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World IPv6 Day and the IPv6

World Congress are just two

of the events which have

promoted the new protocol.

Patrick Gilmore comments

on a big month for IPv6.

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Reecting on theNew LINX Network

Architecture

In a special two page feature

we reveal the plans for

the new LINX network

architecture from Juniper. Tony

West provides analysis of

the latest developments.

LINX CEO John Souter

comments on the recent

announcement that Juniper

Networks are to be

LINX’s primary switch

equipment vendor.

New LINX CTO, Derek

Cobb, is proled on our

LINX staff page . Also

featured is new IT recruit

Ararat Smutkochorn and

LINX’s work with IPv6.

New reports on Intellectual

Property and peering

agreements are among the

topics covered in our

detailed industry news

section.

The members covered in

this issue include NetBenet

and Cerberus Networks.

We also look at the

geographical spread of the

LINX membership in Asia.

Our industry events section

previews the sixth European

Peering Forum in Hungary

and the new venue for

the upcoming LINX74

meeting later this summer.

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The architecture

refresh programme

is now well

underway and we

have appointed

Tony West as

Programme

Manager to ensure

the success of allaspects of the work.

You can nd out

more about Tony

on page seven of

this issue, together with an update on the latest

developments and a high-level timeline for the

programme.

We have much to do during this summer and

autumn, but we are being well supported by

both Juniper and Telindus (their reseller). Our

Juniper resident engineer arrives shortly, and we

are holding weekly project review meetings with

Telindus. The rst hardware has already arr ived

and is being staged at Telindus.

Future GoalsOur goal is to build an even more resilient and

capable exchange that satises the needs of

the membership, and this will require effort,

imagination and incredible attention to detail.

As always, we want to keep our members

informed, and to keep talking to you about

developments. So please watch the email lists

and social media feeds for details of how you can

keep up to date with progress, starting with a

member conference call scheduled for later in July.

If you have any specic questions, please feel free

to contact us in the usual ways.

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May I welcome you all to issue 26 of the

LINX membership magazine, HotLINX.

This year’s Internet industry news has been

dominated by the passing of the remaining

IPv4 addresses to the ve regional registries,

and the push towards the implementation

of the ‘new’ IPv6 protocol. For those that

have been prepared, and in some cases

prepared for many years, this is no longer

news but just plain common sense. The

issue now is ensuring that those who have

been late to the party are now able to

become fully part of it.

The past few months have seen a number

of events geared towards IPv6 with two in

particular - World IPv6 Day and the World

IPv6 Congress - both featured in-depth

in HotLINX26. World IPv6 Day was an

exercise in industry co-operation witnessing

key large and smaller scale networks around

the world trial the protocol on the same

day. The fact that the day itself passedlargely without incident demonstrated

that a signicant part of the industry has

been quietly getting on with the job of

simply making the system work. How

representative this is of the industry as a

whole only time will tell.

Closer to home there is potentially

something else of even greater signicance

to the LINX membership. This is the

announcement of LINX’s new network

architecture programme which John Souter

has already covered elsewhere on this page.Two further pages on the subject have been

included to explain the current position

and future plans for the transition process.

In addition there are proles of LINX CTO

Derek Cobb, and Tony West, LINX’s new

Architecture Refresh Programme Manager,

who will both be playing a major part in

ensuring the change goes without a hitch.

There are many more great stories and

articles in this issue which we hope you will

enjoy. As ever, if you have any comments or

content ideas we would very much like tohear from you.

Jeremy Orbell,

HotLINX editor

Editorial

Network architecture refreshprogramme now underway

Jeremy Orbell

HotLINX Editor

Up Front

Juniper agreement demonstrates

LINX’s commitment to a moreresilient network architectureThere can be little doubt that the big LINX story

this year has been the announcement I made

at LINX73 that we have decided to base our

architectural refresh on products and services

from Juniper Networks.

During 2010, and after extensive consultation

with members, we decided that we should move

from our current ring-based topology to a VPLS

architecture.

LINX is the rst large Internet exchange to

decide to work with Juniper, but perhaps we

will see more exchanges consider using VPLS

in the future. Juniper were very enthusiastic

about working with us, and clearly see this an

opportunity to showcase their products in

another demanding environment.

As well as the high-end MX range that we will

be utilising during the rst stages of deployment,

Juniper have shown us their next generation

products - which are attractive to us as we

continue to grow.

HotLINX TEAM

Jeremy Orbell (HotLINX Editor)

Megan Nisbet

Tel: +44 1733 207705Fax: +44 20 7536 0720

Editorial & Content:[email protected]

Printing:Sudbury Print

Publishing:London Internet Exchange Limited

Trinity Court, Trinity StreetPeterborough PE1 1DA

No part of this publication may be reproduced

without the permission of the publishers.

John SouterLINX CEO

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3Inside Stories

Comment

IPv6 Events

IPv6 World Congress backs theideals of World IPv6 Day

Information

The World IPv6 Congress was held at

the Thistle Marble Arch Hotel in London

on the 14th and 15th of June. Its close

proximity to World IPv6 Day ensured that

delegates were still digesting the results of

the trial and what would that mean for their

businesses.

LINX was one of the endorsing associations

at the Congress event which attracted

over 200 attendees to its conference and

exhibition. The detailed and varied agenda

covered a multitude of topics including how

IPv6 affects differing operators and markets

around the world.

On day one the content stream covered

strategic directions for IPv6 deployment, a

panel discussion dedicated to World IPv6

Day itself, plus sessions focussed on content

providers and operators sharing their IPv4

and IPv6 networking experiences.

The second day of the event looked at

government and regulatory leadership on

IPv6, transition to IPv6 and techniques for

deployment, and the practical issues that

need to be considered.

The second annual IPv6 World Congress

is already being advertised to take place

on 12-13 June 2012. This time the event

is expected to attract over 250 attendees,

40+ operator case studies, 70+ speakers

and over 20 exhibitors.

To nd out more about the IPv6 World

Congress, and the 2012 event, please

visit: www.ipv6event.com

World IPv6 Day International Networks Collaboratein Ground-Breaking Event

Comment

World IPv6 Day was an event organised by

ISOC, the Internet Society, to test IPv6 across

international networks. Leading websites and ISPs

such as Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Akamai and

Limelight Networks were all directly involved

along with another 1000 Internet organisations

who had all signed up to take part.

In the trial, each one enabled IPv6 on their main

services for 24 hours - from 00:00 UTC on

Wednesday 8 June - to highlight any potential

problems with the protocol. As the tests were

made under controlled conditions, it would

become that much simpler to pick up any issues

and act upon them.

Patrick Gilmore , LINX Vice Chairman and

Akamai’s Network Architect, provided a

preview for World IPv6 Day at LINX72

back in February. Patrick said, “World IPv6

Day is not about turning off IPv4. The goal is

to motivate organisations across the industry

- whether they are an ISP, hardware maker,

operating system vendor or web company - to

prepare their services for IPv6. It’s necessary

purely because it ensures that when the time

nally does come, there will be a successful

transition to IPv6 once IPv4 addresses nally

do run out.”

