Israel Internet Association ISOCIL Update Israel Internet Association

Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL) - Update Israel Internet Association Annual Update Doron Shikmoni ISOC-IL 6 th Annual Conference Tel Aviv, Israel, February 18, 2002 1

Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL) - Update ISOC-IL 2000 – Highlights l l l Domain Name Registration Update IIX - The Israeli Internet e. Xchange - Update Working Groups and Special Interest Groups Standard Hebrew Support Project Miscellaneous 2

Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL) - Update Domain Name Registry l 58, 290 Domain Names under. il - 1 Jan 2002 l 9, 318 new in 2001; 27, 458 in 2000 l Sharp drop in rate! l Reasons: end of gold rush, general economy l First Domain Names started to expire on January 1, 2001 l Dispute Resolution Process: new ACP resolutions l International activities: l CENTR l ICANN 3

Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL) - Update Domain Name Registry l Main goal now: Registrar accreditation procedure and agreements l A lot of progress during 2001 l Still not there… 4

Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL) - Update 5 IIX Update l IIX operating since May 1996 l 21 Peers connected l 639 Mb/sec of aggregate (full duplex) bandwidth (2001 – 392 Mb/s, 2000 – 118. 5 Mb/s( l IIX Peers connected with speeds between 128 kb/sec-155 Mb/sec l First time – IIX Peers connect via an alternate carrier (SDH STM-1 by Med-1(

Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL) - Update Working Groups: Accessibility l New, major effort: Network Accessibility for people with disabilities l In cooperation with: l Snunit l Access-Israel ( )נגישות ישראל l Assisting technology show during the conference! l First project promotes accessibility on the net (web design etc. ) (Gideon Zailer) 6

Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL) - Update 7 Working Groups and SIGs l Internet for the 3 rd age l In the steering committee, reps from: l Bar-Ilan University, ESHEL, Ministry of Education, Rotary Israel, MATNASIM, Amal Association and Senior Citizens associations l Project: specification of networking centers for Seniors l Cooperation with ESHNAV – promoting awareness for wise usage of Internet, mainly for younger people l Ministry of Education, Israel Police, National Parents Association

Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL) - Update Working Groups and SIGs l Promote Internet usage in Small and Medium Businesses l In cooperation with: l Israel Small and Medium Enterprise Authority l Manufacturers Association l Pilot project underway 8

Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL) - Update 9 Hebrew Support Project: Report l Announced early 2000, to provide standard Hebrew support in the Netscape suite, mainly for non-Windows users l Delivered: Both Netscape 6. 1 and current versions of Mozilla contain standard Hebrew support, for both browsing and e-Mail. l Coding done by IBM Israel

Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL) - Update Working Groups and SIGs l Questionnaire handed out during this conference l Any Internet-related issue with public interest 10

Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL) - Update ! תודה רבה Thank You! 11