November 1998 Agenda Topics

The North American Network Operators Group (NANOG)

Topics we've lined up so far include:

Sunday evening tutorials

  • Good ISPs Have No Class: Addressing Nuances and Nuisances
     (Howard Berkowitz)
    Sunday, Nov. 8, 7:15 - 8:45 p.m.
    Description of the tutorial HERE.
  • Optimal External Route Selection: Tips and Techniques for ISPs
    (Avi Freedman, Net Access)
    Sunday, Nov. 8, 8:45 - 10:15 p.m.
    Description of the tutorial HERE.
    • Monday - Tuesday presentations
  • Enabling Technologies for Large-Scale Backbone Caching
    (Panel moderated by Peter Danzig, Network Appliance)
    Domestic Users of Caching
    Ed Schwab, Tripod/Lycos
    Ed Kern, Digex
    Enabling Technologies
    TBA, Cisco
    Shirish Sathaye, Alteon
    Bill Maggs, MCI
  • Router Update: Fast Packet Forwarding and Packet Treatment for Differentiated Services
    (Panel moderated by Curtis Villamizer, ANS)
  • Alternative Interconnects: Technology, Attachment Requirements, and Performance Measurements
    (Panel moderated by Bill Manning, ISI)
  • Updates from the Internet2 GigaPoPs
    Ron Hutchins, Southern CrossRoads, Atlanta GigaPoP
    Dave Meyer, Oregon GigaPoP
    Mark Johnson, North Carolina Networking Initiative
    Stan Barber, Texas GigaPoP
  • Multicast/MBGP: Real-Life Experiences in the Field
    (Panel moderated by Dave Meyer, Cisco)
    Steve Rubin, AboveNet
    Dorian Kim, Verio
    Doug Pasko, Cable & Wireless
    Henry Kilmer/Danielle Deibler, DIGEX
    Jian Li, Qwest
  • ARIN Update (Kim Hubbard, ARIN)
  • InterNIC Update (Mark Kosters, InterNIC)
  • CA*net 3 - Architectural and Engineering Issues of Building an Optical Internet
    (Bill St. Arnaud, CANARIE)
    Detailed paper about the project HERE.
  • Who You Gonna Call?
    Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates
    Description of the talk HERE.
  • Interesting Peering Activities at the Exchange Points
    (Naiming Shen, Cisco)
    Description of the talk HERE.
  • CAR Talk: Configuration Considerations for Cisco's Committed Access Rate (Cathy Wittbrodt, @Home)
    Description of the talk HERE.
  • Planning for Multicast Address Allocation: A Plea for Input from the IETF MALLOC Working Group (Dave Thaler, Microsoft)
    • Monday Evening BOFs
  • Data Center Needs, Problems, and Technology
     (Bill Norton, Equinix, and Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates)
    Description of the BOF HERE.