As technology and systems can vary greatly from

area to area it was vital that every continent was

involved in the process. Overall the vast majority

of users were able to access services as normal

Information

but there were still rare occurrences of issues

with some participating websites during the

test. However, despite this, World IPv6 Day was

considered a qualied success.

Bigger problems may arise when IPv6 goes

mainstream as many networks are currently not

set up for IPv4 and IPv6 to coexist. For now, the

uptake of IPv6 is still expected to be slow but its

time is coming. Part of the problem is that IPv6

needs to be enabled end-to-end which means

there is little advantage in making the switch

alone - this is merely delaying adoption further.

It has been stated that it could be ve years

before we see even 5% of Internet trafc

passed over IPv6 but even that would be a stark

improvement on the current position. Procera,

a deep packet inspection vendor, recently

published a report claiming that IPv6 accounts

for just 0.2% of all trafc. There is clearly some

way to go.

The collaboratory process of World IPv6 Day is

still expected to lay the groundwork for larger

scale IPv6 adoption. Over the course of the 24-

hour test, it was proved that major websites are

already well-positioned for the move to a global

IPv6-enabled Internet and this can only lead to its

continued exponential growth.

For further information on World IPv6 Day

please visit: www.worldipv6day.org

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Comment

4 Member News

LINX recently published two case studies, in

print and online formats, promoting the benets

of networks joining LINX. Italian ISP E4A, and

Euroweb Romania, are the rst two members to

be featured, with each organisation focussing on

the advantages par ticular to them. These include

decreased transit spend as well accreditation

within the Internet industry.

“Our network is now completely different

to when we joined and has improved

dramatically. We may well have remained a

very limited ISP had we not taken the leap to

join LINX. In fact, I hate to say it, but we might not have even still existed if we hadn’t joined.”

Ricky Losselli, Founder and CEO of E4A

Both studies have been used as handouts at

various events, and have been well received.

Documents of this type are a useful method

for highlighting the benets of membership

and explaining how the concept of Internet

exchanges could boost their businesses.

LINX are keen to develop their case study

library. If you think you have beneted from

joining LINX, and would like to share your experiences then please get in touch with us via

[email protected]. Alternatively, If you would like

to view and download the existing case studies,

please visit www.linx.net/publicity/case-studies.

The Benets of Joining LINX

This case study was

produced to demonstrate

how E4A benetted from

becoming a member

of LINX. The company

originally joined in the

summer of 2008 and has

seen substantial growth

ever since. This document

highlights the issues

that E4A initially had to

overcome and the successes

they have subsequently achieved.

Joining LINXfrom Central &Eastern Europe

This case study was rst

used at the Capacity

Balkans event in Bucharest

in April 2011. It describes

how joining LINX helped

Euroweb Romania meet

some of their core business

objectives including reducing

expenditure, improving their service and their business

reputation.

LINX Member Case Studies

Comment

Managed hosting provider, NetBenet, was one of

hundreds of websites and Internet service providers

around the world participating in World IPv6 day

on June 8 – the rst global trial of the new IPv6

Internet protocol, organised by the Internet Society.

Darren Wiltshire, Head of Technical Engineering at

NetBenet, has been preparing for IPv6 for several

months, ensuring that both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses

can co-exist within the NetBenet hosting

environment.

“Although IPv6 represents a whole new world

of opportunities, there are still a lot of devices,

websites and networks that rely on IPv4 and we

will continue to support both standards, though

customers can now start to experiment with IPv6

hosting” says Wiltshire.

According to a recent Cisco report, it’s expected

that there will be 15 billion devices needing Internet

Comment

connectivity by 2015 – two for every person on

the planet.

When the 32 bit IPv4 standard was introduced

in 1980, it was not envisaged that the estimated

4.3 billion addresses available would ever run out.

IPv6’s 128 bit addressing system theoretically allows

for 670 quadrillion IP addresses, which will sustain

growth demands for IP addresses for future years.

Wiltshire continued: “Due to the large, almost

innite, number of IPv6 addresses, NetBenet

will now offer our customers a larger pool of

IP number choices, such as an IP address for

every Internet connected device, removing

the need for network address translations.

With the growing proliferation of Internet

connectivity on devices from cameras to

mobile phones, we are condent that IPv6

will satisfy any new emerging technical

demands.”

Information

As a result of extensive planning and project delivery,

both IPv6 and IPv4 addresses can now co-exist

within the NetBenet hosting environment. Although

IPv6 represents a whole new world of opportunities,

there are still a lot of devices, websites and networks

that rely on IPv4 and will continue to do so, so

customer support for both is essential. Its customers

can now start to experiment with IPv6 hosting on

NetBenet’s managed hosting platform.

NetBenet reviewed all of its systems and

infrastructure from provisioning and billing to

network and router congurations in order tocope with the IPv6 extended addressing system.

NetBenet’s technical team completed thorough

training and were all fully conversant in the new IPv6

protocol in time for World IPv6 Day.

You can learn more about NetBenet by

visiting their website: www.netbenet.com

NetBenet and World IPv6 Day

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5Member News

Joining LINX

By Erik Carlson, OperationsDirector at Cerberus Networks

Information

As a cloud service

provider and ISP to

businesses across the

UK, maintaining high

quality, low latency

connectivity whilst

managing our cost

base is vital. Consequently, peering is an

important consideration when managing

our trafc.

While we already had peering

arrangements elsewhere, there were many

big networks that we had limited access to.

LINX was the best option for us to resolve

this and to ensure that our trafc was

routed as efciently as possible.

The joining process could not have been

made easier. We received prompt answers

to our questions, paperwork was exchanged

quickly and the engineers were extremely

knowledgeable and helpful. When our

second connection to LINX hit some delayson our side we were checked on regularly

and offered assistance when we needed it.

After connection, our biggest concern was

to set up peering quickly and we were

really pleased that peering with the route

collector alone provided access to so many

prexes.

After speaking at LINX73, the rate of

peering increased dramatically. Even before I

had left the podium the emails were coming

in. LINX73 was our rst LINX meeting,and we were made to feel really welcome.

The presentations were informative and

interesting, and it was extremely useful to

be able to discuss common issues face to

face with other members.

LINX provide us a professional and valuable

solution, and I would strongly recommend

them.

You can learn more about Cerberus

Networks by visiting:

www.cerberusnetworks.co.uk .

One of the major strengths of the LINX

membership base is the extent of its

geographic reach. Beyond the traditionally

strong UK, European and US markets, LINX

has seen a remarkable increase in the number

of nations represented at the exchange over

the years.

In recent times several networks from Africa

and the Middle East have joined plus others

from as far away as Oceania. For the basis of

this ar ticle however, we are going to look at

one area in particular - the Asia Pacic region.

