Early research and development:
71-568: Merging the networks and creating the Internet: Commercialization, privatization, broader access leads to the modern Internet: Examples of Internet services: The Internet Society ( ISOC ) is an American nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 1992 with local chapters around the world. Its mission is "to promote the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout
142-614: A Cooperative Sanctuary on the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The Hidden Creek Country Club was purchased in 2017 by Wheelock Communities, a real estate development company. The Washington and Old Dominion (W&OD) trail , which runs through Reston, is a 45-mile-long (72 km) pathway built solely for pedestrian and bicycle traffic along the former W&OD train line. Reston contains four manmade lakes: Lake Anne, Lake Audubon, Lake Newport, and Lake Thoreau. Also within Reston's area
213-595: A Distributed Co-Governance Architecture (CoGov), and a reformed Internet Governance Forum (IGF+). As of October 2020, the ISOC is leading and facilitating multi-round meetings for Stakeholders' Dialogue to collect, compile, and submit the inputs of worldwide professionals and experts for future governance of the Internet. In the late 1990s, the Internet Society established the Jonathan B. Postel Service Award . It
284-530: A cinema, and office buildings. By 1996, Mobil had decided to follow Gulf Oil's steps and pull out of the land management business. It sold its entire Mobil Land Development subsidiary, including its Reston holdings, to Westbrook Partners, LLC, for $ 324 million. As Reston Town Center continued to develop, Boston Properties emerged as a leading player. The company became the sole owner of the core mixed-use tracts in Reston Town Center when it completed
355-696: A fire in the barn area, killing Waffles the giraffe and his unnamed giraffe companion. Reston has an assortment of pools, including a year-round indoor pool at the Reston Community Center. Ice skating is available year-round at SkateQuest, a privately run indoor rink, and during the winter on an outdoor rink at Reston Town Center's Pavilion. Reston is an unincorporated area in Fairfax County , and its schools, roads, and law enforcement services are provided by Fairfax County. Parks, recreation facilities, and common grounds, as well as
426-519: A gasoline station, two churches, an art gallery, and several restaurants. The first section of a senior citizens' residence facility, the Lake Anne Fellowship House, was completed several years later. Reston welcomed its first residents in late 1964. During the community's first year, its continued development was covered in such major media publications as Newsweek , Time , Life , and The New York Times , which featured
497-402: A picnic pavilion, campfire ring, and other facilities that support its outreach programs. Its LEED gold-certified Nature House offers exhibits, an on-site naturalist, and various programs for children; it may also be rented for community or private meetings. Two golf courses are located in Reston. The 166-acre Reston National Golf Course in south Reston is certified by Audubon International as
568-446: A referendum to incorporate Reston as a town, but the referendum failed in 1980 by a 2–1 margin. A similar initiative in 2005, which was publicly supported by Robert Simon, also failed. As a part of Fairfax County, Reston is served by Fairfax County Public Schools and a number of private schools. Reston has one high school within its boundaries, South Lakes High School , which serves most of Reston. Adjacent to South Lakes High School
639-641: A townhouse in Reston could cost as much as a single-family house elsewhere in Fairfax County. By 1967, Gulf Oil forced Simon out and formed Gulf Reston, Inc., to manage the community. Gulf retained many of Simon's employees and continued to adhere largely to the spirit of the original Reston master plan as envisioned by Simon. During the 1970s, Gulf built the Reston International Center near the intersection of Sunrise Valley and Reston Parkway and added low- to moderate-income housing to
710-556: Is Reston's only middle school, Langston Hughes Middle School . Students who live in the far northern part of Reston attend Herndon High School . Public elementary schools : Private schools : Reston has several higher education resources, including a satellite campus of NVCC ( Northern Virginia Community College ), the University of Phoenix – Northern Virginia campus, and Marymount University – Reston Center. World IPv6 Day and World IPv6 Launch Day World IPv6 Day
