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Re: BGP over NZIX
by Tony Wicks 19 Jan '99

19 Jan '99

>Did I miss KC? Many apologies if so; do KC have a router at NZIX? No, KC connects to NZIX via us ( ICONZ ). Tony Wicks Network Engineer, ICONZ --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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BGP over NZIX
by Joe Abley 19 Jan '99

19 Jan '99

Hi people, I would like to gauge interest in the various exchange members at NZIX making a transition from the current OSPF peering mechanism to a BGP4 mesh. The existing OSPF approach is deficient in several areas - I won't list them, as I think there is general agreement that this is the case. OSPF at NZIX seems to be one of those interim measures that, once established, has been difficult to dispense with. Given the relatively small number of networks which connect to the exchange today there is arguably little need to provide a route server or other facilitating infrastructure - a BGP mesh will likely do the job quite nicely. One more more route servers would allow the exchange to scale in future, however, should the BGP mesh become unwieldly. The people who currently connect at the exchange, and to whom this message has direct relevance, are (in no particular order): + Telecom NZ (AS4648) + Telstra NZ (AS4763) + IBM NZ + ICONZ (AS4770) + ComNet + CLEAR (AS4768) + University of Waikato (AS681) + Webmasters (please let me know if I have missed anybody!). I am raising this in the list as it seems to me that the issue has wider interest - for example, any other organisation who is thinking about colocating equipment at Waikato for interconnect/peering. Some points to think about/comment on: + Everybody who wants to peer with more than one network needs a globally-unique autonomous system number (ASN) for BGP. These are available free of charge from APNIC if you are a member. If a transition to BGP is to go ahead, CLEAR (as an APNIC member) is willing to apply for ASNs for any existing exchange members who need them (for the purposes of this transition). We won't be charging anything for this, and you don't need to be a CLEAR customer (although we _will_ want to peer with you). + Everybody who wants to peer needs a router capable of speaking BGP4. Most routers that can talk OSPF can also talk BGP (BGP is way simpler to code!), but the cisco 1600 series are a notable exception. Is this an issue for anybody? + There is a general perception that BGP is a "hard" protocol to configure. I'm not convinced that BGP is any harder to operate than OSPF, but if there is interest/need I'm happy to provide some reference configurations to anybody who needs them. At least 6 of the members on the list above already use BGP elsewhere in their networks. Climbing into a flame-proof suit (better safe than sorry), Joe --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Countdown to APRICOT - the annual ISP Summit for Asia and Pacific (March 1-5 in Singapore)
by Barry Raveendran Greene 17 Jan '99