This inspiration for this piece was the recent

connection of Chinese network, Pacnet.

Pacnet were formed in 2008 following the

merger of Asia Netcom and Pacic Internet,

two of the largest telecommunications service

providers in the region. This area of the

globe has hugely diverse cultural and socio-

economic backgrounds. That said, the desire

to be connected, whether as a business like

Pacnet or as an individual, continues to grow

here like anywhere else in the world.

The following list features the 10 different

countries and 12 LINX members who are

based around Asia Pacic region.

Central Asia• Bhutan

Bhutan Telecom

• India

Bharti Airtel

• Pakistan

Pakistan Telecommunication

Company

The Far East• China

Pacnet, PCCW Global

• Indonesia

Biznet Networks

• Malaysia

Telekom Malaysia Berhad

• South Korea

Korea Telecom, SK Broadband Company

• TaiwanChungHwa Telecom

• Thailand

True Internet Gateway

• Vietnam

Digicom - VTC

The increasing demand for bandwidth is

clearly a key motivator for many Asian

networks wanting to peer and pass trafc.

This applies not just in their own area, but

with the leading exchanges in Europe and the

Americas. While this doesn’t tell the whole

story it’s clear that the benets of peeringover transit are increasingly attractive to the

business models of these organisations.

LINX Membership - Asia Pacic

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6 Network Architecture

“Connect everything, empower everyone” was the

vision of Juniper Networks’ founder and CTO,

Pradeep Sindhu, when the company began in 1996.

This statement is arguably more relevant today

than ever before, as business and consumer users

alike put the Internet, applications and anywhere

access at the heart of their daily lives.

We’re also condent that our vision resonates

very strongly with LINX, whose own tagline is

“working for the Internet”. Reliable, consistent and

secure connectivity to data and applications is what

the membership is all about. Juniper has recently

been chosen by LINX to create a new network

infrastructure consistent with our shared vision.

Juniper Networks is all about “disruptive innovation”,

having developed and brought to market some

of the industry’s most ground-breaking, disruptive

innovations across many aspects of networking

technology. Because we invest more in R&D as a

percentage of revenue than any of our industry

Juniper Networks:The New Network, LINX’s New Network peers, we believe this focus on meaningful

innovation enables us to transform the

experience and the economics of the network

for our customers, and for their customers. The

legacy network approach - proprietary, siloed,

complex - simply doesn’t cut it in today’s always-

on world where ubiquitous data and applications

are accessed via any device . Juniper offers

the new network: open, simplied, virtualized,

automated and secure; designed for productivity and empowerment, enabled to control misuse

and unlawful access.

A Short History

To understand the strength and validity of

our position today, Juniper watchers need to

appreciate the company’s roots and its journey

to the present day. The company was founded 15

years ago to give service providers an alternative

approach to core routing - the fundamental

building block of the network. Juniper’s

differentiated approach was our modular use of

software and custom silicon, brought together

to create a exible, high-performance routing

platform designed to be programmed and

upgraded while in service, and to provide a long-

term migration path with cost-effective CAPEX

and OPEX.

Juniper’s software, the Junos® operating system,

remains at the heart of our strategy today. The

code ran on those rst routers, the revolutionary

M40 (many of which remain in production

worldwide), and still serves as the integrated

platform for our routers, switches and security devices. It is maintained on a single release train,

with a regular, predictable upgrade cadence

that enables our customers to plan and manage

their networks very effectively. Running Junos

OS improves the reliability, performance, and

security of existing applications. It automates

network operations on a streamlined system,

allowing more time to focus on new applications

and services. And it’s scalable both up and down

providing a consistent, reliable, stable system for

developers and operators. This, in turn, delivers a

more cost-effective solution for our customers.

Junos has developed into a family of “on-the-box”,

“beyond the box” and “client-based” development

tools and environments that are open to third

party developers, too.

Information

High-Performance Culture

15 years on, with a lot of organic development

complemented by thoughtful acquisitions, the

company has grown into a multi-billion dollar

revenue organisation trading on the NYSE

exchange, with more than 9,000 employees and

47 ofces globally. We continue to bring systems

and software together through innovation and

engineering excellence to create solutions that

solve our customers’ most pressing networking

challenges, in line with their commercial

objectives and market imperatives.

Our initial focus on core networks for service

providers has expanded in several dimensions -

today, our business focus encompasses service

providers (xed and mobile, plus content

providers; in total the world’s top 130 SPs are

among our customer base), and enterprise

customers, including 96 of the Global For tune

100, as well as hundreds of federal, state and

local government agencies and higher educationorganisations throughout the world.

Combining these two sectors, Juniper’s

customers are organisations for whom the

network is a critical success factor in their

business, and who demand high performance,

reliability, security, simplicity and efciency from

their infrastructure. We believe this is a good t

for LINX, its members and your shared business

aspirations!

Further information on Juniper Networksand their products and services can be

obtained from the company’s website:

www.juniper.net

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Tony West

LINX Architecture RefreshProgramme Manager

7Network Architecture

LINX Architecture RefreshProgramme update

Juniper is currently in the low-level design phase.

Work continues closely with both Juniper and

Telindus to agree detailed congurations and

establish test and acceptance schedules.

The new switches should be with us by middle of

July and staging has been planned at Telindus facility

in Camberley. The plan is to fully test fail-over, trafc

ows and interoperability with Brocade within the

Telindus testing facility before deploying equipment

to site.

The new Juniper core is still on schedule to be built

and accepted into service by the end of August. This

is a critical step to enable the Juniper edge build and

member migrations to star t in September.

System developments have already star ted to

ensure we can bring both MRV and Juniper devices

on to our existing management platform. This

work will ensure alarms and statistics are captured

and the support teams can monitor the platform

performance and diagnose any service impacting

events.

Brocade LANThe Brocade network will be taken out of service

and decommissioned by the end of this year, once

all member migrations have been successfully

completed and a period of stable operation

achieved on the new platform.

If you require any further information on the

network architecture refresh programme I can be

contacted via [email protected].

By Tony WestLINX Architecture Refresh Programme Manager

As Programme Manager I have joined LINX

to assist the team in delivering the complex

introduction of the new Juniper network. Working

in this dynamic environment is proving to be very

rewarding and it has been great to start dening in

detail all the key milestones and deliverables with

the help and support of all the staff.

The governance process has now been

implemented which includes a steering board;

weekly progress meetings and detailed action

register against each internal work stream. A

base timeline has been established which covers

continued business as usual activities, the new

MRV optical platform deployment and the Juniper

network delivery. A high level view of the timeline

milestones is below.

The LINX team continue to drive the detailed

space, power and bre plans in order to ensure

smooth transition to the new network. Training has

commenced to ensure we acquire all the additional

technical knowledge to manage both the new

optical and data networks effectively.

