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- 015.30.1 Korea
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- Kilnam Chon <chon@cosmos.kaist.ac.kr>
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- R&D networking in Korea started in 1982 with two nodes supporting
- TCP/IP, a network known as the System Development Network (SDN).
- Since then, networking has grown to cover many R&D and academic
- organizations. Currently there are two overlapping efforts on
- the R&D networking. One is SDN, a network supported by
- membership fees and R&D projects. The other is the Research and
- Education Network Program sponsored by the Korean Government,
- which operates two networks: the Korea Research Environment Open
- Network (KREONet) and the Korea Research Educational Network
- (KREN). All of the three networks are interconnected via 56kbps
- lines.
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- The three networks support around 55 academic and research
- organizations, most of which are connected by a leased line of
- either 56 kbps or 9600 bps. For international connectivity, SDN
- has a 56 kbps link to FIX-WEST via the University of Hawaii and
- KREONet has a 56 kbps link to the San Diego Supercomputer Center.
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- TCP/IP is the dominant protocol and service in Korea. OSI is
- being developed extensively in Korea, but utilization is minimal.
- Bulletin boards for personal computers are growing rapidly.
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- The Academic Networking Council (ANC) was established in July
- 1991 to coordinate R&D networking activities in Korea. The ANC
- has two classes of committees for managerial and technical
- coordination. The ANC has members from all three networks in
- Korea. The scope of ANC is two-fold. One is coordination of
- network operations such as naming, addressing, interconnection,
- and routing. The other is to represent Korea in international
- networking activities such as the CCIRN and the Internet Society.
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- Networks in Korea share the same Internet domain naming scheme
- with user@[unit].organization.{ac,co,go,re}.kr where [unit] is
- optional. For further information, please contact
- postmaster@kum.kaist.ac.kr or postmaster@garam.kreonet.re.kr.
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- * Professor, Computer Science Department, Korea Advanced
- Institute of Science and Technology Seoul, Republic of Korea
-