17 Jan '99

[Apologies for any duplicates. ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- APRICOT Registrations open from 4 January 1999 for APRICOT 1-5 March 1999 http://www.apng.org/apricot99/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is APRICOT? ---------------- The annual Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT) is an educational, non-profit, conference run by volunteers to develop and maintain Internet operational stability in Asia Pacific Region. APRICOT's Mission is to develop and advance the skills and understanding necessary to grow a robust Internet infrastructure in the Asia Pacific region. APRICOT is about bringing the world's top Internet experts together with those who can benefit from their knowledge. Since 1996, APRICOT has provided a unique and successful forum for those key Internet builders in the region to learn from their peers and other leaders in the Internet community from around the world. The intense week-long summit consists of seminars, workshops, tutorials, conference sessions, birds-of-a-feather (BOFs), and other forums all with the common goal of : + Spreading and sharing the knowledge required for operational stability and development of the Internet within the Asia Pacific region. + Developing affinity groups that foster mutual support throughout the year. APRICOT's success is due to the excellence of its no-nonsense program focused on the operation of the Internet - technical, business, and policy. Its importance is demonstrated by the fact that it is the only conference in which all of the key Internet operations group in Asia and Pacific meet for the annual and semi-annual meetings. Hence, APRICOT is in reality the critical Internet summit for Asia and Pacific. (see below: APRICOT Week Overview) APRICOT is not an Internet Marketing Conference. APRICOT is about bringing true subject matter experts together with those who can benefit from the information the most. APRICOT provides a unique, vendor neutral forum for frank discussions on the skills and technologies that are either at the heart of today's Internet or very likely to see operational deployment within 12 months. It allows attendees to synchronize with the rapid developments in the wider Internet and an opportunity to dispel market "hype". The people who attend APRICOT are the real people building the Internet in the Asia & Pacific region. Many of best Internet engineers and key decision makers attend APRICOT either to teach, present, or do their own "networking". Where to get more information? ------------------------------ It's all up on the web: http://www.apng.org/apricot99/ or http://www.apricot.net APRICOT Stakeholders -------------------- What makes APRICOT so valuable is the number of groups in the Asia & Pacific Internet Community that come together and co-locate their meetings. Here are a few of the groups co-locating activities for APRICOT99. LINUX User Group - The Singapore LINUX Conference 1999. March 5th - 7th. It will be the first time a conference focussing on Linux is being held in Singapore, let alone Asia. http://www.slc99.linux.com.sg/ Asia Pacific Networking Group (APNG). APNG is an Internet organization dedicated to the advancement of networking infrastructure in this region, and to the research and development of all associated enabling technologies. Its mission is to promote the Internet and the coordination of Network Inter-Connectivity in the Asia Pacific Region. http://www.apng.org APNG will be having it's annual meetings, tutorials, and conference co-located with APRICOT. Asia & Pacific Security Incident Response Coordination WG (APSIRC). APSIRC WG meeting will be held on the evening of 1 March 1999. For more details, please subscribe to the mailing list apsirc(a)apng.org by sending a message "Subscribe" to apsirc-request(a)apng.org or check the web at http://apsirc.singcert.org.sg/ Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC). The NIC project of APNG has led to the formation in 1993 of the Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC). Since the, APNIC has gained independence of APNG and gone from strength to strength to its recent in corporation in 1996. APNIC will be having it's annual general meeting on March 6th. http://www.apnic.net Asia & Pacific Internet Association (APIA). APNG fostered a Commercial Working Group through the mid-1990s. In 1997, this WG spawned off to become the Asia Pacific Internet Association (APIA) of today. APIA membership spans the Internet trade and business communities of the AP region. http://www.apia.org APIA will be having it's annual general meeting on March 6th. Asia & Pacific Top Level Domain Association (APTLD). In view of the urgent need to coordinate and organize the region's country code Top-Level Domain holders. APNG has initiated with other AP organizations to form the APTLD forum which had held its inaugural meeting in July 1998. http://www.aptld.org APPLe - Asia & Pacific Policy and Legal Forum. To promote and facilitate exchange of information and consultations between the Internet industry and governments and regional/international organizations, with the goal of facilitating the balance between industry self-regulation and government regulation. http://www.apng.org/apple/ Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The Internet is undergoing some fundamental administrative changes with respect to Internet Domain Names and Internet Protocol Addresses. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will be having a special meetings and be the #1 topic for the APRICOT Plenary. http://www.icann.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ APRICOT (Asia & Pacific Rim Internet Conference on Operational Technologies) Singapore March 1 - 5, 1999 -- The Annual ISP Operations and Business Summit in Asia and Pacific -- http://www.apricot.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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NZNOG - Relevant Events
by Donald Neal 10 Jan '99

10 Jan '99

NZNOG People, If there's enough content for it, I'd like this list ot carry notice of relevant meetings and conferences. Are there any that should be added to these? - Donald Neal January ------- NetWORKS 99: The Third New Zealand ATM and Broadband Workshop Dates: 21-22 January Location: The University of Waikato, Hamilton More: http://byerley.cs.waikato.ac.nz/networks/ April ----- Uniforum NZ '99 Dates: 13-17 April Location: Rydges, Fenton St., Rotorua More: http://www.uniforum.org.nz/ --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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The New Zealand Network Operators' Group
by Donald Neal 04 Jan '99

04 Jan '99

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