This document discusses 4 key things to know before investigating on the internet:
1. A brief history of the internet including its origins in 1969 and growth over time.
2. Differences between objective evidence gathering and other purposes for investigating online.
3. Basic concepts including protocols, IP addresses, domains, URLs, DNS, and WHOIS databases.
4. Internet management organizations like ICANN and IANA that oversee core internet resources.
3. “It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope that are linked by a broad array of electronic and optical networking technologies.” Source: Wikipedia
4. “The largest system of connected computers around the world which allows people to share information and communicate with each other.” Pascal Blesson- DGCCRF
5. How old is Internet? 15 years? 20 years? 40 years?