781-563: Is a core element, with its main building in south Reston at Hunters Woods Plaza and featuring a theater, indoor heated swimming pool with jacuzzi , ballroom, meeting rooms, and classroom space. A smaller RCC branch is at Lake Anne Plaza. Reston is home to several performing arts groups. The Reston Community Players (originally known as Reston Players) has been in operation since 1966 and performs at Reston Community Center's Center Stage in Hunters Woods Plaza. The Reston Chorale
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#1732772354673852-411: Is an autumn event in Reston center. The festival, co-founded by Mark Maxey and Brad Russell, offers a juried array of feature films, shorts and documentaries. Building on Robert Simon's emphasis on preserving green space and providing recreational opportunities, Reston features over 55 miles of walking and hiking paths for residents, with currently about 250 acres of woodlands and open space. Reston
923-546: Is divided into three separate planning areas: the original Planned Residential Community (PRC) area that governs the majority of residential areas in the community; the Reston Town Center (RTC) District, which includes all of the high-density, high-rise portions of Town Center; and the Transit Station Area (TSA) on either side of the Dulles Toll Road. From Reston's inception, planning and zoning in
994-526: Is governed by Fairfax County; as with the RTC District, no direct oversight from Reston Association is included, while input from and notification to PRC residents is limited. TSA zoning guidance explicitly calls for this area to be designed as an urban center, with 30 million square feet of new and existing office development and 44,000 residential units. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , "professional, scientific, and technical services" are by far
1065-586: Is home-based at Reston Town Center and sponsors the annual Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival. The privately owned Reston Art Gallery at Lake Anne Plaza includes both regular art exhibits and artist studio spaces. Reston's sole museum, the Reston Historic Trust & Museum, is also located in Lake Anne Plaza. It has maps, photos, and books that provide a detailed look at Reston from the 1960s on. The Washington West Film Festival
1136-506: Is noted for its tree canopy, which currently covers about half of Reston's total area. It is one of only eight localities in the U.S. to be a member of the worldwide Biophilic Cities Organization, which promotes the importance of protecting and promoting nature within urban areas. The centerpiece of Reston's focus on nature is the Vernon J. Walker Nature Education Center. The Nature Center's 72 acres (290,000 m ) of hardwood forest include
1207-497: Is significantly funded by ISOC. The ubiquity of the Internet in modern-day society has prompted António Guterres , the United Nations Secretary-General to convene a panel of professional experts to discuss the future of the Internet and the role of the Internet in globalized digital cooperation. Three models were proposed after several rounds of discussion, i.e. a Digital Commons Architecture (DCA),
1278-602: Is the 476-acre (1.9 km ) Lake Fairfax Park , operated by Fairfax County and which features boat rentals, a large outdoor pool complex called "The Water Mine", overnight campground facilities, and picnic areas. The 30-acre (120,000 m2) Roer's Zoofari is located on the northeast edge of the community. It is dedicated to family-friendly animal interaction with bus rides and feeding stations. Animals include lambs , camels , zebras , antelope , bison , cheetah , emu , camels , goats , reptiles , horses , buffalo , and waterfowl . On 8 March 2021, Roer's Zoofari suffered
1349-606: The .org registry and formed the Public Interest Registry (PIR), to manage and operate it. In 2010, ISOC launched its first community network initiative to deploy five wireless mesh-based networks in rural locations across India. In 2012, on ISOC's 20th anniversary, it established the Internet Hall of Fame , an award to "publicly recognize a distinguished and select group of visionaries, leaders, and luminaries who have made significant contributions to
1420-593: The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The IETF comprised the Internet Society's volunteer base. Its leadership includes Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Ted Hardie; and President and CEO, Sally Wentworth. The Internet Society created the Public Interest Registry (PIR), launched the Internet Hall of Fame , and served as the organizational home of the IETF. The Internet Society Foundation
1491-433: The Jonathan B. Postel Service Award . The award has been presented every year since 1999 by the Internet Society to "honor a person who has made outstanding contributions in service to the data communications community". By mid-2000, the Internet Society's finances became precarious, and several individuals and organizations stepped forward to fill the gap. Until 2001, there were also trustees elected by individual members of
