hurricane electric : ixps, global networking and partnership opportunities: seeing the big picture

Global view of Internet Peering Internet Peering from a global networks point of view

Tunisia IXP Workshop Tunis Tunisia 29th - 30th April 2013

Martin J. Levy, Director IPv6 Strategy Hurricane Electric

INTERNET EXCHANGE POINTS

29-30 April 2013 2 Tunisa IXP Workshop - Tunis Tunisia - Global view of Internet Peering -

Martin J. Levy Hurricane Electric

IXPs can start from very simple beginnings

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Overview

!! Generic IXP pitch …

"! Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) are a good idea

"! Peering is a good idea

"! Local or regional self-reliance is a good idea

"! Critical services (DNS, NTP, etc) are a good idea

"! The Internet is not going away; in fact it’s growing

!! Global IXP pitch …

"! Every IXP (regional, national or international) improves Internet services locally

"! IXPs get cities (or regions) onto a good mindset when it comes to telecom infrastructure builds

"! Some networks (especially networks like ours) actively look for IXPs as a sign of mature cities

29-30 April 2013 Tunisa IXP Workshop - Tunis Tunisia - Global view of Internet Peering -

Martin J. Levy Hurricane Electric 3

A quick reminder – how routing works

!! Technically – it’s a very complex subject "! The Internet is a collection of networks "! No network stands alone "! Interconnections are required "! Efficient interconnections are required

!! Robustness can be created "! Multi-homing (more than one transit) "! Peering between “like” networks helps "! Diversity (physical & logical) really helps

!! Nothing is static!



