internet exchange points in the middle east
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Internet Exchange Points in the Middle East
14 countries in the Middle East 5 IXPs in 5 countries Oldest IXP: 2007 (Beirut IX) Newest IXP: 2016 (DE-CIX Istanbul) Aggregate IXP Traffic: 115 Gbps
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Growth in the Middle East
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What type of organization governs the IXP?
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20% Industry association
Private not-for-profitcompany
Private for-profitcompany
Government
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Does the IXP have an informal or contractual relationship with the networks that connect to it?
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Contractual (networksmust sign a contract toconnect to the IXP)
Informal (networks do notneed to sign a contract toconnect to the IXP)
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Does the IXP offer a Service Level Agreement (SLA) to the networks that connect?
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No
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Does the IXP charge any fees?
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Monthly port fees
Cost Sharing
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Who owns the building the IXP resides in?
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20% An academic institution
A network operator
Government
A carrier-neutral data-center operator
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Who controls physical access to the IXP room/facility?
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40% The IXP controls access toits own room/facility
The building owner
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Which of these features does the IXP facility have?
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Overhead cable trays
Biometric security (or equivalent)
Video surveillance
Fire suppression system
Air conditioning
Power backup
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Are any of the following services available at the exchange facility
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Cloud services (e.g. virtual machines, webhosting)
Wholesale international transit
Commercial rack-space rental
Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
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What type of peering model is in place at the IXP?
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20% Multi-lateral (a routeserver is available butusage is not mandatoryand bi-lateral peering isalso allowed)
Layer 3 peering (networksconnect via OSI Layer 3 tothe IXP route server)
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Does the IXP support remote peering?
60%
40%
Yes
No
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What type of peering model is in place at the IXP?
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Government
Banking / Financial
Mobile network operators (MNOs)
Academic / Research and Education(REN)
Media or content providers
Internet service providers
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Does the IXP publish traffic statistics?
80%
20%
Yes
No
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Does the IXP publish separate IPv6 traffic statistics?
Yes
No
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Does the IXP support private interconnects or VLANs which carry traffic not included in the statistics above?
40%
60%
Yes
No
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Does the IXP have and use assigned IP address space?
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Yes, it uses assigned IPv4and IPv6 address space.
Yes, it uses assigned IPv4address space (only).
No, it uses private addressspace (RFC1918).
I don't know.
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What is the IXP's Autonomous System Number (ASN)?
60%
40% Yes
No
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Does the IXP have a dedicated transit link for management and other services?
60% 20%
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Yes, the IXP has its owntransit link.
No, the IXP does not havea transit link.
I don't know.
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Does the IXP have server hardware and does it host services internally?
60% 20%
20% Yes, the IXP has serverhardware and hosts IXPrelated services.
No, the IXP does not haveany server hardware.
I don't know.
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Does the IXP have route servers?
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Yes, more than one routeserver.
Yes, one route server.
No, the IXP does not haveany route servers.
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What other value added services (VAS) are available at the exchange?
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No idea
Internal route collector
Out-of-band access (OOB)
NTP server
Looking Glass
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What DNS services are available at the exchange?
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No idea
gTLD server(s)
ccTLD server(s)
DNS root server(s)