Transcript A Brief History of the Internet in Korea

Past, Present and Future of Research in the Information Society
Tunis
A Brief History of the Internet in Korea
2005.11.13-15
Kilnam Chon
KAIST
Korea
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Contents
1. Pre-Internet Period (1960s-1970s)
2. Birth of Korean Internet, SDN (1980s)
3. Prolification of the Internet
4. Commercial Internet Services Begin (Early 1990s)
5. Broadband Internet (Late 1990s)
6. Social Impact of the Internet
Appendix
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1. Pre-Internet Period(1960s-1970s)
Basic computer network technology and concept
proposed (1960s)
Packet Switching,...
Domestic research network developments(1970s)
France, UK, USA(Arpanet),...
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2. Birth of Korean Internet, SDN(1980s)
2.1 SDN(System Development Network)
Begins Operation in 1982
TCP/IP
2 domestic nodes
1200 bps
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SDN Map
SDN Network Configuration (As of May 1985)
Source: PCCS (October 1985)
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2.2 UUCP and USENET deployment in 1983
Additional domestic nodes
International links(Asia, Europe, North America)
Dialup
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AsiaNet - UUCP and USENET
Asia/Pacific Net
Source: PCCS (October 1985)
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2.3 Korean Language Support in 1983
Email
Editor
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2.4 Commercial Email in 1984
Dacom-Net
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2.5 Domain Name and IP Address
.kr was introduced in 1986.
IP Address was allocated in 1986(128.134.0.0)
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2.6 Internet Coordination
Academic Network Committee (ANC) was formed
in 1986. It evolved to KNC in 1994, NNC in 1998, and
IAPC in 2005.
KRNIC was formed in early 1990s to handle IP address
and DNS(.kr).
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2.7 PC Communications (Bulletin Board and More)
PC Communications started in 1984, and several
commercial services took place in 1980s.
PC Communications lead to the development of
online communities.
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2.8 PACCOM Project
US NSF-funded project to connect countries
in Asia-Pacific to Hawaii with TCP/IP,
starting in 1989.
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2.9 Pacific Computer Communications Symposium(1985)
Conference focusing on computer networks including the
Internet(TCP/IP) with participants from Asia, Europe and
North America.
Annual Joint Workshop on Computer Communications
followed from 1986.
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3. Prolification of the Internet
3.1 National Infrastructure Project
Five National Information Network Project Plan was
developed in 1983.
Law on Expansion of Network Infrastructure and use
was enacted in 1986.
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3.2 WWW Begins
WWW saw its major deployment in 1993 through
development of WWW and Mosaic.
Korea had the first website in 1993, too.
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3.3 KRNET
KRNET, domestic conference on the Internet,
started its annual meeting in 1993.
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4. Commercial Internet Services Begin
(Early 1990s)
Commercial Internet Service Providers(ISP) were
established in 1994.
Internet Exchange, KIX, was established in 1995 with
more exchanges followed.
First Internet news service was started by Joongang
Daily News in 1995.
Internet ventures started their operations in 1990s, and
helped Many startup companies.
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5. Broadband Internet (Late 1990s)
Broadband Internet services started in 1998.
Number of home users with broadband Internet
access exceeded 12 millions in 2005, over 80%
of the households.
Broadband is becoming social infrastructure
in 2000s.
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6. Social Impact of the Internet
6.1 Negative Impact of the Internet
Privacy infringement
Addiction to services
(such as game and gambling)
Crime
Virus
Spam
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6.2 Governmental Efforts
Information Communication Ethics Committee
Internet Crime Investigation Center
Korea Spam Response Center
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6.3 Balance between Individual Freedom and Regulation of
Negative Impacts
Efforts to address the negative impacts of the Internet have
danger of infringing individual's freedom.
Attempt to legislate the Internet Content Rating System was
annulled due to civilian opposition.
To place certain restrictions on electronic and
telecommunication businesses in dealing with certain types of
information was ruled unconstitutional in 2002.
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6.4 Netizens
In early 1990s, general public started to express their political and
social opinions through the Internet.
Various people started to set up websites to express their diverse
views.
Red Devils, the supporter club for the national soccer team opened
their website in 2000, and played very active role to mobilize
soccer fun in 2002 World Cup.
During 2002 presidential election, online campaigns made the
critical role on the election outcome.
These netizen groups started their online communications in 1990s
through PC communications, and exploit the new media, the
Internet in 2000s.
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1984
1985
ANW-AP
PCCS/JWCC/ICOIN
APNG(APCCIRN)
1991
Satellite Commercial
WG
WG
Appendix :
Security
WG
1992
Genealogy
of the Internet
Organizations
in Asia
1993
APNIC
1994
PAN
1995
1996
AI3
APOPS
APRICOT
1997
APIA
SOI-Asia
APAN
APBioNet
1998
APTLD
AP*Retreat
1999
APEC ECSG
2000
MINC
2001
EUMED
Silk Project
APGRID
2002
ABS
2003
2004
SANOG
TEIN2
APENUM
PRAGMA
APDIP
Asia PKI Forum
APCAUCE
APCERT
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