This document discusses IAB concerns that ongoing research is needed to further the evolution of the Internet infrastructure, and that consistent, sufficient non-commercial funding is needed to enable such research.

... Current funding levels for Internet research are not generally adequate, and several important research areas are significantly underfunded. This situation needs to be rectified for the Internet to continue its evolution and development.

... if commercial funding is the main source of funding for future Internet research, the future of the Internet infrastructure could be in trouble.

... for most of the topics in this document, relying solely on commercially-funded research would not be adequate.

... The net result of reduced U.S. Government funding and profit-focused, low-risk, short-term industry funding has been a sharp decline in higher-risk but more innovative research activities. Industry has also been less interested in research to evolve the overall Internet architecture.

... The DNS system, while it works well given its current constraints, has several stress points.