Agenda
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2:00-2:15 - Topic and Speaker, TBD
2:15-2:30 - Favorite Peering Routers - Discussion Facilitator: Tom
Scholl
This discussion will enumerate the top reasons Peering Coordinators
prefer one router over another for the purposes of peering. We will
have microphones circulating around the room so folks can chime in.
2:30-3:10 - The Great Debate - Should Consistent Announcements and a
Backbone always be a requirement for multi-site Peering?
The two debaters have agreed, regardless of their personal opinions,
to present and defend the strongest arguments on both sides:
Peter Cohen will be arguing that consistent announcements are indeed a
rational requirement for multi-site peering.
Aaron Hughes will be arguing that consistent announcements are not a
valid peering requirement when peering with content that is
duplicated/mirrored across multiple sites.
The format is the same as previous debates:
2 minutes for each side to state their case
2 minutes each side to attack the others position and reinforce their
position
2 minutes each to sum up their argument
We will take an audience vote : Which side made the more compelling
case? This will determine the winner of the debate.
We will then open the floor to discussion, highlighting points that
should have been made during the debate, points or questions that
might highlight issues that might sway the audience to vote for which *argument* ultimately is stronger, after the audience discussions is
over.
We will take a final vote on the issue: "Should Consistent
Announcements and a Backbone always be a requirement for multi-site
Peering?
3:10-3:30 - Other topics that pop up from the community between now
and the meeting and Peering Personals where Peering Coordinators can
introduce themselves to the group, with the goal of initiating the
peering negotiations.
About the Presenter
Bill Norton is Co-Founder and Chief Technical Liaison for Equinix. He focuses on research on large-scale interconnection and ISP peering, and in particular, scaling Internet operations using optical networking. Bill has published and presented his research in a variety of international forums. From 1987 to 1998, he served in several staff and managerial roles at Merit Network, directing national and international network research and operations activities and serving as NANOG coordinator. Bill received a B.A. in Computer Science and an M.B.A. from the Business School at the University of Michigan, and has been an active member of the Internet Engineering Task Force for the past 15 years.