ARIN on the Road – Halifax Internet Exchange Points in Canada & a HFXIX Update Shawn Beaton, CIRA May 21st, 2015 1
You know more about the Canadian IXP infrastructure. Goals & Objectives You know more about the Canadian IXP infrastructure. Evolution Accessibility Benefits Who should Peer As an organization or individual you can participate and collaborate with us in the evolution and the success of a better internet in Canada INTERNET ARIN – Halifax - 2015
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 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 ARIN – Halifax - 2015
Peering: You agree to exchange local traffic Internet Peering Peering Peering, voluntary interconnection between two ISP for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the customers of each network. Peering is not transit, customer from ISP 1 cannot access the internet via ISP2, not can ISP1 use ISP 2 in case the internet is “down” Peering: You agree to exchange local traffic ARIN – Halifax - 2015
What is required to Peer ASN (Autonomous System Number) BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) IPv4 and IPv6* Connectivity to the IX (Copper / Fiber) ARIN – Halifax - 2015
IXPs and Traffic Routing ARIN – Halifax - 2015 6
Internet Exchange Point (IXP) – Canadian Vision The Internet US Canadian Internet Services Transit Peering DNS Servers (root & .CA) NTP Time Servers Route Servers DNS Servers for ISPs R&E Research & Education Networks ISP Cable / DSL $$$ - IXP - - LOCAL - Non-profit Vendor Neutral Self Regulating “Peering” Free or commercial agreements FAST / LOW COST $ $$$ US $ Colocation Data Centers $$$ ISP Wireless $ US $$$ $ Content Provider Networks CDN Domestic Internet Service Providers $$$ $ ISP Mobile CDN International $ $$$ $$$ $ US ISP VoIP (voice) US Governments Municipalities $ $$$ $$$ $ $$ $$ CDN: Content Delivery Network Transit Providers Domestic Transit Providers International ISP: Internet Service Provider $$$ $$$ Transit Providers Network of Networks The Internet Domestic & International US US
Evolution of IX in Canada ARIN – Halifax - 2015
Other potential IX in Canada Community activities Saint John, New Brunswick Windsor, Ontario Edmonton, Alberta Regina, Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ARIN – Halifax - 2015
Questions? ARIN – Halifax - 2015
New Start 3 weeks ago (May, 2015) Location Peers (7) Services 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 ( info@hxix.ca ) ARIN – Halifax - 2015