Transcript ARIN on the Road – Halifax Internet Exchange Points in Canada & a HFXIX Update Shawn Beaton, CIRA May 21st, 2015

ARIN on the Road – Halifax
Internet Exchange Points in Canada & a HFXIX Update
Shawn Beaton, CIRA
May 21st, 2015
Goals & Objectives
• You know more about the Canadian IXP
infrastructure.
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Evolution
Accessibility
Benefits
Who should Peer
INTERNET
As an organization or individual you can participate and
collaborate with us in the evolution and the success of a better
internet in Canada
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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
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Properly and strategically located (easy to access)
Vendor neutral
Non profit organization
Peers / Members base
– Mix of Content, ISP and Transit Provider
• Services (Route Server, NTP, DNS, AS112)
• Low cost solution
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Internet Peering
Peering
Peering: You agree to exchange local traffic
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What is required to Peer
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ASN (Autonomous System Number)
BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)
IPv4 and IPv6*
Connectivity to the IX (Copper / Fiber)
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IXPs and Traffic Routing
Transit
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Canadian
ISP
Last Mile
Transit
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Canadian
ISP
Last Mile
Canadian
ISP
Last Mile
Canadian
ISP
Last Mile
Transit
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Canadian
ISP
Canadian
ISP
Canada
USA
USA
IXP
USA
IXP
USA
IXP
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Transit
$$$
Canadian
ISP
Transit Transit
$$$
$$$
USA
IXP
USA
IXP
Transit
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Transit
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Peering
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Canadian
ISP
Transit
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USA
IXP
Transit
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Internet
Internet
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Peering
Canadian
ISP
Canadian
ISP
Canada
USA
Toronto
IXP
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Internet Exchange Point (IXP) – Canadian Vision
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The Internet
Canadian Internet Services
DNS Servers
(root & .CA)
NTP
Time Servers
Route
Servers
Transit
Peering
DNS Servers
for ISPs
R&E Research &
$$$ Education Networks
Content Provider Networks
US
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$$$
- LOCAL -
Colocation
Data Centers
Non-profit
Vendor Neutral
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CDN
Domestic
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CDN
International
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Self Regulating
“Peering”
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Free or commercial
agreements
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FAST / LOW COST
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Governments
Municipalities
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CDN: Content Delivery
Network
ISP
Cable / DSL $$$
ISP
Wireless
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ISP
Mobile
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Internet Service Providers
US
- IXP -
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ISP
VoIP (voice) $$$
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Transit Providers
Domestic
Transit Providers
International
ISP: Internet Service
Provider
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Transit Providers
Network of
Networks
US
US
The Internet
Domestic &
International
Evolution of IX in Canada
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Other potential IX in Canada
• Community activities
– Saint John, New Brunswick
– Windsor, Ontario
– Edmonton, Alberta
– Regina, Saskatchewan
– Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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Questions?
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Halifax – HFXIX
• New Start 3 weeks ago (May, 2015)
– Granted a switch via CIRA CIC funding
• Location
– 7071 Bayer's Road, Halifax
• Peers (7)
– including CANARIE, CIRA, and 3 Universities
• Services
– NTP, Router servers, .CA DNS, AS112
• Contact ( [email protected] )
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