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ARIN on the Road – Halifax Internet Exchange Points in Canada & a HFXIX Update Shawn Beaton, CIRA May 21 st , 2015
ARIN on the Road – Halifax Internet Exchange Points in Canada & a HFXIX Update
Shawn Beaton, CIRA
May 21st, 2015
Goals & Objec>ves
• You know more about the Canadian IXP infrastructure.
• Evolu>on • Accessibility • Benefits • Who should Peer
As an organiza>on or individual you can par>cipate and collaborate with us in the evolu>on and the success of a beQer internet in Canada
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INTERNET
Internet Exchange Point
• Layer 2 switching and peering fabric – Physical Ethernet switch or switches with fibre or copper, at 100M, 1G,
10G or 100G bit/sec
• Properly and strategically located (easy to access) • Vendor neutral • Non profit organiza>on • Peers / Members base
– Mix of Content, ISP and Transit Provider
• Services (Route Server, NTP, DNS, AS112) • Low cost solu>on 3 ARIN – Halifax -‐ 2015
Internet Peering
Peering: You agree to exchange local traffic
Peering
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What is required to Peer
• ASN (Autonomous System Number) • BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) • IPv4 and IPv6* • Connec>vity to the IX (Copper / Fiber)
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IXPs and Traffic Routing
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The Internet
Internet Exchange Point (IXP) – Canadian Vision
The Internet
Network of Networks
DomesKc & InternaKonal
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Transit Peering
DNS Servers (root & .CA)
NTP Time Servers
Route Servers
DNS Servers for ISPs
ISP: Internet Service Provider
ISP Cable / DSL
ISP Wireless
ISP Mobile
ISP VoIP (voice)
CDN: Content Delivery Network
R&E Research & Education Networks
CDN Domestic
CDN International
Governments Municipalities
Colocation Data Centers
Transit Providers
- IXP - - LOCAL - Non-profit
Vendor Neutral
Self Regulating “Peering”
Free or commercial agreements
FAST / LOW COST
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Transit Providers International
Canadian Internet Services
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Evolu>on of IX in Canada
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Other poten>al IX in Canada
• Community ac>vi>es
– Saint John, New Brunswick – Windsor, Ontario – Edmonton, Alberta – Regina, Saskatchewan – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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Ques>ons?
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Halifax – HFXIX
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• New Start 3 weeks ago (May, 2015) – Granted a switch via CIRA CIC funding
• Loca>on – 7071 Bayer's Road, Halifax
• Peers (7) – including CANARIE, CIRA, and 3 Universi>es
• Services – NTP, Router servers, .CA DNS, AS112
• Contact ( [email protected] )
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