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CGI.br: working for the improvement of the Internet in Brazil
Anyone interested in registering and maintaining a “.BR” domain must come to the Brazilian domain Registry, which is coordinated by the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee – CGI.br. The revenue from these registries, besides ensuring the quality of the service provided, is invested in several projects implemented by the NIC.br - Brazilian Network Information Center, which is a non-profit civil entity, created for the purpose of being the executive arm of the CGI.br. The NIC.br is responsible for:
Since 1995, o Registro.br Registro.br has handled domain name registration, the administration and publication of the DNS (Domain Name System) for the “.br” domain, as well as the Internet address distribution and maintenance services.
In order to achieve that, Registro.br has a team of highly qualified professionals who are constantly analyzing and developing new tools to perfect the Brazilian domain name registry system and maintain its leading technological position in this field.
An example of this is the DNSSEC project, which is an international standard that broadens the scope of DNS technology. The DNSSEC adds a more secure name resolution system, reducing the risk of information and data being manipulated.
The Brazilian registry also operates and maintains the database services provided by LACNIC. NIC.br and LACNIC signed a cooperation agreement, by which IPv4, IPv6 addresses and ASNs for Brazil are administered by NIC.br, while LACNIC functions as the regional Internet address registry for Latin America and the Caribbean.
More information at www.registro.br
CERT.br - Brazilian Computer Emergency Response Team – is responsible for handling security incidents involving networks connected to the Brazilian Internet. The group acts as a focal point for incident notification by facilitating contact between the parties involved and providing the necessary support to the reply process in collaboration with other entities.
In order to increase the level of security of the Internet in Brazil, CERT.br also provides other services, which include:
These efforts also yield some material available to users, such as the Internet Security Guidebook, statistical reports on incidents reported to the group and spam statistics, which are generated from the complaints sent to CERT.br through Spam Cop.
This and other information available at www.cert.br
CEPTRO.br - The Center of Studies and Research on Network Technologies and Operations – is responsible for enhancing the Brazilian Internet and disseminating its use, focusing especially on its technical and infrastructural aspects. Learn more about its main activities:
The PTT.br, The PTT.br collaborates to improve the quality and reduce the cost of Internet access, helping to organize its structure as well. An IXP (Internet eXchange Point – PTT in Portuguese) may be defined as a network solution aimed at enabling direct connection between the entities that make up the Internet, which are the Autonomous Systems (AS). The PTTMetro Project was created in 2004 by the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee in order to enable distributed and independent creation of IXPs in different regions, whose purpose is to maintain local traffic within its region of origin. The following locations are in operation: Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Campinas, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Londrina, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo. The PTTMetro project is still growing, promoting the improvement of the services provided, and creating new IXPs in the locations where they are needed.
By using the Simet , Simet software, besides measuring the quality of the last mile, you will also be contributing with information that will be used to improve the quality of the services provided by your Internet access provider. Simet does more than just measuring speed, jitter, delays and losses: it informs your provider, as soon as it has sufficient data, about the quality of the service provided in each region, enabling it to act towards enhancing its network.
Dedicated devices are measuring the quality of the Brazilian broadband from voluntary households. This is a joint effort of the CGI.br, through NIC.br, together with Inmetro and Anatel, relying on the support of the RNP as well.
The Map of the quality of the Internet in Brazil (www.ceptro.br/mapa) enables the performance of Brazilian networks to be monitored when communicating with other networks worldwide. In order to accomplish this, devices from the RIPE TTM project (www.ripe.net/ttm) were installed by the main Internet providers in Brazil.
The IPv6.br, IPv6.br comprises a series of initiatives aimed at disseminating the new IPv6 Internet protocol, in Brazil. Besides a website with news and information about the protocol, the Project provides an e-learning course, which features a workshop on Autonomous Systems, lectures in several events and free IPv6 traffic for PTT.br participants in São Paulo. Using the IPv6 is essential to ensure the continued growth of the Internet.
The NTP.br freely distributes the correct time, provided by the National Observatory, via the Internet, through the a, b and c.ntp.br servers. The website also contains information on how the system works and the configuration necessary to use it.