The MRV Optical platform is also moving forward

rapidly with the equipment required to start

building the core element already being shipped

from the manufacturer. Initial staging and testing has

begun with site deployment and base builds on-

going. These are set to be completed on schedule.

Comment

LINX’s new

Programme Manager,

Tony West, has

been brought in to

oversee the timely

implementation of

the new Juniper

architecture.

Tony has 20 years of IT and Telecoms

experience, initially as a Systems Engineer working on Ministry of Defence and NHS

programmes, before moving into Telecoms

with NTL. In this role he ran the design, plan

and build functions for what was the second

biggest IP network in the UK.

His recent engagements include a position

as Head of IT at BBC Broadcast where he

was responsible for delivery of over 60

live channels and the implementation of a

complex Operational Support model for

BT Operate.

Tony told HotLINX, “As a technical

programme manager I am experienced

in working across complex environments

and bringing teams together to deliver

key business ob jectives. This new position

is an exciting one and I’m delighted

to be involved in the implementation

of such an important part of LINX’s

infrastructure.”

Activity May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11

MRV Optical Core Built

MRV Optical Core Accepted into Service

MRV Optical Edge Accepted into Service

Juniper Low Level Design, Confguration and Functional Testing

Juniper Core Staging

Juniper Core Accepted into Service

Juniper Edge Staging

Juniper to Brocade Lan Interconnect

Juniper Edge Accepted into Service and Member Migrations

28 Days Stable Running

Programme Closure

Architecture Refresh Programme Timeline

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8 Public AffairsMalcolm Hutty

Head of Public Affairs

New breach noticationrequirements under therevised EU ElectronicCommunications Framework Europe, Ofcom, Regulatory Framework The revised EU Electronic Communications

Framework came into force in May, bringing

with it new security breach notication

requirements for ISPs.

The Framework requires ISPs to notify the

national regulator of any security breach that“has had a signicant impact on the operation

of networks or services”.

Ofcom has set the lowest possible threshold

for “signicant impact”, requiring ISPs to

notify the regulator of all security breaches,

regardless of scale or impact. However,

networks will only have to notify customers if

they believe that the breach will cause them

harm or infringe their privacy.

The revised Framework grants Ofcom a

number of additional powers and duties.

These include new duties relating to network

security and resilience, additional enforcement

powers and new powers in relation to trafcmanagement and network neutrality.

Commission evaluates DataRetentionData Retention, EuropeThe European Commission has published

its Evaluation Report on the Data Retention

Directive.

The Commission recommends that the EU

should continue to support a data retention

requirement, pointing out that most Member

States do not believe that targeted data

preservation would be sufcient for law

enforcement purposes.

However, the Commission report does make

a number of recommendations that industry

will welcome. On the subject of costs, it

recognises that small and medium sized

operators are disproportionately affected

by the costs of complying with the Directive,

while larger, multinational operators suffer

from inconsistent cost recovery provisions

between Member States.

The report also appears to accept that

the direction of travel should be to limit

the Directive and regulate retention more

tightly, rather than expand the scope of theimposition on operators.

The Commission’s conclusions will be

important in a for thcoming amendment

review of the Directive.

In Brief

The Latest Stories on theLINX Public Affairs Website

May saw the publication of Professor IanHargreaves’ long-awaited report into Intellectual

Property and Growth. The report was

commissioned by Prime Minister David Cameron

with a brief to refocus intellectual property on its

contribution to economic development.

Although Hargreaves disappointed some by

arguing against the wholesale adoption of a US-

style ‘Fair Use’ defence, he is certainly no apologist

for the status quo. Uninching in his criticisms

of governments past and present, he derides

the awed evidence base which informs existing

policy as consisting chiey of “lobbynomics” - self-

serving statistics created by a group of incumbent

businesses - rather than credible scientic

research.

If the Hargreaves Report is more critical than its

predecessors, it is also more constructive. The

report recommends a number of important

reforms, including legalising CD and DVD ‘ripping’

for personal use, licensing orphan works, and

allowing the use of copyrighted material in parody.

He also argues that the UK should fully implement

the copyright exceptions permitted by European

law and work with EU Member States to create

new exceptions.

Hargreaves is also critical of the ever expanding

scope of enforcement measures such as the

Digital Economy Act, which was granted on the

promise of the development of new business

models that have yet to appear. He proposes

that rightsholder access to new and stricter

enforcement should be made conditional on

participation in a “Digital Rights Exchange” that

would enable entrepreneurial use of copyright

works.

Less radical is a proposal to equip the Intellectual

Property Ofce (IPO) with an “overarching

legal mandate” to promote economic growth

Hargreaves Review releases ndings

in new Intellectual Property Report

Information

and innovation. The IPO would be charged

with investigating the economic impact of IP,

and empowered to demand access to the data

necessary for making independent, evidence-based

policy recommendations. The IPO would also be

able to issue statutory opinions, which the courts

would be required to take into account, and to

make ofcial recommendations to the competition

authorities.

If the government has the courage to implement

these proposals it would be a signicant step towards a modernised intellectual property

system, but it is likely to face resistance from

conservative copyright incumbents.

UN pushes Human Rightson the InternetHuman rights on the Internet have shot up the

international agenda in recent months, with two

high prole reports calling for nations to respect

human rights online and off.

In a repor t to the UN General Assembly, the

Special Rapporteur to the UN Human Rights

Council denounced laws which sanction

disconnection from the Internet as a punishment

for unlawful le-sharing. Such laws are

“disproportionate”, said the Rapporteur, and violate

the right to freedom of expression enshrined in

the International Covenant on Civil and Political

Rights. He also warned against imposing liabilities

on Internet intermediaries, which “are inclined to

err on the side of safety by over-censoring potentially

illegal content”.

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt later

led 40 countries in endorsing the report’s

recommendations.

The Council of Europe also raised the issue,

producing a set of draft Internet Governance

Principles - a rst step towards an international

‘soft-law framework’ for Internet freedoms.

The principles emphasised the importance

of fundamental rights and multi-stakeholder

governance, while seeking to elevate architectural

features such as the end-to-end principle to the

level of governance principles.

To read more regulatory news please visit

the LINX Public Affairs blog:

https://publicaffairs.linx.net/news

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9Industry News

RIPE NCC

Monitoring and Measuring theEffects on World IPv6 Day

Valued Added Benets for

LINX Members from Renesys We at Renesys are

always looking for ways

that we can provide

value to the service

provider community,

and our partnership

with LINX is a key part

of our outreach efforts.

Here are highlights from

a couple of the benets

available to you as LINX

members right now…

WhoPeersIn the next few months you will be able to see

a new example of Renesys route collection and

analysis in the LINX portal. We are developing

a “WhoPeers” report that summarizes the

differences between registered peering policies

(as specied in RPSL records) and observed

routing. You’ll be able to view a list of exchange

members and see the extent to which your

peering policies agree with Renesys’ global viewof the routing table. I suspect that you’ll be

surprised at how often these disagree. A good

opportunity to get those registrations updated!

