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The Value of Openness for Building Tomorrow's Digital Economies - Reflections on the OECD Ministerial 2016

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Yesterday marked the last day of the OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Digital Economy, but also the culmination of a week where the need for an open and trusted Internet has been the main message from all stakeholders. Back in 2008, the OECD was one...

24 June 2016

Constance Bommelaer

Public Policy
Bringing the world online. Meet the people who are making it happen.

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There are many reasons people are not connected to the Internet. Some people can not afford the Internet – it is too expensive. For other people who live in a rural or remote locations, their geography does not allow them easy...

24 June 2016

Jane Coffin

Community Projects

Access, Community Building, Community Forum, Community Networking, Global
RFC 7908 Defines BGP Route Leaks. Now, How Do We Prevent Them?

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RFC 7908, "Problem Definition and Classification of BGP Route Leaks," has been just published. While “route leak” was a known phenomenon, sometimes causing significant disruptions to Internet routing, it was a vague term meaning many things to many...

23 June 2016

Andrei Robachevsky

Tech Matters

Global, IETF, Internet Engineering Task Force, Internet Infrastructure, Networks & Trust, Open Internet Standards, RFC, route leak, Routing Security, Security, Standardisation
ISOC@OECD, Day 3: Walid Al-Saqaf on Blockchain; IETF Chair Jari Arkko on Network Convergence

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It's the final day of the OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Digital Economy here in Cancun, Mexico, and there are just two more sessions blocks followed by the Closing Ceremony. Here below is where our attention will be focused today -...

23 June 2016

Dan York

Public Policy

Blockchain, Global, IETF, Innovation, Internet Governance, Internet Infrastructure, OECD, Open Internet Standards, Other external events
Working with Universities to boost the participation of Africans in the IETF

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On Wednesday June 8 2016, I had a pleasure to give a presentation on the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to staff members of the Computer Science Department of the University of Botswana in Gaborone. It was a pleasure not only because it is...

23 June 2016

Dawit Bekele

Africa Bureau

Africa, Open Internet Standards

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The Value of Openness for Building Tomorrow's Digital Economies - Reflections on the OECD Ministerial 2016

oecd-ministerial-main-graphic.jpg

Bringing the world online. Meet the people who are making it happen.

connectingcommunities.jpg

RFC 7908 Defines BGP Route Leaks. Now, How Do We Prevent Them?

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ISOC@OECD, Day 3: Walid Al-Saqaf on Blockchain; IETF Chair Jari Arkko on Network Convergence

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Working with Universities to boost the participation of Africans in the IETF

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