Welcome! APNIC Training

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Welcome!APNIC Training

• Proposal for the collaborative development of a
  common Internet educational curriculum
• APAN 2326 January 2007
• Manila

Cecil Goldsteincecil_at_apnic.net
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Overview

• This presentation seeks to propose an initiative
  for collaboration between APNIC and educational
  institutions in the AP region to develop,
  maintain, share and deliver teaching material
  about the structure, operation and current state
  of the Internet.

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Agenda

• Background and motivation
• About APNIC
• Relevant topics in operational Internet education
• Advantages and benefits
• Operational model
• Invitation

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Background and motivation

• The Internet today
• The tasks and difficulties facing educationalists
• Views on the state of Internet knowledge taught
• Response and motivation

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The Internet today

• Dynamic
• Evolving
• Devolving
• Esoteric
• Commercially driven
• Conflicting views
• Jurisdiction and legalities
• Governance
• Technologies
• Exposed
• Targetted
• A resource, a source, a repository

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The problem for educationalists

• In the face of this constantly changing and
  evolving Internet environment, educationalists
  are faced with the task of having to prepare
  future network professionals with both the
  theoretical concepts of internetworking as well
  as an understanding of the practical operation
  and functionality of the Internet as it currently
  applies.

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The difficulties

• Maintaining own currency
• Technologies
• Operation
• Structure
• Management and policy
• Untangling the complexities
• Knowing what to present
• Sourcing and maintaining material
• Practical exposure

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The current situation

• This is not scientific!!!! Based on
• Own experience
• Others experience
• Anecdotal
• Operator experience
• Observed operational issues
• Concepts, theories presented well
• Practical knowledge of the structure, operation,
  management of the Internet is lacking
• Students are lacking practical, relevant
  understanding

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Response and motivation

• Reaction to some initial discussion has indicated
  that academics, students and those involved in
  the operation of the Internet clearly endorse the
  need to effectively provide such knowledge and
  understanding in teaching programs.
• Improvement in Internet knowledge for network
  professionals will enhance
• Productivity
• Efficiency
• Progress
• Best Practice

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About APNIC

• APNIC is ideally positioned to support such an
  initiative
• AP organisation
• Focussed on supporting Internet operation through
  supporting its members
• Strong emphasis on training, education and
  outreach to also promote Internet development
• Core resources
• Members are Internet operators (ISPs, Telcos
  other NW operators)
• Training and Education Unit
• Remote access training lab
• Strong ties and involvement with Internet
  management and leadership organisations
• Close support from Internet technology subject
  specialists

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What is APNIC?
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What is APNIC?

• Regional Internet Registry (RIR)for the Asia
  Pacific Region
• Regional authority for Internet Resource
  distribution
• IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6), AS numbers,
  in-addr.arpa delegation
• Membership-based organisation
• Established 1993
• Non-profit, neutral and impartial
• Not operations forum
• Not standards development

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The RIR structure

• Five RIRs today
• Open
• Transparent
• Neutral and impartial
• Addresses distributed fairly
• Based on need
• No discrimination
• Not for profit membership organisation
• Membership open to all interested parties
• Bottom up, industry self-regulatory structure
• Policies developed by industry at large
• Through open policy processes

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What is the APNIC community?

• Open forum in the Asia Pacific
• Open to any interested parties
• Voluntary participation
• Decisions made based on consensus
• Public meetings
• Mailing lists
• web archived

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The APNIC community!

• Open forum in the Asia Pacific
• Open to any interested parties

Global Internet Community
APAN
NZNOG
PACNOG
ISP Associations

• A voice in regional Internet operations through
  participation in APNIC

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APNIC structure

• Industry self-regulatory structure
• Participation by those who use Internet
  resources
• Consensus-based decision making
• Eg. Policy changes, db requirements etc
• Open and transparent
• Meetings and mailing lists
• Open to anyone
• http//www.apnic.net/meetings/22/index.html
• http//www.apnic.net/community/lists/index.html

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What does APNIC do?
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Policy development process
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Why a policy?

