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| | ILL Background Reading |
 | | An Internet body chartered by the Internet Society (ISOC) and Federal Network Council (FNC) that maintains a central registry of Internet protocol parameters. |
 | | Founded in 1986, the IETF is a large, open community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers whose purpose is to coordinate the operation, management and evolution of the Internet, and to resolve short-range and mid-range protocol and architectural issues. |
 | | Internet protocols require unique names and numbers in Internet addresses, domain names, protocol ports, private enterprise numbers, etc. IANA is located at and operated by the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California. |
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