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#17327723546731562-587: The US Department of Commerce , MasterCard , the BBC , and Telmex . Major carriers measured the percentage of IPv6 traffic of all Internet traffic as increasing from 0.024% to 0.041% with respect to native and tunneled stacks combined. Most IPv6 traffic in consumer access networks was to Google sites. Demonstrating the need for content sites to adopt IPv6 for success, the biggest increase was actually in 6to4 transitional technologies. Early results indicated that
1633-596: The 2011 test day, and many more, including the Wikimedia Foundation , which permanently enabled IPv6 on its sites, including Misplaced Pages . According to Alain Fiocco of Cisco, content that currently receives roughly 30% of global World Wide Web IPv4 pageviews should now have become available via IPv6 after World IPv6 Launch Day. IPv6 traffic on AMS-IX rose by 50% on the launch Day, from 2 Gbit/s to 3 Gbit/s. IPv6 traffic on Amsterdam Internet Exchange
1704-594: The Internet Society CEO Lynn St.Amour, to propose a novel partnership to jointly bid for the .org registry. In this model, the Internet Society would become the new home of .org, and all technical and service functions would be managed by Afilias. Afilias would pay for all bid expenses and would contribute towards the Internet Society payroll while the bid was under consideration by ICANN. The Internet Society Board approved this proposal at their Board meeting in 2001. In 2002 ISOC successfully bid for
1775-537: The Internet Society agreed to the sale of the Public Interest Registry (PIR) to Ethos Capital for $ 1.135 billion, a transaction initially expected to be completed in early 2020. The Internet Society said it planned to use the proceeds to fund an endowment . The Public Interest Registry is a non-profit subsidiary of the Internet Society which operates three top-level domain names (.ORG, .NGO, and .ONG), all of which have traditionally focused on serving
1846-484: The Internet Society had potentially violated their public interest missions as registered charities subject to the laws of California. In February, the Internet Society's Chapter Advisory Council (which represents its membership) began the process to adopt a motion rejecting the sale if certain conditions were not complied with. On April 30, 2020, ICANN rejected the proposal to sell the PIR to Ethos Capital. In September 2016,
1917-651: The Internet Society indicated that it would not seek to obtain a license from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury that would allow it to fund the activities of Iranian nationals. This caused considerable distress to ISOC members in Iran, who were thus unable to launch an Internet Society chapter in Iran, and saw a fellowship revoked that the Internet Society had awarded to fund
1988-427: The Internet Society. Those elections were "suspended" in 2001. This was ostensibly done as a fiscal measure due to the perception that the elections were too expensive for the precarious financial state of the organization. In later Bylaw revisions, the concept of individual member-selected trustees went from "suspended" to being deleted altogether. In late 2001, leaders from Afilias (a domain name registry) approached
2059-902: The Internet infrastructure in Africa and hosts Internet development conferences in developing markets. The society offered Deploy360, an information hub, portal and training program to promote IPv6 and DNSSEC . In 2017 it launched an annual Indigenous Connectivity Summit to connect tribal communities, starting with an event in Santa Fe, New Mexico . In subsequent years the event was held in Inuvik , NWT, and Hilo, Hawaii . The society also publishes reports on global Internet issues, and created tools, surveys, codes, and policy recommendations to improve Internet use. The society supports projects to build community networks and infrastructure, secure routing protocols, and advocate for end-to-end encryption. In 2019
2130-578: The North County Government Center, which houses the Reston District police station, Fairfax County government offices, and a regional library and homeless shelter. Reston Land also broke ground on the 460-acre Reston Town Center which formed part of Simon's original master plan for Reston. The first four-block development of this multi-phase mixed-use project were opened in 1996 and included a hotel, several restaurants,
2201-505: The PRC area has emphasized the inclusion and integration of common grounds, parks, large swaths of wooded areas with picturesque runs (streams), wildflower meadows, golf courses, public swimming pools, bridle paths, a bike path, four lakes, tennis courts, and extensive foot pathways. Reston was built in wooded areas of oak , maple , sycamore , and Virginia pine , and remains heavily wooded. Extensive canopy guidance protects tree cover throughout
