Internet Engineering Steering Group

The Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) is responsible for technical management of IETF activities and the Internet standards process. It administers the process according to the rules and procedures that have been ratified by the ( ISOC ) trustees.

The IESG is directly responsible for the actions associated with entry into and movement along the Internet "standards track," including final approval of specifications as Internet Standards. It provides the final technical review of Internet standards and is responsible for day-to-day management of the IETF. It receives appeals of the decisions of the working groups, and the IESG makes the decision to progress documents in the standards track.

The IESG consists of the Area Directors (ADs) who are selected by the Nominations Committee (NomCom) and are appointed for two years. The process for choosing the members of the IESG is detailed in RFC 2727/BCP 10, "IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the Nominating and Recall Committees."

Membership

The chair of the IESG is the director of the General Area, who also serves as the overall IETF Chair. Members of the IESG include the two directors of each of the following areas:

·         Applications Area (app)

·         Internet Area (int)

·         Operations & Network Management Area (ops)

·         Routing Area (rtg)

·         Real-time Applications and Infrastructure Area (rai)

·         Security Area (sec)

·         Transport and Services Area (tsv) - frequently also referred to as the "Transport Area"

WHO CONTROLS THE INTERNET ?

The Internet, a loosely-organized international collaboration of autonomous, interconnected network, support host-to-host communication through voluntary adherence to open protocols and procedures defined by internet standards.

Although the above definition is fundamentally correct, it conveys that no one is at the helm of the internet.
But in real  sense, some protocol is, and the parameters required for their usage, are essential in order to work on the Internet. A number of bodies are responsible for maintaining those protocol standard and parameters and these bodies steer the Internet in a significant sense. a brief description of these bodies is as follows.  

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1. INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS ( ICANN )

To reach another person on the internet, you have to type an address into your computer - a name or a number. that address has to be unique so computers know where to  find each other.
ICANN coordinate these unique identifiers across the world. Without this coordination, we wouldn't have one global internet.

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2. INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE

The Internet Engineering Task Force ( IETF ) is a larger open International community of network designers, operator, vendors and researches concerned with the evolution of internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested individual. The actual technical work of the IETF is done in its working groups, which are organized by topic in several areas ( e.g.  Routing, transport, security etc. ). The IEFT working groups are grouped into area, and managed by Area Director, or Ads. The Ads are member of the Internet Engineering Steering Groups ( IESG ). Providing architectural oversight is the Internet Architecture   Board, ( IAB ). The IAB also adjudicates appeals when someone complains that the IESG has failed. The IAB and IESG are chartered by the Internet Society ( ISOC ) for these purposes. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority ( IANA ) is the central coordinator for the assignment of unique parameter values for internet protocols. The IANA is chartered by the Internet Society (ISOC)

to act as the clearinghouse to assign and coordinate the use of numerous Internet protocol parameters.

3. WORLD WIDE WEB CONSORTIUM

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The World Wide Web Consortium ( W3C ), is an international community that developed standards to ensure the long-term growth of the web. Founded and headed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium is made up of member organization which maintain full-time staff for the purpose of working togeather in 

the development of standards for the World Wide Web. It is also

engaged in education and outreach, develops software and serves

as an open forum for discussion about the web