A route collector from the RIS - Routing Information Service project is maintained, in partnership with RIPE, at the PTT.br in São Paulo. It consists of a service available for Autonomous Systems which helps to solve network routing problems.
CEPTRO.br also develops projects to increase the use of voice-over-IP and IP telephony, disseminate multimedia content in Portuguese on the Internet and promote studies on the Brazilian Web, among other things.
The Center of Studies on Information and Communication Technologies - CETIC.br - is responsible for the production of indicators and statistics on the availability and use of the Internet in Brazil, periodically publishing analyses and information on the development of the network in the country. This information is essential in order to monitor and evaluate the socio-economic impact of ICTs, provide guidance for the design of public policies aimed at ensuring access to the network, as well as enable comparisons between the Brazilian reality and the reality of other countries.
In partnership with several renowned research institutes, CETIC.br annually coordinates and "Survey on the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Brazil – ICT HOUSEHOLDS and ICT ENTERPRISES". This is a process that undergoes constant improvement and is carried out in collaboration with the Observatory for the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean (OSILAC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL), in accordance with the methodology set forth by the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development, an international initiative aimed at improving the quality and availability of data and indicators on the development of the Information Society worldwide.
The surveys on the use of technologies contribute toward the promotion of discussions on the subject and create the necessary conditions for the public sector to design its electronic government and digital inclusion programs, as well as policies to increase broadband use across the country. These indicators are important for private companies to plan their business and evaluate the trends regarding the development of the Internet, which is the backbone of a globalized economy. This is an important contribution of the CGI.br to society and to the government, as it provides the adequate information to promote e-services and e-business in the country.
PDF versions of these surveys are available in Portuguese and English at www.cetic.br
W3C is an international consortium created to shape the future of the Web by discussing and proposing standards and guidelines that will ensure the continuous development and universality of the Web. Dozens of standards have already been discussed and published, from the HTML and CSS standards to the XML standards, accessibility, mobile Web, web services, web semantics, open data, privacy and security. The standards published by the consortium are known as W3C Recommendations.
The W3C Office promotes activities in Brazil that involve players from universities, government bodies, companies, researchers, communities of developers, users and those who are interested in the use and development of web technologies. Besides editing and publishing the recommendations and documents from W3C in Portuguese, the Brazilian Office also organizes the annual W3C Brazil Web Conference and meetings with professionals in the field in order to maintain an open channel for discussions about the Brazilian Web.
The initiative to host the W3C in Brazil represents an investment in the development of the Web and its conscious and organized use, embodying the Brazilian effort to lead the Web to its full potential for all, through any device, anywhere, in any culture, safely and reliably!
For more information on the W3C Office in Brazil and its activities see www.w3c.br.
O Antispam.br was conceived by the AntiSpam Working Committee (CT-Spam) from the CGI.br, and it is an important source of reference on antispam resources. This website is aimed at informing users and network administrators about the implications of spam and how to protect themselves from it. The goal of Antispam.br is to ensure healthy, adequate and safe use of the networks connected to the Internet, as well as to educate users through simple and fun videos, providing information on the dangers to which users are exposed and tips on how to browse the Web more safely.
More information available at www.antispam.br
O Zappiens.br is a portal of videos from the “zappiens generation”, which provides quality content for the Internet in Portuguese.
The portal can host collections from partner institutions, in the same way that it already hosts the videos from the CGI.br, NIC.br and the National Archive, which already features on the Internet, as a result of an unprecedented initiative, the Brazilian Cinema Journals (Cine-Jornais) collection, of invaluable historical significance. Zappiens.br is also able to aggregate content from partner websites, as it does with the the educational videos from USP and RNP, and with the high definition videos from Zappiens.pt, a project associated with the FCCN from Portugal.
Zappiens.br is the result of the efforts of the Working Committee on Content from the CGI.br, in collaboration with CEPTRO.br/NIC.br, RNP, and LARC/USP, and it is open to new partnerships!