Update of what’s happening within APNIC: Update of what’s happening within APNIC NZNOG ‘07 Palmerston North, New Zealand 1 February 2007


APNIC’s new structure: APNIC’s new structure


Services Area: Services Area Helpdesk Unit Extended helpdesk hours/days Increasing demand for VoIP and “live chat” Resource Services Unit Service improvements Policy implementations Online Services Revamped ICONS – ISP support website http://icons.apnic.net Projects “ARMS”: APNIC Resource Management System Public statistics service using “O3”


Services Area: Services Area Training and Education Unit Pilot webcast of APNIC training 40 training events in 18 different locations Collaborative development of new training modules Current courses: IRM, DNS, Advanced DNS, Routing Under development IPv6, Security, “Understanding and analysing network traffic“ etc eLearning pilot modules launched


Communications Area: Communications Area Marketing and External Relations Multimedia & design Work with Network Operator Groups PACNOG, SANOG, NZNOG, PHNOG MoUs for training and cooperative activities Policy Unit APNIC 22, Taiwan Trial of new meeting format with APOPS plenary Documentation Localising online services Forms and help to be in 7 languages, MyAPNIC next Content Management System (CMS) 4th Member survey largest participation so far Results will be posted before APNIC 23 Donna


Technical Area: Technical Area Software Unit Reverse DNS update “Web services” – XML over https Immediate success or error reporting DDNS to APNIC’s name servers “Agile Programming” method AKA “rapid prototyping” 3-4 month review and release cycle Network Operations and Security Services reliability, distribution and hardening Security audit underway Resource certification You’ve heard about this by now...


Rootservers in Asia Pacific: Rootservers in Asia Pacific Root server


Recent policy changes: Recent policy changes http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/proposals/index.html


4 byte ASNs - background: 4 byte ASNs - background Studies indicate exhaustion of 2 byte AS pool between 2010 and 2016 Proposed standard to expand AS number space to a 4 byte field Implementation information http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/proposals/prop-032-v002.html Technical implementation http://potaroo.net/ispcol/2005-08/as.html


4 byte ASN implementation: 4 byte ASN implementation 1 January 2007 2 byte AS numbers continue to be assigned 4 byte AS numbers assigned if requested 1 January 2009 4 byte AS numbers assigned 2 byte AS numbers assigned if requested 1 January 2010 Distinction between 2 and 4 byte AS numbers ceased AS assignments from undifferentiated 4 byte AS number pool


Current discussions - need your input: Current discussions - need your input http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/proposals/index.html


APNIC meeting: APNIC meeting APNIC 23, APRICOT 2007 Bali, Indonesia 27 February - 2 March 2007 Tutorials, opening plenary, SIGs, social events Participate remotely Participate in discussions, ask questions to the presenter, voice your opinion through: Webcast, podcast, jabberchat, live transcripts http://www.apnic.net/meetings/remote/ Invitation letters available! Come and speak to me


APNIC 23, APRICOT 2007 highlights: APNIC 23, APRICOT 2007 highlights Great workshops and tutorials! Workshops Routing & Multihoming, VOIP + IP Multicast, DNS, Security etc Wednesday 21 February - Sunday 25 February Tutorials Security, IX, routing, Routing Registry, Resource Management etc Monday & Tuesday, 26-27 February Interesting presentations “Future of addressing” (Paul Wilson), “Route aggregation recommendations” (Philip Smith), DNSSEC deployment (George Michaelson) And much more… All invited !!! http://www.apnic.net/meetings/23/


Finally, a word from our sponsors…: Finally, a word from our sponsors…


ecoAPNIC…: ecoAPNIC… A staff-driven project aimed at reducing the “ecological footprint” of APNIC operations Recycling Paper reduction Reduce energy consumption and waste Look at transportation and travel Monitoring and reporting http://www.apnic.net/ecoapnic


Thank You : Thank You