Editing NORDUnet

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{{Infobox organization
 |name= NORDUnet
| type             = Not-for-profit company limited by shares<ref>{{cite web|author=Peter Villemoes|title=NORDUnet - A successful collaboration|url=http://www.nordu.net/articles/article1/text.html|publisher=NORDUnet|accessdate=2014-03-08}}</ref>
 |purpose= Research and education network
 |image= File:NORDUnet logo.jpg
 |formation= 1985 
 |headquarters= [[Kastrup]], [[Denmark]]<ref name="Contact Us">{{cite web| title=NORDUnet - Contacting NORDUnet|  url=http://www.nordu.net/ndnweb/contacting_nordunet.html| publisher=NORDUnet| accessdate=2014-03-08}}</ref>
 |website= {{URL |nordu.net}}
}}

'''NORDUnet''' is an international collaboration between the [[National research and education network]]s in the [[Nordic countries]].

== Members ==
The members of NORDUnet are:

* [[SUNET]] of [[Sweden]]
* [[UNINETT]] of [[Norway]]
* [[FUNET]] of [[Finland]]
* [[Forskningsnettet]] of [[Denmark]]
* [[RHnet]] of [[Iceland]]

==Network==

NORDUnet interconnects the Nordic national research and education networks and connects them to the worldwide network for research and education and to the general purpose [[Internet]]. NORDUnet provides its services by a combination of [[leased line]]s and Internet services provided by other international operators. NORDUnet has peering in multiple important internet exchange sites outside the Nordics, such as Amsterdam, Chicago, Frankfurt, London, Miami and New York.<ref>{{cite web|title=The NORDUnet IP and MPLS network| url=http://www.nordu.net/ndnweb/nordunet_ip_network.html|publisher=NORDUnet|accessdate=2014-03-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=NORDUnet's Brilliant Internet Peering Strategy|date=2012-01-26 |url=http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120126_nordunets_brilliant_internet_peering_strategy/ |author=Bill St. Arnaud|publisher=CircleID|accessdate=2014-03-08}}</ref>

In addition to the basic Internet service NORDUnet operates information services and provides [[USENET]] NetNews and [[Multicast]] connectivity to the Nordic national networks. NORDUnet also coordinates the national networks' [[Computer Emergency Response Team]] (CERT) activities and the Nordic national networks' [[IPv6]] activities - an area where NORDUnet has been active for years.<ref>{{cite web|title=NORDUNET TRANSFORMS IP INFRASTRUCTURE WITH JUNIPER NETWORKS SOLUTIONS|url=http://newsroom.juniper.net/manual-releases/2003/NORDUnet-Transforms-IP-Infrastructure-with-Juniper|publisher=Juniper Networks|accessdate=2014-03-08}}</ref>

NORDUnet is one of the members, alongside [[Internet2]], [[ESnet]], [[SURFnet]], [[CANARIE]] and [[GÉANT]], to pilot a 100G intercontinental connection between Europe and North America.<ref>{{cite web|title=Internet2, NORDUnet, ESnet, SURFnet, CANARIE, and GÉANT To Build World's First 100G Intercontinental Transmission Links For Research and Education Community|url=http://www.grnet.gr/en/1st-transatlantic-link|publisher=GRNET|accessdate=2014-03-08}}</ref>

==History==
NORDUnet is the result of the NORDUNET, Nordic University Networks, programme (1986 to 1992) financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers, officially beginning operations 1989.<ref>{{cite web|title=NORDUNET: THE ROOTS OF NORDIC NETWORKING|author=Rolf Nordhagen|url=http://monoskop.org/images/6/6b/Nordhagen_Rolf_2005_NORDUNET_The_roots_of_Nordic_networking.pdf|accessdate=2014-03-08}}</ref> It was the first European [[National research and education network|NREN]] to embrace the [[TCP/IP]] technology and to connect to the [[National Science Foundation Network]] in the United States providing open access for university students in member countries. Along with other early adopters of TCP/IP, particularly [[CERN]], it encouraged the adoption of TCP/IP in Europe (see [[Protocol Wars]]).<ref>{{cite book |title=A History of International Research Networking: The People who Made it Happen|author=Howard Davies|author2=Beatrice Bressan |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Kaarina Lehtisalo|url=http://www.nordu.net/history/book.html|title=The History of NORDUnet. Twenty-Five Years of Networking Cooperation in the Nordic Countries|year=2005|accessdate=2014-03-08}}</ref>

NORDUnet has only few permanent employees. Most of the work is contracted to appropriate organisations in the Nordic area.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

==Distinction==
The web site for NORDUNet, nordu.net, is the [[List of the oldest currently registered Internet domain names|''oldest active domain name'']]. It was registered on January 1, 1985.<ref>{{cite web|title=25 Years Later, First Registered Domain Name Changes Hands|author=Robin Wauters|date=27 August 2009 |publisher=TechCrunch|url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/08/27/25-years-later-first-registered-domain-name-changes-hands/ |accessdate=2014-03-08}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[History of the Internet]]
* [[History of the Internet in Sweden]]
*[[NORSAR]] – one of the two original international connections on the ARPANET
*[[Norwegian Defence Research Establishment]] – carried out early research on TCP/IP in Europe along with Peter Kerstein's group at University College London and the Royal Signals Radar Establishment in Britain

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.nordu.net/ NORDUnet website]

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[[Category:Organizations established in 1985]]