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==Types of Fragmentation==
==Types of Fragmentation==
Internet addressing, interconnection, naming, and security are primary issue areas leading to technical fragmentation. Within these categories, 12 kinds of fragmentation are identified:
Internet addressing, interconnection, naming, and security are primary issue areas leading to technical fragmentation. Within these categories, 12 kinds of fragmentation are identified:<ref name="wef"></ref>


1. Network Address Translation
# Network Address Translation
2. IPv4 and IPv6 incompatibility and the dual-stack requirement
# IPv4 and IPv6 incompatibility and the dual-stack requirement
3. Routing corruption
# Routing corruption
4. Firewall protections
# Firewall protections
5. Virtual private network isolation and blocking
# Virtual private network isolation and blocking
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# TOR "onion space" and the "dark web"
6. TOR “onion space” and the “dark web”
# Internationalized Domain Name technical errors
7. Internationalized Domain Name technical errors
# Blocking of new gTLDs
8. Blocking of new gTLDs
# Private name servers and the split-horizon DNS
9. Private name servers and the split-horizon DNS
# Segmented Wi-Fi services in hotels, restaurants, etc.
10. Segmented Wi-Fi services in hotels, restaurants, etc.
# Possibility of significant alternate DNS roots
11. Possibility of significant alternate DNS roots
# Certificate authorities producing false certificates
12. Certificate authorities producing false certificates


===Governmental Fragmentation===
===Governmental Fragmentation===