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2272-604: The PRC area. Simon envisioned a total of seven village centers, but only five were developed. The village centers and the town center are an important part of Reston. Each village center, all of which (save North Point) predate the Reston Town Center , was intended to be a short walk from most homes and incorporate the daily retail and community service needs of residents. Moderately denser developments, such as apartments and townhouse clusters, as well as some single-family homes, encircle each center. The first to be built
2343-552: The PRC, and homeowners are prohibited from removing trees larger than 4 inches in diameter without written permission from Reston's Design Review Board. Total zoning density throughout the overall PRC area is currently capped at 13 persons per acre. This figure, however, does not include residents in Fairfax County workforce and affordable units (WDUs/ADUs), as well as the "bonus" units developers are allowed to add to their projects in compensation for having included ADUs in their proposals, Reston's five village centers are included in
2414-511: The Reston Homeowners Association, thereby preserving them from overdevelopment. Within ten years of buying Simon out, Gulf opted to begin pulling out of the real estate business to focus exclusively on energy. It sold Reston's developed portions, including three completed village centers (Lake Anne, Tall Oaks, and Hunters Woods), the Reston International Center, and Isaac Newton Square, to an investment firm. In 1978,
2485-635: The Reston firms, $ 6.9 billion, represents 53% of those top 20 regional venture capital firms. Reston also serves as the headquarters for the North American command of the German armed forces which oversees upwards up 1,500 troops deployed in the United States at any given time. A special tax district within Fairfax County was created to fund various recreational, educational, and cultural activities in Reston. The Reston Community Center (RCC)
2556-406: The Transit Station Area (TSA), consisting of the 12-lane Dulles Toll Road, Metro's heavy rail line, and the office parks on either side—cuts a half-mile wide swath through the community, with four north–south connections. A fifth crossover at Soapstone Drive has been proposed by Fairfax County transportation planners, though funding has not yet been identified. Zoning and planning for TSA development
2627-568: The architectural firm of Whittlesey, Conklin, & Rossant to design his new community. The plans for Reston were designed by architect James Rossant , who studied under Walter Gropius at the Harvard Graduate School of Design , and his partner William J. Conklin . From the outset, Rossant and Conklin's planning conceptualized the new community as a unified, cohesive, and balanced whole, including landscapes, recreational, cultural, and commercial facilities, and housing for what
2698-438: The community using his initials. He laid out seven "guiding principles" that would stress quality of life and serve as the foundation for its future development. His goal was for Restonians to live, work, and play in their own community, with common grounds and scenic beauty shared equally regardless of income level, thereby building a stronger sense of community ties. The initial motto of the community, as articulated by Simon,
2769-544: The community's residential mix, including the Cedar Ridge, Laurel Glade, and Fox Mill apartment developments. Gulf also constructed housing for employees of the U.S. Geological Survey headquarters, located on Sunrise Valley Drive. Gulf Reston put a premium on protecting Reston's open spaces and pedestrian-friendly landscape throughout its ownership. The corporation also transferred title for many Reston recreational facilities, including land, parks, lakes, and facilities, to
2840-609: The company finalized the sale of Reston's remaining 3,700 undeveloped acres to Mobil , which pledged to continue respecting the ideals of Robert Simon. Mobil formed the Reston Land Corporation as a subsidiary to manage its holdings and began developing the remaining residential areas in what would become the South Lakes and North Point villages. Reston Land introduced a wider mix of housing choices, including more townhouses and smaller “starter” homes, and completed
2911-563: The corporation worked with Fairfax County to create a new Town Center District to govern planning and design for existing and new development in the core Town Center area and to remove it from the oversight of Reston Association's Design Review Board. Review and comment of all RTCD development proposals is limited to members of the RTC District Association, which is overseen by the 9-member Board of Directors, 7 of whom represent commercial property owners. The core portion of