Market Intelligence v6Beta testers wanted! We’re planning a new

release of our competitive research and sales

prospecting tool - Market Intelligence, with new

market analytics for IPv6. A beta should be

available late summer and we’re looking for a few

good testers.

If you are a current user and are willing to provide

feedback we’d love to hear from you. Drop me a

line - [email protected].

Finally, Renesys is always looking for additional

sources of data that bring us unique perspectives

on the internet. We currently peer with many

providers for the purpose of collecting BGP

updates, and each peer helps us derive a more

accurate picture. If you have an interesting

perspective on the Internet we may ask you to

peer with us, and we’ll share with you a copy of

our BGP routing analysis tool - Routing Intelligence.

Renesys peers for the purposes of route collection

only; we never advertise any routes, and do not

send any trafc to peer networks.

Contact us at [email protected] for more

information.

By Phil Simpson,

Product Manager,Renesys

Information

The World IPv6 Day, a global event in which

organisations around the world offered

their content over IPv6 for a 24-hour

period, took place on 8 June 2011. The

goal was to motivate organisations across

the industry - Internet service providers,

hardware makers, operating system vendors

and web companies - to prepare their

services for IPv6 to ensure a successful

transition as IPv4 addresses run out.

The RIPE NCC provided a range of

measurement activities as part of

monitoring efforts to assess the results of

World IPv6 Day. These included:

• Measuring connectivity to World IPv6

Day participants - the IPv6 Connectivity

Chart tested the visibility of all World

IPv6 Day participants and other sites

that are already dual-stacked and

presented the information on a single

web page. This was used to nd out if

there were problems accessing these

websites, both before and dur ing World

IPv6 Day.

• Testing connectivity and performance

to World IPv6 Day participants

using the RIPE NCC Test Trafc

Measurements infrastructure, CAIDA’s

Ark platform and other volunteering

measurement nodes.

• Monitoring performance of the 6to4

transitioning mechanism in comparison

to native IPv6 in collaboration with

BBN. Please visit: http://labs.ripe.net/

Members/rbarnes/world-ipv6-day-

asymmetric-6to4-measurements to nd

out more.

More info on these measurements can

be found on the RIPE Labs website

(http://labs.ripe.net), at the

RIPE NCC World IPv6 Day website

(http://v6day.ripe.net) and at the World

IPv6 Day Connectivity Chart

(http://ipv6eyechart.ripe.net ).

The “WhoPeers” report and Renesys routecollection and analysiswill soon be available for members in the LINX website member area.

Renesys is also looking for Beta testers for a new release of itsresearch and salesprospecting tool“Market Intelligence”.

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As in 2010 this year’s peering forum will last

for three days instead of the former two.

Below is the provisional agenda for the event.

Sunday 18 September • Registration opens

• Welcome reception at Spoon Café

Monday 19 September • Registration

• Welcome Note

Harald Summa, DE-CIX

Moderator: Serge Radovcic, Euro-IX

• Keynote Presentation

Speaker from the European Commission

• Content & Eyeball Presentations

and Panel on Net Neutrality

Mike Blanche, Google

Falk van Bornsteadt, Deutsche Telecom

Moderator: Frank Orlowski, DE-CIX

• Bilateral / Pre-scheduled Meetings

• Cocktail Reception at Minyon Bar

Tuesday 20 September • The ideal Interconnection and Peering

Environment

Frank Orlowski, DE-CIX Hassan Al Naqbi, UAE-Exchange

• Topical LINX presentation John Souter

• PUE - The Planning Challenge and Digital

Media & Gaming Trends - Interxion

• Topical AMS-IX Presentation

• Bilateral / Pre-scheduled Meetings

• Dinner at New York Boscolo

Wednesday 21 September • Introduction of new Peers

• DE-CIX next generation architecture

Arnold Nipper, DEC-IX

• Topical NETNOD presentation

• VOIP-Exchange and Peering Presentations

and PanelModerator: Gerd Simon, DE-CIX

• Presentation on Trafc Management

Anja Feldman, T-Labs

• RIPE tutorial - Routing Registry and

Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI)

In addition to the organised meeting agenda,

the popular meeting tool that allows

delegates to schedule their own face-to-face

meetings with other attendees will again be

available. To facilitate these meetings the EPF

organisers will provide separate bilateral

meeting tables that can be booked through

the meeting tool.

You will receive a log-in for the separate

meeting tool by registering for the event at:

www.peering-forum.eu/registration

EPF6

Agenda announced for 6thEuropean Peering Forum

11European Peering Forum

Venue

Situated on the banks of the river Danube,

Budapest is one of Europe’s most beautiful

cities. It is famous for its thermal springs and the

Royal Palace which was used as the residence

of Hungarian kings for over 700 years. Today it

houses the Budapest Historical Museum, theHungarian National Gallery and the National

Library all under its roof.

EPF6 will be held at the Intercontinental

Budapest. When the weather allows the Corso

terrace , on the Danube embankment, has

stunning views over the Buda Hills. The tness

centre is opened 24 hours a day and gives you

access to a modern gym and a relaxation area

with saunas and steam rooms.

Accommodation

Event organisers have negotiated special rates for

EPF attendees at the Intercontinental Budapest.

Prices are 160 Euros per night including breakfast

and Internet connectivity from the 18th till the

20th of September. To book at EPF rates follow

this link listed in the Registration section below.

Registration

Registration to EPF6 opened at the end of June

and places are lling up fast so sign up today.

If you would like to attend this year’s EPFand take advantage of the special delegate

rates and bilateral meeting tool, please visit

www.peering-forum.eu/registrationto

register.

The sixth European Peering Forum will take

place in Budapest, Hungary, between the 18th

and 21st of September. The event, which was

rst held in Frankfurt in 2006, now attracts

some 250 peering managers and other industry

professionals.

The event hosts; LINX, AMS-IX, DE-CIX and

Netnod, are condent that EPF will be another

successful event and are working hard to ensure

that the entire event is benecial for all delegates.

Agenda

Split over three days, the event will cover a range

of topics designed spark debate amongst the

delegates. As well as the expected informative

presentations on peering developments there

will be panel debates and tutor ials. The side panel

on this page has a basic overview of the agenda.

Networking Opportunities

A key part of the EPF experience is the chance

to meet with peers and discuss new peering

opportunities . There will be a number sessions

that will make this possible including a welcome

reception on the Sunday before EPF begins plus

socials and dinners planned over the coming

days. The main event dinner wil l take place on

Tuesday evening at the luxury Boscolo New York

Palace Hotel.

SponsorsLead sponsor for the event is Interxion, with

Atrato Networks and Brocade lling the silver

sponsor slots. Associate sponsors include

Ancotel, Google, Telecity, Force10 and Equinix.

