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Architecture and Traffic Issues

• CAIDA - Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis - Tools and analyses promoting the engineering and maintenance of a robust, scalable global Internet infrastructure.

• CIDR Report - Internet Routing Statistics, updated daily

• Cook Report - Newsletter on Internet Technology and Policy Issues

• Internet Traffic Report - A real-time display of current performance of the Internet

• Looking Glass Sites - Sites that allow you to see your routes from spots around the Internet

• MAE Information - Information on the WorldCom run MAE's

• Otter: Tool for Toplogy Display - A tool for visualization of Internet BGP tables

• Rwhois - Development page for the Rwhois project to create a scaleable whois architecture

• Traceroute.org - Collection of links to various looking glass sites around the world

Associations and User Groups

• Internet Mail Consortium - Organization focused on promoting open Internet e-mail standards and applications

• Internet Service Provider's Forum (ISPF) - Association of Internet Service Providers

• IOPS.org - Internet operators group promoting Internet scalability and problem resolution

• North American Network Operators Group (NANOG) - The primary forum for information exchange between U.S. exchange point providers.  Provides a list of resources for ISPs as well

• United States Internet Service Provider - Organization Representing the common policy and legal interests of Internet Service Providers and other Internet-related entities

Authorities

• American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) - Handles the Americas and Sub-Saharan Africa

• Asia-Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC) - Internet registry for Asia

• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) - Assigns unique parameters for Internet Protocols

• Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) - non-profit corporation for managing internet domain naming resources

• Network Solutions (Verisign) - Domain Name Registration Authority

• RIPE Network Coordination Center - Regional Internet Registry for Europe

• U.S. Department of Defense Network Information Center - Handles U.S. Military registry

Internet Performance

• Keynote Systems - Provides Internet health report and other tools for analyzing Internet performance

• Matrix.net - Provides a variety of tools for analyzing the current state of the Internet 

Internet Service Provider Information

• Internet Provider FAQ - Information on how to become an Internet Service Provider

• ISP-LISTS - Home to dozens of mailing lists on ISP related topics

• ISP-TECH - Mailing list for ISP technical issues

• Merit Networks - Merit is a non-profit, Michigan based, Internet Support organization. There are many useful tools in the IPMA section for tracking Internet routing and Internet performance

• MicroWeb Technology ISP Page - Good information for ISP's on UNIX programs and network security

• Network Operations Home Page - Information on how to contact ISP NOC's

• Russ Haynal's ISP Page - Information for ISP's and ISP employees

• WhoISP - A collection of links to information of use to service providers

Internet Standards and Architecture Authorities and Organizations

• Internet Society A non-profit, non-governmental, international professional membership organization that brings diverse interests and factions together to hammer out reasonable solutions that generate progress and growth for the Internet

• The InterNic - RFC, Who Is, and Other Search Engines

• IETF - The Internet Engineering Task Force

• IAB - Internet Architecture Board - part of the IETF

• IEPG - Internet Engineering and Planning Group

Miscellaneous Internet Links

• allNet Devices - information about handhelds, smart phones, set-top boxes and other devices that connect to the Internet

• Canadian Internet Law - Guide to Canadian Internet laws

• CLEC Strategies - offers resources for ISPs interested in becoming CLECs

• DNSstuff - A collection of on-line utilities such as Whois, traceroute and ping

• Equinix White Papers - A variety of white papers on peering 

• Hobbes' Internet Timeline - A historical time line of the development of the Internet

• inet-ops - Mailing list and resource site for Internet operators and consultants

• Internet FAQ Archive - Searchable index of Internet RFC's, Usenet FAQs, and other FAQs

• Internet Policy Guides - Collection of white papers on topics such as e-mail usage policies, content filtering, and more

• Internet Technical Resources - A good guide to the history of the Internet as well as current statistical information

• Internet Tomography - A project to develop tools to collect and display the topology of the Internet

• Internet2.org - Information about the Internet 2 project

• NetConfigs.Com - Provides a wealth of resources for BGP and IP network administration.  Includes links to configuration tools, network administration tools, databases, and registries

• puck.nether.net - tons of resources for ISP operators - includes mailing lists for a variety of networking vendor products

• RFC Archive - Searchable index of all RFC's

• Sam Spade - A collection of on-line Internet tools such as Whois, DNS, and more