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2982-484: The data. Many participants found it worthwhile to continue to maintain dual-stacks. Following the success of the original World IPv6 Day, the exercise was repeated on June 6, 2012 as the World IPv6 Launch, this time with the intention of leaving IPv6 permanently enabled on all participating sites. The event was billed as "this time, it's for real". Participants in the World IPv6 Launch included those from
3053-447: The day passed according to plan and without significant problems for the participants. Cisco and Google reported no significant issues during the test. Facebook called the results encouraging, and decided to leave their developer site IPv6-enabled as a result. But the consensus was that more work needed to be done before IPv6 could consistently be applied. The participants said they would continue to perform detailed analyses of
3124-762: The development and advancement of the global Internet". On June 8, 2011, ISOC mounted World IPv6 Day to test IPv6 deployment . In 2012 ISOC launched Deploy360, a portal and training program to promote IPv6 and DNSSEC . On June 6, 2012, ISOC organized the World IPv6 Launch , this time with the intention of leaving IPv6 permanently enabled on all participating sites. In 2016 Deploy 360 extended its campaigns to include Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) and DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE). In 2017 ISOC's North America Region launched an annual Indigenous Connectivity Summit with an event in Santa Fe, New Mexico . In subsequent years
3195-538: The event has been held in Inuvik , NWT, and Hilo, Hawaii . In December 2017 ISOC absorbed the standards body Online Trust Alliance (OTA) which produces an annual Online Trust Audit, a Cyber Incident Response Guide, and an Internet of Things (IoT) Trust Framework. In August 2018 the Internet Society organized the IETF more formally as the IETF Administration LLC (IETF LLC) underneath ISOC. The IETF LLC continues to be closely associated with ISOC and
3266-528: The extensive trail system, are overseen by the Reston Association under the provisions of the Reston Deed, the community's basic governing document. A standard assessment is levied on each apartment or lot (for townhouses and houses). The Deed also allows for reduced assessments for those who "qualify for real estate tax reduction by Fairfax County Ordinance; (ii) their units are subsidized by
3337-455: The federal or state government; or (iii) their units are designed and used primarily for elderly congregate care or assisted living facilities and occupied by low or moderate income residents." Reston's individual clusters or neighborhoods have their own neighborhood associations which also levy assessments to cover grounds upkeep, snow removal, trash pick-up, and other maintenance. Each cluster has its own elected board of directors who report to
3408-624: The formation of the Internet Society as "a professional society to facilitate, support, and promote the evolution and growth of the Internet as a global research communications infrastructure", which would incorporate the IAB, the IETF, and the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF), plus the organization of the annual INET meetings. This arrangement was formalized in RFC 1602 in 1993. In 1999, after Jon Postel 's death, ISOC established
3479-415: The land between them, with Wiehle retaining the acreage north of the railroad line. Wiehle envisioned founding a town on the property, including a hotel, parks, and community center, but completed only a handful of homes before his death in 1901. Wiehle's heirs eventually sold the land, which changed hands several times before being purchased by the A. Smith Bowman family, who built a bourbon distillery on
3550-751: The land that is present-day Reston was part of the Northern Neck Proprietary , a vast grant by King Charles II to Lord Thomas Fairfax that extended from the Potomac to the Rappahannock rivers. The property remained in the Fairfax family until they sold it in 1852. Carl A. Wiehle and William Dunn bought 6,449 acres in northern Fairfax County along the Washington and Old Dominion (W&OD) Railroad line in 1886, later dividing
3621-573: The largest economic activity in Reston, consisting of 757 different companies employing 21,575 people in 2007. The Information sector follows second with 9,876 employees working at 150 companies in Reston. Reston is part of the Dulles Technology Corridor and is home to the following companies: Of the 20 largest venture capital firms in the Washington, D.C. area, five are in Reston. The amount of capital under management of
