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015.30.1 Korea
Kilnam Chon <chon@cosmos.kaist.ac.kr>
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
* Professor, Computer Science Department, Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology Seoul, Republic of Korea