‘Hungary for Peering’at the 6th AnnualEPF event

Registration

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12 LINX Meetings

The 73rd member meeting and LINX council

elections took place in May 2011 at The Congress

Centre in London.

It was a memorable meeting not least because

of the introduction of a new electronic voting

system fat the AGM. Each voting delegate was

issued with a hand-held device that allowed instant

push button decision making on AGM topics and

the council election itself. The results of the LINX

council voting are detailed below.

Day One (Monday 16 May)

Patrick Gilmore oversaw the rst session, ‘Getting

the most from LINX membership’. This was aimed

primarily at new members and rst timers to

LINX meetings. This was followed by John Souter’s

regular LINX stats update and Malcolm Hutty’s

Public Affairs review. Ofcom’s Tony Holmes was

invited to speak as part of Malcolm’s session on

the subject of DNSSEC deployment.

Next up was Derek Cobb, LINX’s new CTO,

who provided a formal introduction as a prelude

to his rst Engineering update scheduled for

day two. Thomas Weible of exOptix then gave

an interesting talk on Link Aggregation which

preceded an overview of the LINX Internet

LINX74

New venue and expandedagenda for Summer meeting

Technician courses available from LINX73 Gold

sponsor, Systems & Network Training. Presenter

Steve Groombridge tested the audience’s

knowledge with a quick-re quiz.

The rst day concluded with a preview of World

IPv6 Day by Dave Freedman of Claranet.

Day Two (Tuesday 17 May)

There was a strong focus on Engineering on the

second day with a detailed network architecture

update from Derek Cobb plus separate talks on

IPv6 and Engineering Operations by Mike Hellers.

Ben Hedges provided the Marketing & Business

Development presentation which covered the new

Member Relations team while Michael O’Reirdan

spoke on Comcast’s work on Botnet Detection.

Dan Rees gave a presentation on behalf of Silver

sponsor MRV Communications and John Souter

provided his CEO’s update. Finally, just before lunch,

it was the eagerly awaited Council election hustings.

The AGM featured motions on the annual accounts

and a consultation on an amendment to the LINX

MoU. Then followed the council election - after

a hard fought contest, both Grahame Davies and

Steve Wilcox were re-elected for another term.

LINX73 AGM and Council Elections

with new ‘X’ Factor Technology

The LINX74 meeting is a LINX meeting with

a difference. As you will see from our article

on page 13, LINX are temporarily moving

away from what has become its regular

home at London’s Congress Centre, to a

new venue in Windsor. While that article

focuses on the “why”, this piece will look at

the “what” of the event’s agenda.

LINX74 Agenda

After the welcome and round-the-roomintroductions, John Souter will provide his

regular quarterly CEO update and LINX

stats overview. Next up will be CTO,

Derek Cobb, who will announce the latest

developments regarding the network

architecture refresh programme as part of his

Engineering presentation.

The second part of day one will be passed

over to LINX Head of Public Affairs, Malcolm

Hutty, for the latest regulatory news before

an eagerly anticipated discussion on the

Extreme LAN completes day one.

Day two will see the introduction of two

separate presentation streams that will

allow delegates the opportunity to decide

whether to break out of the normal agenda

and choose a talk in the adjoining Syndicate

Room. This is a new innovation for LINX

and will take place after Interxion’s sponsor

presentation on Tuesday morning.

Syndicate RoomThe Syndicate Room will feature a short

talk on LINX Member Relations and a

new member introduction presentation by

Ben Hedges. There will then be a series of

lightning talks and a discussion on the PCH

peering agreements survey hosted by Bijal

Sanghani. A taster of the latter session can be

found on page 10 of HotLINX.

Main HallIn the main meeting room John Souter will

again take to the stage, this time to give

a detailed run down of the seven LINX

associate members. David Freedman will

then introduce a section dedicated to IPv6ending with a panel session moderated by

6UK’s Richard Yule.

Further details on LINX74 can be found at

www.linx.net/LINX74

Three of the presenters from the LINX73 AGM meeting in May: Dan Rees of Silver sponsors MRV Communications,Thomas Weible of exOptix and Steve Groombridge of event Gold sponsor, Systems & Network Training

LINX Council Elections: Edwin Punt (KPN), James Blessing (Limelight Networks), Grahame Davies (LINX Chairman), Alex Cruz Farmer (Nestsumo) and Steve Wilcox (IX Reach) all stood and took part in the election hustings.

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Events Round Up

Registration

13Industry Events

As LINX members will know, LINX hold four

member meetings every year in the months of

February, May, August and November. Traditionally

these have been held in London with only

occasional trips away from the capital.

Since the rst LINX meeting was held on the 5th

of August 1994, only nine meetings have been

held outside London and none since LINX33

in May 2001. On that occasion the Edouard VII

Conference Centre in Paris was the venue.

For LINX74 in August, LINX is heading out

west to the Beaumont Estate near Windsor.

In choosing the new venue for the Summer

meeting LINX had one eye on the future with

the London Olympics and Paralympics taking

place in August 2012.

LINX’s standard meeting dates would mean

LINX78 would be scheduled to take place in

between the London Olympics and Paralympics

when accommodation and venue prices are

likely to be at a premium. For that reason LINX

LINX staff attend a number of industry

events around the world every year. Please

take a look at the list below to see where

you can meet with LINX representatives

over the coming months.

LINX7415-16 August 2011

Windsor, United Kingdom

Attended by: LINX staff and Board

www.linx.net/LINX74

Web page will be now available

UKNOF206 September 2011Bristol, United Kingdom

Attended by: LINX staff TBC

www.uknof.com

EPF619-21 September 2011Budapest, Hungary

Attended by: John Souter, Ben Hedges, MeganNisbet and Emuobor Damu

www.peering-forum.eu

PLNOG728-29 September 2011Krakow, Poland

Attended by: Bartek Raszczyk

www.plnog.pl

Capacity Russia3-4 October 2011Moscow, Russia

Attended by: Jennifer Atherton and KatrinaReadshaw

www.capacityconferences.com

NANOG539-12 October 2011Loews, Philadelphia, USA

Attended by: John Souter

www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog53

Capacity Nor th America26-27 October 2011Toronto, Canada

Attended by Ben Hedges

www.capacityconferences.com

RIPE6331 October - 4 November 2011Vienna, Austria

Attended by: LINX staff TBC

www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-63

Meet with LINX

Events to be Attended by LINX Representatives

A Right Royal LINX MeetingLINX Heads to Windsor for LINX74

is planning to use the opportunity to change the

standard format for its future Summer meetings

which includes the way content is presented and

even dates for the meetings themselves. The aim

is to encourage even greater attendance and

participation from the membership.

One of the added benets of LINX74 being

staged at a new location is that allows the

entire meeting, including social and delegate

accommodation, all to be held under one roof.

Sponsors so far conrmed are Interxion and

MRV Communications with more expected to

follow. The Congress Centre in Central London

will continue to be LINX’s preferred venue for

standard meetings for the time being..