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#17327723546733692-563: The new town in a front-page article extolling it as "one of the most striking communities" in the United States. Nikki Hornsby performed an hour-long paid concert, singing with her guitar outside for this new Reston Community. Simon ran into financial difficulties as sales in the new community flagged. To keep his project going, he accepted a loan of $ 15 million from Gulf Oil that allowed him to pay off his creditors. Even so, sales were sluggish as Simon's reluctance to compromise on his high standards for building designs and materials meant that
3763-532: The non-profit and non-governmental organization communities. The sale was met with significant opposition due to involving the transfer of what is viewed as a public asset to a private equity investment firm. In late January 2020, the ICANN halted its final approval of the sale after the Attorney General of California requested detailed documentation from all parties, citing concerns that both ICANN and
3834-557: The northwest. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , Reston has a total area of 15.7 square miles (40.6 km ), of which 15.3 square miles (39.7 km ) is land and 0.35 square miles (0.9 km ), or 2.10%, is water. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Reston has a humid subtropical climate , abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Reston
3905-599: The participants. World IPv6 Day was announced on January 12, 2011 with five anchoring companies: Facebook , Google , Yahoo , Akamai Technologies , and Limelight Networks . The event started at 00:00 UTC on June 8, 2011 and ended at 23:59 the same day. The main motivation for the event was to evaluate the real world effects of the IPv6 brokenness as seen by various synthetic tests. To this end, during World IPv6 Day major web companies and other industry players enabled IPv6 on their main websites for 24 hours. An additional goal
3976-544: The purchase of the Fountain Square office/retail complex in 2012. Reston is located in northern Fairfax County at 38°57′16″N 77°20′47″W / 38.95444°N 77.34639°W / 38.95444; -77.34639 . Neighboring communities are Great Falls to the north, Wolf Trap to the east, Franklin Farm , Floris , and McNair to the southwest, the town of Herndon to the west, and Dranesville to
4047-415: The purview of Fairfax County elected officials and staff. Robert Simon initially explored the option of incorporation as a town but was blocked by Fairfax County. Simon asserted to an interviewer that Fairfax officials informed him they would deny Reston access to Fairfax's water and sewer lines if he sought incorporation for his new community. In 1980, a group of Reston residents were successful in pushing for
4118-755: The residents of that cluster. The majority of Reston lies within Virginia's 11th congressional district and is currently represented in Congress by Representative Gerry Connolly (D). It is represented by Ken Plum (D) in the Virginia House of Delegates , and by Janet Howell (D) in the State Senate . While Reston has, from its inception, been an unincorporated area, several efforts have been made to achieve town status, primarily to gain more control over zoning and development decisions, which now are
4189-548: The site. By 1947, the Bowmans had acquired the former Dunn tract south of the railroad, for total holdings of over 7,000 acres (2,800 ha). In 1961, Robert E. Simon used funds from his family's recent sale of Carnegie Hall to buy most of the land, except for 60 acres (240,000 m ) on which the Bowman distillery continued to operate until 1987. Simon officially launched Reston on April 10, 1964 (his 50th birthday) and named
4260-800: The travel of Iranian student to visit the Internet Governance Forum in Mexico. Reston, Virginia Reston is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia , United States, and a principal city of both Northern Virginia and the Washington metropolitan area . As of the 2020 U.S. census, Reston's population was 63,226. Founded in 1964, Reston was influenced by the Garden City movement that emphasized planned, self-contained communities that intermingled green space, residential neighborhoods, and commercial development. The intent of Reston's founder, Robert E. Simon ,
4331-479: The world". It has offices in Reston, Virginia , U.S., and Geneva , Switzerland. The Internet Society has regional bureaus worldwide, composed of chapters, organizational members, and, as of July 2020, more than 70,000 individual members. The Internet Society has a staff of more than 100 and was governed by a board of trustees , whose members are appointed or elected by the society's chapters, organization members, and
