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The WIDE Project (Widely Integrated Distributed Environment) is an Internet project in Japan founded by Keio University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and The University of Tokyo that was started in 1985. [1] It runs a major backbone of the Japanese internet and used to run the .jp Top Level Domain (TLD). WIDE aims to integrate academia and industry in a single group that overcomes lines between organizations as an autonomous force utilizing new technologies for a better society. This mission has guided the actions of the project for two decades and will continue to be a cornerstone of its activities. [2]

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The president is Jun Murai, a professor of Keio University SFC. It has operated the M root nameserver since 1997. [3] It has been a core proponent of IPv6 research (KAME project), development and deployment in Japan. [4]

The project was started as the WIDE Research Group in 1985. [5] The WIDE project also conducted a study about the instability of the intra-domain routing which was presented on the Routing Workgroup of the RIPE-49 meeting in 2004 [6]

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References

  1. "WIDE : Press Release: Jun Murai Is Promoted to Founder of WIDE Project." WIDE PROJECT. WIDE, 19 March 2010. Web. 20 August 2010. <http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20100319-NewDirector-e.html Archived 26 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine >.
  2. Esaki, Hiroshi. "WIDE:About WIDE:Foreword." WIDE PROJECT. March 2010. Web. 20 August 2010. <http://www.wide.ad.jp/about/foreword.html Archived 9 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine >.
  3. "M Root DNS Server". M.root-servers.org. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  4. Hiroshi Esaki; Hideki Sunahara; Jun Murai (2008). Broadband Internet Deployment in Japan. IOS Press. p. 9. ISBN   978-1-58603-862-5.
  5. "About WIDE". WIDE. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
  6. Ripe meetings documents Routing WG - RIPE49, retrieved 15 November 2010