igfa 2017: introduction to apnic and regional internet registries

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Introduction to APNIC and Regional Internet Registries (RIRs)

IGFA 2017Kabul28 March 2017

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Internet Registry Structure

What is APNIC?• The Regional Internet address Registry

(RIR) for the AP region

• Manages Internet number resources– Including IPv4 and IPv6 addresses

• Supports training, education and internet development

• A neutral, independent, not-for-profit, open membership-based organisation, since 1993

www.apnic.net

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Where is the APNIC Region?

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APNIC Region• APNIC covers the entire

Asia Pacific, comprising 56 economies throughout Asia and Oceania.

• APNIC classifies these economies into four regions: South Asia, South East Asia, East Asia and Oceania.

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APNIC – VisionA global, open, stable, and secure Internet that serves the entire Asia Pacific community.

How we achieve this:

• Serving Members

• Supporting the Asia Pacific Region

• Collaborating with the Internet Community

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What does APNIC do?APNIC servicesMembers

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What does APNIC do?APNIC supportsthe Asia Pacific region

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What does APNIC do?APNIC collaborateswith the Internetcommunity

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APNIC in the Internet Ecosystem

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APNIC from a Global Perspective

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APNIC in the Asia Pacific

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Policy Development• Creating a policy environment that supports the region’s

Internet development

• Developed by the membership and broader Internet community

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Where do IP Addresses come from?

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You are part of the APNIC community!

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Policy Development Process

All decisions & policies documented & freely available to anyone

Internet community proposes and approves policy

Open

TransparentBottom up

Anyone can participate

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Policy Development ProcessBefore the meeting• Submit proposed policy to the

APNIC Secretariat

• SIG Chair posts the proposal to mailing list

• Community discusses proposal

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Policy Development ProcessDuring the meeting• Proposed policies are presented

at the Open Policy Meeting (OPM)

• Community comments on the proposal

• If it reaches consensus, SIG Chair reports the decision at the APNIC Member Meeting (AMM)

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Policy Development ProcessAfter the meeting• Within a week, proposal is sent back to

mailing list

• A comment period between 4-8 weeks is given

• If it reaches consensus, SIG Chair asks the Executive Council (EC) to endorse the proposal

• APNIC EC endorses proposal

• APNIC Secretariat implements the policy (minimum of 3 months)

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Policy Discussions• Comment

– Participants are encouraged to comment on the proposal

• Discuss– The Chair encourages discussion about the pros and cons of the proposal

• Show of hands – to broadly measure opinion – not a vote

• Consensus – declared if there are no objections

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How to Participate• Read the policy proposals currently under discussion

• Check out discussions on the Policy SIG mailing list

• Join the discussion at APNIC conferences– webcast (live streaming)– live transcripts– comment on Jabber chat

• Provide your feedback– Training or community outreach events

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Global Policy Coordination

The NRO is a coordinating body for the five regional Internet registries (RIRs)

www.nro.net

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Global Policy Coordination

The purpose of the Address Supporting Organization (ASO) is to review and develop recommendations on Internet Protocol (IP) address policy and to

advise the ICANN Board.https://aso.icann.org/

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Training and Technical Assistance

TA- Indonesia

Network Security workshop, Hong Kong

• 62 face-to-face courses in 25 locations to 1,934 trainees

• Nine community trainers delivered 12 face-to-face courses in six locations

• 883 trainees in 130 eLearning sessions

• Updated IRM, IRR, Network Security, MPLS, SDN, NFV courses with new hands-on exercises

• Technical Assistance provided to nine Members (ID, FJ, NC, BD, TL)

Training, Laos

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Community Outreach

IXP workshop, Timor L’este

• Supported 13 NOG and IX events with presentations, hostmaster consultations, tech support and sponsorship

• IXP workshop and technical assistance provided in Timor L’este, resulting in test case IXP

• J-root instance in APNIC’s co-location facility

• 3 RIPE Atlas Anchors deployed: BT, KH and PG (+4 underway NP, MM, IN, MN); 112+ Atlas probes

BKNIX 1

Internet Exchange Points

ISP

ISP

$$$!

The Internet

☺ NetworkInterconnect

Internet Exchange Points

ISP

ISP

The Internet

ISP

DNS root serversData centresCachesIPv6!!

ISP

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Security Outreach

• Security training and participation at 27 NOG and CERT events

• Training and support for creation of new Tonga CERT

• Exploring viability of CERT in Vanuatu

• FIRST Tech Colloquia with APRICOT 2016, SANOG 28, APNIC 42

• 62 security-tagged blog posts published

Adli Wahid

Internet Security Ecosystem

Asia-PacificCERTs

incident response

coordination

info sharing

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IPv6 Outreach

APNIC/ITU IPv6 Workshop, Bangkok

• 18 face-to-face training sessions, 501 trainees including IPv6 workshop with ITU in TH

• 36 elearning sessions reaching 245 trainees

• Promoting IPv6 with presentations at 23 regional events

• Input to policy makers to include IPv6 in UN ESCAP’s AP-IS plan

• Assisted Singapore IDA’s IPv6 survey and ASEAN workshop

• Supported IGF IPv6 Best Practices Forum

ITU/APNIC IPv6 workshop

IDA IPv6 workshop

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APNIC Conferences

APRICOT 2016

APNIC 42

APRICOT 2016

APRICOT 2016

APNIC 42

Delegates 531 332

Economies represented 53 39

APNIC Members represented

125 133

AGM delegates 237 287

Remote sessions viewed

1,238 1,545

FellowsWomenYouth

22 6

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APNIC 42

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blog.apnic.net

• Inclusive source of APNIC community news and views – 352 posts including 80 guest posts in 2016

• Strong readership growth continues – monthly average unique views 16,560 in 2016 (9,741 in 2015)

• Community submissions welcome!

70%

86%

2016

2015

Views Guest Posts

198,715

116,892

80

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APNIC Foundation

• Officially incorporated in Hong Kong in September 2016

• First year of operation to begin in 2017

Partner & Project Amount

IDRC for Seed Alliance 500,000 CAD

JICA for APNIC Academy 20,000 USD

ITU for IPv6 Training 9,500 USD

ITU for IXP Training 4,300 USDhttps://apnic.foundation

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Next APNIC Conference

Registration and fellowships available soon

https://conference.apnic.net/44

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Coming later…

APRICOT 2018, Kathmandu, Nepal19 February to 1 March 2018

Fellowships will be available!

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Stay in Touch!

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apnic.net/social

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THANK YOUSunny ChendiSenior Advisor Community Developmentsunny@apnic.net