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#17327723546734402-448: Was "Work, Play, Live" or often was memorialized onto Reston merchandise as, "Live, Work, Play." Simon envisioned Reston as a model for clustered residential development, also known as conservation development, which puts a premium on the preservation of open space, landscapes, and wildlife habitats. Reston was the first 20th-century private community in the U.S. to explicitly incorporate natural preservation in its planning. Simon hired
4473-484: Was a technical testing and publicity event in 2011 sponsored and organized by the Internet Society and several large Internet content services to test and promote public IPv6 deployment . Following the success of the 2011 test day, the Internet Society carried out a World IPv6 Launch day on June 6, 2012 which, instead of just a test day, was planned to permanently enable IPv6 for the products and services of
4544-599: Was created in 2017 as its independent philanthropic arm, which awarded grants to organizations. In 1991, the National Science Foundation (NSF) contract with the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) to operate the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) expired. The then Internet Activities Board (IAB) sought to create a non-profit institution that could take over the role. In 1992 Vint Cerf , Bob Kahn and Lyman Chapin announced
4615-521: Was envisioned to be a town of 75,000. For Lake Anne Plaza, the first of Reston's village centers, the architects combined a small shopping area with a mix of single-family houses, townhouses, and apartments next to a manmade lake featuring a large jet fountain. Close by were the cubist townhouses at Hickory Cluster, designed by modernist architect Charles M. Goodman in the International Style . Lake Anne also included an elementary school,
4686-421: Was founded in the late 1960s as a mixed-voice chorus comprising both professional and amateur singers. The Reston Community Orchestra, launched in 1988, also offers regular performances throughout the year, generally at the Reston Community Center. In the summer, free public concerts are offered at both Reston Town Center and at Lake Anne Plaza. The Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE), founded by local artists,
4757-512: Was presented every year to honor a person who has made outstanding contributions in service to the data communications community. The Internet Society's activities included MANRS (Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security) – which was launched in 2014 to provide crucial fixes to reduce the most common threats to the Internet's routing infrastructure. The society organized the Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) to help grow
4828-404: Was the critically acclaimed Lake Anne, followed by (in chronological order) Hunters Woods, Tall Oaks, South Lakes, and North Point. By 2015, however, Tall Oaks had become defunct as a village center and was purchased by a local development firm, Tall Oaks Development Company, with the intent of rezoning the 7.6-acre parcel and converting it to residential housing. During Mobil's ownership period,
4899-540: Was to build a town that would revolutionize post–World War II concepts of land use and residential/corporate development in suburban America. In 2018, Reston was included in Money magazine's "Best Place to Live in Virginia" ranking. Reston is known for its expanses of parks, lakes, golf courses, and bridle paths, and Reston Town Center , a shopping mall with several restaurants. In the early days of Colonial America ,
4970-592: Was to motivate organizations across the industry – Internet service providers, hardware makers, operating system vendors and web companies – to prepare their services for IPv6, so as to ensure a successful transition from IPv4 as address space runs out . The test primarily consisted of websites publishing AAAA records , which allow IPv6-capable hosts to connect using IPv6. Although Internet service providers (ISP) have been encouraged to participate, they were not expected to deploy anything active on that day, just increase their readiness to handle support issues. The concept
5041-716: Was widely discussed at the 2010 Google IPv6 Conference. Many companies and organizations participated in the experiment, including the largest search engines , social networking websites and Internet backbone & content distribution networks . There were more than 400 participants in the original World IPv6 Day. including some of the most heavily accessed destinations on the Internet, content distribution networks , as well as various Internet service and infrastructure providers including: Comcast , Google , Yahoo , Facebook , Yandex YouTube , Akamai Technologies , Limelight Networks , Microsoft , Vonage , AOL , Mapquest , T-Online , Cisco , Juniper Networks , Huawei ,
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