NANOG77

A short history of the spine and leaf

A short history of the spine and leaf

March 4, 2020

A short history of the spine and leaf …
Keynote: As the Internet becomes a lifeline grade utility, what is the impact on operators?

Keynote: As the Internet becomes a lifeline grade utility, what is the impact on operators?

March 4, 2020

Karl Auerbach has agreed to do a keynote for Nanog 77 and has sent in two presentation proposals, this is the first one. The title of the first potential is " As t …
Keynote: DNS Wars: Episode IV - A New Bypass

Keynote: DNS Wars: Episode IV - A New Bypass

March 4, 2020

Since commercialization and privatization of the Internet first began in the 1990's, there has been a steady push to move access side DNS (called "recursive") away …
Some boring network engineering interview questions and how to replace them with smarter ones

Some boring network engineering interview questions and how to replace them with smarter ones

March 4, 2020

ABSTRACT In this 30-minute session we will be reviewing the top 5 banal network engineering interview questions that are most commonly asked but yield little resul …
SONiC: Open Source NOS in Data Center

SONiC: Open Source NOS in Data Center

March 4, 2020

SONiC as open source NOS empowers us to use uniform Operating System, Network Monitoring & Management tools and Life-cycle Management tools, across heterogeneous h …
The Next Network Professional

The Next Network Professional

March 4, 2020

This will be a panel of diverse executives at NANOG-relevant companies (content, network, hardware) and education professionals convened to discuss two main themes …
Your AS is Mine: BGP/IP Hijacking, the ICBM of the Cyber World

Your AS is Mine: BGP/IP Hijacking, the ICBM of the Cyber World

March 4, 2020

An interactive discussion on BGP/IP hijacking and AS spoofing. The presentation will cover misnomers related to "Industry Standard Squat Space" and how BGP/IP hija …
Automating "Network Ready for Use" Testing

Automating "Network Ready for Use" Testing

March 3, 2020

Automating Network Ready for Use Testing This tutorial will showcase an approach using the pytest open-source tool to validate operational states of the networ …
Getting Started with Modern Time Series Database and Grafana

Getting Started with Modern Time Series Database and Grafana

March 3, 2020

== Intro == Telemetry / Monitoring, also known as Observability, as been a hot topic in the software industry for few years. With so many moving pieces, the mindse …
Lightning Talk: DNS Shotgun - realistic DNS benchmarking

Lightning Talk: DNS Shotgun - realistic DNS benchmarking

March 3, 2020

We are introducing a new open-source tool for realistic DNS benchmarking - "DNS Shotgun". It can simulate real workloads on DNS resolvers in a way which allows mea …
Lightning Talk: How to test MOP to eliminate network downtime

Lightning Talk: How to test MOP to eliminate network downtime

March 3, 2020

Testing Method of Procedure (MOP) before applying to production environment is always a challenge. Traditional, MOP is tested in small lab environment which does n …
MPLS in Data Center Fabrics

MPLS in Data Center Fabrics

March 3, 2020

What I would like to tell about is the usage of MPLS in our Data Center Fabric built with commodity switches based on merchant silicon. MPLS is not a typical case …
SRv6+

SRv6+

March 3, 2020

This is a proxy for the author : Ron Bonica ([emailprotected]) who is having issues getting to the pctool. SRv6+ is an IPv6 architecture that supports traffic eng …
The African IXP Association: Regional Status Report

The African IXP Association: Regional Status Report

March 3, 2020

A 10-15 minute presentation about the state of IXPs in the African region. This includes traffic levels, connections, governance models, pricing, staffing, and mor …
An Architecture of Highly Available Services using Anycast and Segment Routing in IPv6

An Architecture of Highly Available Services using Anycast and Segment Routing in IPv6

March 2, 2020

IPv6 anycast is increasingly being used to provide geoproximity, fault-tolerance and load balancing solutions for services that are available from multiple points …
Defeating Cisco Trust Anchor: A Case-Study of Recent Advancements in Direct FPGA Bitstream Manipulation

Defeating Cisco Trust Anchor: A Case-Study of Recent Advancements in Direct FPGA Bitstream Manipulation

March 2, 2020

In the space of trusted computing, FPGA-based security modules have appeared in a number of widely used security conscious devices. The Cisco Trust Anchor module ( …
Designing a workflow to respond to BGP Incidents

Designing a workflow to respond to BGP Incidents

March 2, 2020

What do you do when someone calls you and tells you your company is part of a BGP hijack? None of us want to be part of or contribute to route leaks, misconfigurat …
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Optical

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Optical

March 2, 2020

This popular tutorial tailored for Network Engineers has been updated to cover the latest technologies. …
IETF Track

IETF Track

March 2, 2020

Learn the latest about work underway in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Internet standards body developing open standards through open processes. D …
Peering Isn't Free: The UIXP's Quest for Sustainability and Independence

Peering Isn't Free: The UIXP's Quest for Sustainability and Independence

March 2, 2020

This talk tells the story of the Uganda Internet Exchange Point's struggle to achieve financial sustainability and maintain independence within an increasingly hos …
Solving the Complications of Infrastructure in Indian Country

Solving the Complications of Infrastructure in Indian Country

March 2, 2020

A solution that has worked for 18 years, and is still improving… …It is important to understand some of the underlying issues inherent in the development of ne …
The Chinese Internet - A view from the inside

The Chinese Internet - A view from the inside

March 2, 2020

Key Topics Personal profile to qualify for this talk Looking at China market from the outside - Generic Solutions Major considerations in building network in …
Lightning Talk: DNS Transparency Project

Lightning Talk: DNS Transparency Project

March 1, 2020

Recent attacks on the DNS, such as those detailed in Cisco Talos' report "Sea Turtle", expose a critical lack of visibility / audit trail within the DNS hierarchy. …
Lightning Talk: Next chapter in MANRS

Lightning Talk: Next chapter in MANRS

March 1, 2020

Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) is a global initiative that provides crucial fixes to reduce the most common routing threats. Originally designe …
Powering Your Automation: A Single Source of Truth

Powering Your Automation: A Single Source of Truth

March 1, 2020

Powering Your Automation: A Single Source of Truth Introduction - How we define automation - Automation vs Orchestration Automation Overview - Ansible, Salt, Puppe …
The Future of Passive Multiplexing and Multiplexing Beyond 10G

The Future of Passive Multiplexing and Multiplexing Beyond 10G

March 1, 2020

The Future of Passive Multiplexing and Multiplexing Beyond 10G. In the past, it was easy to change your optical network from 1G to 10G by simply changing the trans …
The intersection of optical transport and routing in next-generation networks

The intersection of optical transport and routing in next-generation networks

March 1, 2020

Innovations in networking will change the way you think about optical transport and IP routing. Key advances in coherent optical technology and routing platforms a …
Analyzing the Costs (and Benefits) of DNS, DoT, and DoH for the Modern Web

Analyzing the Costs (and Benefits) of DNS, DoT, and DoH for the Modern Web

February 29, 2020

Essentially all Internet communication relies on the Domain Name System (DNS), which first maps a human-readable Internet destination or service to an IP address b …