Registration for LINX74 will opened on

Wednesday 13 July. To nd out more about

the event and see the agenda please visit:

www.linx.net/linx74

It has been a busy time for LINX, both at home

and abroad, as the exchange seeks to maintain

and develop new peering opportunities for its

members around the world.

The importance LINX attaches to face-to-

face meetings at events such as RIPE, GPF and

NANOG is well known, and it is trend that is

set to continue. Added to this LINX has been

attending more industry trade shows such

as Capacity Balkans in Bucharest and ITW in

Washington DC with more planned over the

coming months.

The 19th UKNOF in Leeds was another recent

opportunity to meet with members who are

usually unable to attend the regular LINX meetings

in London. A special lunch was arranged as par t of

LINX’s continuing outreach program.

Jennifer Atherton and Ben Hedges were at ITW to discusspeering opportunities with new potential LINX members

Ben HedgesHead of Marketing &

Business Development

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Comment

14 Meeting Sponsors

S7000 supports Data Center Bridging (DCB), Fibre

Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), TRILL, User Port

Stacking, and Virtual Link Trunking (VLT). Using the

appliance module, users could perform a wide

array of functions like load balancing, rewalling,

packet snifng, caching, etc. directly on the switch,

eliminating the need for an additional external

server for that function.

A second key part of Force10’s new OCN

framework, the new Z-Series ZettaScale core

switches, a generational technology leap in density

and performance, they offer a choice between

centralised and distributed core infrastructure.

The new Z9000 distributed core switch is

available in one of the smallest, greenest, densest

footprints with disruptive price/performance,

ever introduced. The Z9000 with its 2.5 Tbps

non-blocking switching capacity designed to meet

the requirements for high density 10/40 GbE

aggregation in a datacentre End of Row, or core

network. The product can support 32 ports of

40 GbE or up to 128 ports of 10 GbE realised

through breakout cables.

All solutions support a full suite of Ethernet

switching and Routing protocols in the hardened

FTOS operating system to enable layer 2 or layer 3network architectures.

More information on Force 10 Networks can be

found at: www.force10networks.com

Datacentre owners and operators building large

and small facilities are tasked with creating faster,

more scalable datacentres while continually

addressing the need for lower power and space

consumption. Smarter devices, new applications

and trafc patterns - moving from north/south to

east/west trafc - are driving the need for new

datacentre architectures.

Force10 Networks Open Cloud Networking

(OCN) framework, a new vision for cloud and

conventional datacentres, represents a new and

open way to build, scale and manage existing and

next generation datacentres powered by a new

family of centralised and distributed core switches,

a new top-of-rack (ToR) switch and an extension

to the open automation software that delivers

powerful new capabilities for the next generation of

datacentres.

A key component of Force10’s new OCN

framework, the S-Series S7000 Open Cloud Switch

which is a new type of ToR node that combines

storage and application processing capabilities in a

single non-blocking 2RU unit, it enables ‘cloud-

in-a-rack’ capabilities and brings a new level of

convergence and functionality to the top-of-rack.

The S7000 supports 36 ports of 1/10 GbE, 12

ports of converged Ethernet/Fibre Channel and 4

ports of 40 GbE. The 40 GbE ports can be realised

as 4x10 GbE ports through breakout cables. The

edpnet

Connecting Russia and Europewith new DWDM bre channel

Open Cloud Networking from Force10

Information

Russian and European users can now

exchange data at massive speeds of up to

6.4Tbps.

Independent telecoms provider edpnet

has deployed a new external and fully

redundant DWDM (Dense Wavelength

Division Multiplexing) channel between

Saint-Petersburg and Stockholm, connecting

Russia and Europe. This new connection,

which enables speeds up to 6.4Tbps (160waves x 40Gbps) between Russia, Europe

and North America, is the next major

milestone in edpnet’s expansion in Russia.

Advantages

The biggest advantage of the new DWDM

channel between Saint-Petersburg and

Stockholm is that edpnet can now easily

offer 10Gbps (STM-64, OC-192c, 10GigE

WAN PHY, 10GigE LAN PHY) and 40Gbps

wavelengths not only in strategic points of

presence in Europe and North America,

but also in Russia. For Russian and European

end-users the new DWDM channel means

much faster speeds to the main foreign

hosting resources.

Deployment

The deployment of the DWDM channel

took from December 2010 till March 2011

and was divided into two stages. The rst

stage was setting up fully equipped points of

presence along the route from Stockholm

to Helsinki. The second s tage was extending

this route from Helsinki to Saint-Petersburg.

All operations were executed

simultaneously by edpnet’s Russian and

European network specialists, which

resulted in a rapid completion of this

project. In the future edpnet will expand its

DWDM channel further towards central

Russia.

You can nd out more about edpnet’s

complete range of products and

services by visiting their website at

www.edpnet.com/en

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LINX recently undertook a project to make its

member facing services and internal network

compliant over IPv6. This was jointly run by

Project Co-ordinator Bernd Marienfeldt and Steve

Harrison who began by completing some in-depth

analysis of LINX systems.

In initiating this project Bernd and Steve rst tested

a series of code bases in the lab. They also enteredinto a rewall vendor’s beta program which helped

them debug some of the issues that had to be

overcome for LINX to proceed. Another problem

was that a number of the standard features of

Enabling IPv6 on the LINX Network

15Staff News

Recruitment

Information Technology Team

Comment

AraratSmutkochornTrainee Systems

Administrator

Ararat Smutkochorn

has joined LINX as

a Trainee Systems

Administrator. She

graduated from The

University of Essex in 2009, with a Masters

Degree in Computer Network Security.

After graduating, she became a system

analyst at True Corporation, a dominant

telecommunication company in Thailand,

working on network trafc analysis

based on IDS (Intrusion Detection

Systems). Ararat had the responsibility

here to identify and block malwares and

suspicious trafc. Occasionally, she had

the opportunity to assist the network

engineers in their network congurations.

After 6 months at True Corporation, Araratmoved to the UK and began her career at

LINX in March 2011.

Ararat comments, “LINX offers me a

great opportunity to join a strong team

and work in the core of the Internet

network. I am training with an expert

in Unix server development who guides

me to work with the servers properly

and neatly. Everyone at LINX works as a

team and seeing my colleagues working

in their area of expertise drives my

enthusiasm to stay on top in this role”.

Derek Cobb recently joined LINX as Chief

Technical Ofcer. HotLINX caught up with Derek

to ask about his career, his impressions of LINX and

the future plans for the exchange.

First of all can you tell us about your career to

date in the telecoms industry?

I began my career as a 16 year old apprentice at BT.

This eventually led to me joining their International

Division and then Cellnet before it became O2.

At that time I was the head of the GSM Network

Development Team which was a role I held for about four years.

