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Israel Internet AssociationIsrael Internet AssociationAnnual UpdateAnnual Update

Doron Shikmoni

ISOC-IL 6ISOC-IL 6thth Annual Conference Annual ConferenceTel Aviv, Israel, February 18, 2002Tel Aviv, Israel, February 18, 2002

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ISOC-IL 2000 – HighlightsISOC-IL 2000 – Highlights Domain Name Registration Update IIX - The Israeli Internet eXchange - Update Working Groups and Special Interest Groups Standard Hebrew Support Project Miscellaneous

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Domain Name RegistryDomain Name Registry 58,290 Domain Names under .il - 1 Jan 2002

9,318 new in 2001; 27,458 in 2000 Sharp drop in rate! Reasons: end of gold rush, general economy

First Domain Names started to expire on January 1, 2001

Dispute Resolution Process: new ACP resolutions

International activities: CENTR ICANN

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Domain Name RegistryDomain Name Registry Main goal now: Registrar accreditation

procedure and agreements A lot of progress during 2001 Still not there…

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IIX UpdateIIX Update

IIX operating since May 1996 21 Peers connected 639Mb/sec of aggregate (full duplex) bandwidth

(2001 – 392Mb/s, 2000 – 118.5Mb/s) IIX Peers connected with speeds between

128kb/sec-155Mb/sec First time – IIX Peers connect via an alternate

carrier (SDH STM-1 by Med-1)

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Working Groups: AccessibilityWorking Groups: Accessibility

New, major effort: Network Accessibility for people with disabilities

In cooperation with: Snunit Access-Israel (נגישות ישראל)

Assisting technology show during the conference!

First project promotes accessibility on the net (web design etc.) (Gideon Zailer)

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Working Groups and SIGsWorking Groups and SIGs Internet for the 3rd age In the steering committee, reps from:

Bar-Ilan University, ESHEL, Ministry of Education, Rotary Israel, MATNASIM, Amal Association and Senior Citizens associations

Project: specification of networking centers for Seniors

Cooperation with ESHNAV – promoting awareness for wise usage of Internet, mainly for younger people

Ministry of Education, Israel Police, National Parents Association

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Working Groups and SIGsWorking Groups and SIGs Promote Internet usage in Small and Medium

Businesses In cooperation with:

Israel Small and Medium Enterprise Authority Manufacturers Association

Pilot project underway

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Hebrew Support Project: ReportHebrew Support Project: Report Announced early 2000, to provide standard

Hebrew support in the Netscape suite, mainly for non-Windows users

Delivered: Both Netscape 6.1 and current versions of Mozilla contain standard Hebrew support, for both browsing and e-Mail.

Coding done by IBM Israel

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Working Groups and SIGsWorking Groups and SIGs

Questionnaire handed out during this conference

Any Internet-related issue with public interest

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