC. <p> --> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfcsearch.html is an excellent RFC search engine useful for finding any RFC.
<!-- <a href="http://www.internetweather.com" target="_blank">http://www.internetweather.com</a> shows animated maps of Internet latency. <p> <a href="http://routes.clubnet.net/iw/" target="_blank">http://routes.clubnet.net/iw/</a> is Internet Weather from ClubNET. This page shows packet loss for various carriers. <p> --> http://navigators.com/isp.html is Russ Haynal's ISP Page. This is a great site with links to most NSPs and their backbone infrastructure maps.
http://www.investintech.com/content/historyinternet/ is A Brief Guide to the History of the Internet, sent by Kendra.