After 23 years with BT, I joined AT&T UK as Head

of Capacity Management and Architecture, helping

build their rst wholly owned network outside of

the US. I later spent eight years as Architecture

Director at ntl and eventually Virgin Media. I was

responsible for the strategy and development of

all the network platforms within ntl. I left after

completing the design and business case for

integration of the ntl and Telewest networks into

Virgin Media.

I then returned to BT where I headed up their VoIP

and contact centre build and spent the last two and

a half years working on the London 2012 Olympics.

Had I stayed I would’ve been one of the operations

directors at games time but for the call asking if I

would be interested in becoming LINX CTO.

What are your initial impressions of LINX?

Speaking as someone with my background the role

appealed as an exciting opportunity and also a great

honour. I was aware of the plans for the network

architecture refresh but, even so, I probably didn’t

fully appreciate the intensity of work that would be

needed right away! It’s been a terric learning curve.

I’m very impressed

with the commitment

of all the Engineering

Team who have put

in an awful lot of hard

work under pretty

trying circumstances.

What do you see as

the primary targets in

the immediate future?

The most important things to me are that we

sustain the service we deliver to our members

at the level of quality they expected from us and

that we deliver the new Juniper LAN platform in a

timely and efcient manner with minimal disruption

to our members.

I’m a great advocate of teamwork and responsibility.

I believe everybody in my team is responsible for

delivering service to our members and managing

the technology. We are all accountable to each

other. We also need to maximise the input from

our partners whether that’s our vendors, our outsourced NOC or the membership.

Something else I think is impor tant is Engineering’s

relationship with the Marketing & Business

Development team and IT. We have to ensure that

what we are doing is communicated well, timely and

accurately to the membership and getting feedback

on that is a critically important thing to do.

In the end I personally want to be visible and

available to all the members. I want to make sure

that what we’re doing is meeting their service

needs and that we are performing to a level that is

expected of us.

Derek Cobb ‘In the Spotlight’ LINX’s New Chief Technical Ofcer Interviewed

Derek Cobb,LINX CTO

IPv4 networking, like BGP and OSPF, were still

not available for IPv6 in the rewall’s software.

Centrally managed host based rewalls, using

ip6tables, were deployed across the entire LINX

service platform.

As stated, a major objective of the project was

to deploy IPv6 over the various LINX ofce

networks. With Bernd and Steve both beinglocated in Peterborough, this location was chosen

as the rst to be enabled and this was achieved in

late 2010. The deployment of IPv6 in the London

ofce and other sites is now nearing completion.

With the secure perimeter in place, Bernd and

Steve began testing on LINX’s internal websites

and this yielded some surprising results. Some

users were seen to be switching between IPv4 and

IPv6 and while the DNS conguration was RFC

compliant, it became clear that simplifying it further

would resolve the problem. Once the initial hurdles

were overcome, the successful roll out of the

remaining services was relatively straight-forward.

Between April and June 2011 the followingwebsites and services were enabled over IPv6:

• www.linx.net • stats.linx.net •ns0.linx.net • smtp.linx.net • sow.linx.net

• publicaffairs.linx.net •

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Sales Update

For the PeriodApril - June 2011New Members ConnectedBlinkmindASN: 40739

Country: USA

Network: NSP

Policy: Open

IPv4 Address: 195.66.224.26

Website: www.blinkmind.com

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +1 408 648 4806

Peering DB: Yes

Cerberus NetworksASN: 51918

Country: United Kingdom

Network: Cable/DSL/ISP

Policy: Open

IPv4 Address: 195.66.225.163

IPv6 Address: 2001:7f8:4::cace:1

Website: www.cerberusnetworks.co.uk


Tel: +44 845 257 1333

Peering DB: Yes

CurrenexASN: 17088Country: USA

Network: Content

Policy: Unavailable

IPv4 Address: 195.66.225.170

Website: www.currenex.com


Tel: +1 203 395 7930

Peering DB: Yes

PacnetASN: 10026

Country: China

Network: NSP

Policy: Selective

IPv4 Address: 195.66.225.168

IPv6 Address: 2001:7f8:4::272a:1

Website: www.pacnet.com


Tel: +852 2121 2828

Peering DB: Yes

Rightnow TechnologiesASN: 15179

Country: USA

Network: Content

Policy: Open

IPv4 Address: 195.66.225.172

Website: www.rightnow.com


Tel: +1 866 630 7669

Peering DB: Yes

RunisoASN: 44099

Country: France

Network: Content

Policy: Open

IPv4 Address: 195.66.225.164

Website: www.runiso.com


Tel: +33 362 138371

Peering DB: Yes

TelappliantASN: 34066


Network: VoIP

Policy: Unavailable

IPv4 Address: 195.66.224.249

Website: www.telappliant.com


Tel: +44 845 004 4040

Peering DB: No

Telekom SrbijaASN: 8400Country: Serbia

Network: NSP

Policy: Selective

IPv4 Address: 195.66.225.166

Website: www.telekom.rs


Tel: +381 113 069145

Peering DB: Yes

VectraASN: 29314

Country: Poland

Network: Cable/DSL/ISP

Policy: Unavailable

IPv4 Address: 195.66.225.167

Website: www.vectra.pl


Tel: +485 874 26224

Peering DB: No

WebfusionASN: 20738


Network: Hosting

Policy: Unavailable

IPv4 Address: 195.66.225.171

Website: www.webfusion.co.uk


Tel: +44 208 587 7238

Peering DB: No

16 Membership News Jennifer AthertonBusiness DevelopmentExecutive

Comment

LINX is pleased to announce the connection

of ten new members since the beginning

of April. This is three more than the seven

who joined the exchange over the rst three

months of the year.

A glance at the ags opposite shows that

red, white and blue are the dominant colours

clearly indicating that the attractiveness of

peering in London remains strong in the

United Kingdom, US and French markets.

What is particularly interesting is the depth

of differing network types. Content, VoIP, NSP,

Hosting, Cable, DSL and ISP providers are

all represented by new LINX members this

quarter.

Other new members include Pacnet, an NSP

network from China, Vectra, a cable, DSL and

Internet Service Provider from Poland and

Telekom Srbija, LINX’s rst member from

Serbia.

A complete LINX membership list is on the

LINX website: www.linx.net/about/memberlist

Member Relations UpdateLINX has now recruited two new people for

its new Member Relations team with Katrina

Readshaw and Emuobor Damu both joining

LINX as Member Relations Representatives

back in June. LINX Head of Marketing &

Business Development, Ben Hedges, had this to

say about the new appointments:

“We are delighted to welcome Kat and Em

to LINX family. They will both be based in

our Peterborough ofce along with the rest

of the Marketing & Business Development

team, but members will be sure to see them

around at LINX member meetings and

other industry events.”

The new team will work closely with all parts

of the company as well as acting as an interface

between members and the exchange itself. The

role will involve dealing with specic enquiries

from the membership and directing requests

and any issues to relevant departmentalcolleagues.

Both Kat and Em will be proled in a future

issue of HotLINX.

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