Peering BOF XVI

William B. Norton, Equinix

This 90 minute slot pulls the peering community together "in the round" for a discussion of the top issues or pain points that we all face. From the perennial discussion of peering vs. transit to the capacity issues thwarted by the lack of standards for hi bandwidth pipes, this interactive session will solicit ideas and experiences from the group collective and document them for the broader community.

Agenda

• Transit Survey Results - jzp - 10 min
  At the last Peering BOF XVI Joe collected some data points from the community, so in this time he will share back what he learned.
• 40G/100G Standardization Update - Greg Hankins - 10 minutes
  Lots has changed and some vendor(s) have decided to implement both.
• Best Current Practices for BGP Filtering - Eric Bell - 10 minutes
  Everyone talks about BGP Filtering, but what are the best current practices?
• The Value of the Peering Community Network - Peter Cohen - 5 min
  The value of peering is proportional to how much traffic you can pass, but what is the value of the peering network (the peering community itself)?
• Peeringdb.com Update - Randy - 5 min
  A brief update on this valuable shared resource.
• Debate: Assume peeringCost=transitCost - 20 min
  If peering and transit are the same cost, does peering make sense?
  We need to find two volunteers to present the strongest arguments on each side for this debate. (We can modify the debate question as the debaters are selected. Another form of the question for example, does the Peering BOF make sense anymore; is all the peering among friends already done?)
  Pro: Go the peering/transit route, Con: only buy transit
  < Debaters TBD >
• Peering Personals - Meet 6 new peers and 2 old ones - 20 min - All
  Part of the value of being in the same room is the chance to meet potential peers, so we set aside time for a few people to stand up and introduce themselves. If you are interested in doing this, send an email to bill.norton@gmail.com with Subject: "Peering Personals at NANOG Peering BOF XVI". I will pick a handful of these volunteers.
  1) Bob Bosco - Highwinds Networking Group - AS 12989
  2) Richard Berroa - MySpace - 33739
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  4) <- To request a peering personals slot, send email to Bill.Norton at gmail.com with Subject: Peering Personals at NANOG ->
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  Source: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dddj3pds_35hg72tv&hl=en

Bio:

William B. 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.

updated October 11, 2007

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