TCP/IP Explained
An easy to understand, comprehensive, and high-level introduction to TCP/IP.
TABLE OF CONTENTS TCP/IP Explained
Chapter 2: Standardization
Overview
As we saw in the previous chapter, the creation of " The Internet" was the driving force behind the development of the protocol suite that we now refer to colloquially as TCP/IP. It is important to note that no one person or company owns The Internet, rather it is an alliance of small networks that have agreed to allow intercommunication using a standardized set of protocols. With the explosive growth of this internetwork and internetworking in general, clearly a central administrative authority had to take control of the protocols in use and steer the improvements and enhancements that naturally occur. Within the Internet community, this administrative authority is called the Internet Architecture Board and it is through this body that all work on protocols passes.
In this section we shall examine the work of the Internet Architecture Board and its subsidiary groups. We shall also examine the route that protocols take to becoming standards, the associated documentation, and finally the architecture of the protocol suite itself.
2.1 The Internet Architecture Board
The Internet Architecture Board (IAB) was originally founded in 1983 (then called the Internet Activities Board) to guide the evolution of the Internet Protocol suite in an advisory capacity. In June 1992, the IAB was placed under the control of the ' Internet Society' [1]and given the following charter that is documented fully in RFC-1358 [2] and from which the following extract is taken:
The IAB shall provide:
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