IXPs (Internet peering points) globally



Major IX

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Tokyo

JPNAP JPIX DIX-IE EQUINIX

Los Angeles

EQUINIX ANY-2 LAIIX

Seattle SIX

EQUINIX

San Jose EQUINIX

ANY-2 AMES

São Paulo

NAP do Brasil PTTMetro

Buenos Aires CABASE

Miami

EQUINIX NOTA Virginia area

EQUINIX ANY2

Atlanta

TIE TELX EQUINIX

Chicago EQUINIX

Chicago IX

Toronto EQUINIX

TORIX Dublin

INEX

NJ & NY EQUINIX TIE TELX NYIIX BigApe

London LINX

LONAP

Paris EQUINIX FRANCEIX SFINX FreeIX

Brussels BNIX FreeBiX

Amsterdam AMSIX NL-IX

Oslo NIX

Boston MXP

Johannesburg JINX

Nairobi KIXP

Singapore

EQUINIX SOX

Auckland

APE V6IX

Beijing National IX

Lisbon GigaPix

Wellington WIX

Sydney EQUINIX PIPE

Santiago NAP Chile

Madrid ESPANIX

Geneva CERN

Moscow MSK-IX

Frankfurt DE-CIX KleyReX

Stockholm NetNod STHIX SOL-IX

Jakarta IIX

Zurich

SwissIX EQUINIX

Prague NIX CZ

Vienna VIX

Milan

MIX MINAP

Hong Kong HKIX

EQUINIX Seoul

KIDC KINX

Taipei TWIX

Mumbai NIXI

New Delhi NIXI

Kuala Lumpur MyIX

Dallas

EQUINIX TIE TELX

Guangzhou National IX

Shanghai National IX

Cairo CAIX

Manchester IXManchester

Rio de Janeiro PTTMetro

Fortaleza PTTMetro

PICTURING THE NORTH AFRICAN INTERNET



AS2609Tunisia BackBone AS

AS37492Orange Tunisie

Rest ofWorld

Visualizing IP routing within North Africa



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Egypt

Tunisia

AS30983Moroccan Academic Network - MARWAN

AS36925Meditelecom

Rest ofWorld

AS16214Cerist-Alnet ISP networks Division

AS21391TDA AS Maintainer

AS3208Algerian NREN Network

AS33774AS Number for Telecom Algeria

AS36879Smart Link Communication

Rest ofWorld

AS15475Nile Online

AS15804AS of The Way Out Internet Solutions

AS20484Yalla Online

AS20928Noor Advanced Technologies

AS25576AFMIC

AS30995Commercial International Bank (Egypt) AS

AS31619City Stars - Egypt

AS33778Mantrac Group

AS33785City Net Telecom

AS36870IT Worx

AS36893Duravit Egypt

AS37226Beltone Financial

AS37252GB AUTO

AS37270AT-Financial Holding

AS37437CI Capital Egypt

AS24835Vodafone Data - Egypt

AS25364Egypt Cyber Cenyer Network

AS31065Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

AS36906Egyptian Operating Company for Liquefied Natural Gas

AS36929Central Bank of Egypt

AS36935Vodafone Egypt Telecommunication S.A.E

AS37091Piraeus Bank Egypt

AS37132International Turnkey Solutions for Information Services Management

AS37191Raya Holding

AS37348Cairo American College

AS8524AUCEGYPT

AS24863LINKdotNET AS number

AS2561Egyptian Universities Network (EUN)

AS36964Allianz Inusrance Company - Egypt

AS36971GPX Egypt

AS36978EFG-hermes

AS37066Ministry of Foreign Affairs

AS37069The Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (Mobinil)

AS37339Mediterranean Smart Cards Company

AS37585NSGB

AS6127Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC)

AS6879Egyptian National Scientific & Technical Information Network

AS33777Egypt Network SAE

AS36885Egyptian MCIT Internet2

AS36990Alkan Telecom

AS36992Etisalat MISR

AS37003Xceed Contact Centre

AS37112Dar Al-Handasah

AS37279Egyptian Banks Company

AS37444SCCT

AS37031MISR Information Services & Trading

AS37193e-finance

AS37250EGYPT AIR

AS37562DrexelEgypt

AS37583Credit Agricole Egypt

AS8452TERest of

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Morocco

Algeria

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DZAlgeriaEG

Egypt

LYLibya

MAMorocco

TNTunisia

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Fremont

Minneapolis

WarsawSeoul Tokyo

Hong KongTaipei

Vancouver

Seattle

Portland

Bay AreaDenver

Phoenix

Las Vegas

Los Angeles

Kansas City

Dallas

Chicago

Toronto

Miami

Atlanta

Ashburn

Boston

New York

Dublin

London

Stockholm

Milan

Zurich

Madrid

Paris

Singapore

Amsterdam

Prague

Berlin

FrankfurtSalt Lake City

Madison

Houston

Charlotte

Montreal

BudapestViennaColumbus

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Hurricane Electric – an IP Network at 59 IXPs



IPv6 peering at all major peering points in US, Europe & Asia. Private

and public peering capacity at 10Gbps and above.

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ADDITIONAL READING



The OECD report

!! OECD "! An International Treaty Organization

!! Authored "! 2012 edition by:

!! Dennis Weller – Navigant Economics !! Bill Woodcock – PCH

!! Published "! October 2012 "! Part of a series, published every five years

!! Audience "! Policy Makers, Regulators, Lawmakers, Economists, etc



A total of 99 pages, 108 references. Plenty of Internet peering stats

http://oecdinsights.org/2012/10/22/internet-traffic-exchange-2-billion-users-and-its-done-on-a-handshake/

Weller, D. and B. Woodcock (2012), “Internet Traffic Exchange: Market Developments and Policy Challenges”, OECD Digital Economy Papers, No. 207, OECD Publishing.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k918gpt130q-en

Why peering helps grow the local IP market

!! Report Takeaway … "! Peering and IXPs work (this is obvious) "! Very good results with little regulation

!! Peering improves traffic flows and reduces costs "! Traffic flowing with less hops or latency is more efficient "! Networks that peer can reduce transit expenditure "! Networks that peer see local content or local eyeballs easier

!! Peering reduces transit revenue from major players "! Reduced revenue is a short term effect (but it’s there) "! As customer experience improves; network dependence grows "! Peering never replaces 100% of transit needs



SUMMARY





Q&A

Contact: Martin J. Levy Director, IPv6 Strategy Hurricane Electric 760 Mission Court Fremont, CA 94539, USA http://he.net/ martin at he dot net +1 (510) 580 4167

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