• Long term interests of the Internet requires
  prudent management of address space
• While address management is not a pure
  technical issue, mismanaged management can
  severely impact Internet operation.
• routing tables
• filtering and accessibility
• Imbalance of distribution

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Policy development

• Industry self-regulatory process
• Policy is developed by the AP Internet community
  to suit needs of region
• Facilitated by RIR staff
• Policy implementation
• APNIC shares with its members and their customers
  a collective responsibility
• RIR process
• ISPs and other affected parties

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Policy Principles

• Address space not freehold property
• Understanding that globally unique address space
  is licensed for use not owned
• Routability not guaranteed
• Minimum allocation is defined

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Participation in policy development

• To be aware of the current policies for managing
  address space allocated.
• Business reasons
• Policies affect business operating environments
  and are constantly changing
• Ensure needs are met
• Educational
• Improve operational capabilities and practices
• Learn and share experiences
• Stay abreast with best practices in the
  Internet
• Facilitate Internet development

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Policy Development Process
OPEN
Need
Anyone can participate
Discuss
Evaluate
TRANSPARENT
BOTTOM UP
Implement
Consensus
Internet community proposes and approves policy
All decisions policies documented freely
available to anyone
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The policy development process
Need
Discuss
Consensus
Implement
Report to AMM
ML discussion
Meeting discussion
Proposal (4 w before meeting)
Consensus
Consensus
Consensus
Comment period (8 weeks)
Implementation (3 months)
EC endorsement
You can participate! More information about
policy development can be found
at http//www.apnic.net/docs/policy/dev
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An operational education - what can or should be
taught?

• A curriculum can be developed to focus on the
  operational knowledge, understanding and
  capabilities a network professional should
  acquire to effectively function in the prevailing
  Internet environment

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Topics and Issues some examples

• While a curriculum would be the subject for
  collaborative development, there are a number of
  clearly defined areas that should be included
• Many of these may currently already be part of
  some courses.
• However, the would still be scope to provide
  support, currency, consistency and operational
  input.

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Topics

• Internet addressing
• Issues
• Classfull addressing still emphasised
• Lack of understand of management and allocation
  policies
• Topics
• CIDR
• Acquiring address space
• Managing address space
• Policies
• Governance and policy
• Legal issues

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Topics.

• Operation
• ISPs
• Transit providers
• IXs
• Structure and connectivity
• Peering
• Multi-homing
• IPv6 its current state
• Economics of the Internet

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Topics ctd.

• Security concerns
• Spam
• Attacks
• Security measures
• Intrusion detection
• Darknets
• Bogon filtering
• CA routing
• Forensics
• Root servers mirroring and anycasting
• Traffic engineering

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Topics ctd

• Aggregation
• Issues
• Impact on routing and the routing table
• Internet leadership and management Organisations
• Roles and interrelationships eg
• ICANN/IANA, RIR structure, ISOC, IAB, IETF, IGF,
  Operator Groups (NOGs), APRICOT, APAN
• Resources and Information
• Routing report
• CIDR report

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Advantages and Benefits

• Common, consistent and relevant material
• Procedures for update and currency maintenance
• Industry input
• Modularity shared development
• Local emphasis
• Local language support
• Expert input and review
• Professional development - preparatory workshops,
  seminars, guidance for teachers

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Possibilities

• International funding
• Vendor support
• ISP internships
• Participation in Internet forums,meetings
• Operational experience
• Affiliations and associations

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Outcomes

• The effective implementation of such a program
  would hopefully result in networking
  professionals entering the industry more
  prepared, aware and appropriately skilled,
  therefore enhancing Internet operation and
  development in the constituent communities

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Operational Model (suggestion only)

• Initial mailing list for interested parties
• Nominations to a working group
• Development of curriculum and action plan
• Establishment of working parties
• Interaction with experts, operators, industry
• Building of website, material store
• Program for delivery and support

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Next steps.. Invitation ?

• If you are interested, please email me at
• cecil_at_apnic.net
• If you are interested in being involved in a
  working group, please indicate in your email

Thank you!!