Presenter: Steve Feldman

TIME  4:00pm

Presentation Abstract 

In late 2018 and early 2019, Packet Clearing House was among the targets of a sophisticated attach against several governments and infrastructure providers.  This talk will describe the attack in detail, then show how PCH detected the attack, determined what had happened, and took steps to mitigate future occurrences.

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Bio:

Steve Feldman's primary job is Principal Network Architect at CBS Interactive, a US media company, where he is responsible for the overall architecture of networks for content generation and delivery and interconnections among their datacenters and cloud environments.  He also volunteers as Secretary of the NANOG Program Committee and Board Chair of Packet Clearing House.

He first discovered the Internet in the early 1980s as a graduate student at the University of California while developing Ethernet device drivers for the BSD kernel.  Working for MFS Datanet In the 1990s, he was the Principal Architect for the MAE East and MAE West exchange points.

Presenter: Edward McNair

TIME  9:00 am

Presentation Abstract:

NOGs are an important component of the Internet ecosystem. NANOG, for example, has been able to play a major role in developing the network infrastructure, commercial activity, and human relationships that drive development in the North American networks. The session will give participants a better grasp of the general philosophy and typical functionality of NOGs through the lens of your personal and professional experiences at NANOG.

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Edward McNair  is the Executive Director of the North American Network Operators Group (NANOG). He is also the co-founder of Kaskadian, an agency that provides branding, marketing and sales support for startups and new businesses.

Presenter: Sean Kennedy

TIME  11:00 am

Presentation Abstract:

Route hijacks, route table leaks, and denial of service incidents continue to impact Internet services around the world. This session will give all participants an overview of the purpose and functionality of the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS). In particular, Caribbean operators should leave this session with a better understanding of what practical steps they can and should take to mitigate global routing threats.

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L Sean Kennedy is an active member of the Internet Engineering community and Chairperson of the NANOG Board of Directors.

Presenter: Jon Worley

TIME  9:00 am

Presentation Abstract:

Caribbean networks often aren’t aware they can get their own resources from ARIN. Obtaining resources from ARIN is easy and can help a network in several ways. Networks that currently lease IPv4 addresses from an ISP are typically paying significantly more per year to lease those addresses than comparable fees to register IPv4 addresses through ARIN. Addresses from ARIN are also portable, so if a network wants to switch from one ISP to another, it’s much easier. My presentation will walk attendees through the process of obtaining these resources from ARIN.

We’ll cover registration of an autonomous system (AS) number, which is used to multi-home via BGP to use multiple ISPs and/or to connect to a public exchange point. We’ll also cover registering IPv6 addresses and how this allows Caribbean networks to unlock access to a special reserved pool of IPv4 addresses that enables them to get an IPv4 /24. Finally, we’ll review ARIN’s IPv4 waiting list and ARIN’s IPv4 transfer policies so that Caribbean networks have an understanding of how they work and whether they might be an option to consider.  

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Bio:

Jon Worley is the Technical Services Lead for ARIN and has been a member of the Registration Services team since 2004. He has experience with all ARIN policies and procedures for requesting, managing, and transferring IP addresses and AS numbers, including technical services such as ARIN’s RESTful API. Jon has spoken about these topics as well as IPv4 depletion and IPv6 adoption at many ARIN events. 

Presenter: Matthew Wilder

TIME  9:30 am

Presentation Abstract:

As a leading service provider in Canada, TELUS was the first to deploy IPv6 at scale for the benefit of its customers and shareholders.  This presentation outlines recommendations based on the experience of the team responsible for IPv6 at TELUS.  Part business, part technical, this talk should provide helpful insights to any service provider and organization developing their own IPv6 plans. 

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Matthew Wilder is a Senior Engineer at TELUS Communications, a leading telecommunications provider in Canada with nearly 2 million home Internet subscribers and over 9 million wireless subscribers.  Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Matthew is responsible IP Address management and IPv6 at TELUS.  Matthew holds a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Victoria. 

Presenter: Brent McIntosh

TIME  10:00 am

Presentation Abstract:

This session will provide participants with a snapshot of the current state of IPv6 deployment in the Caribbean region. The audience will appreciate actual insights into the challenges and obstacles faced in the process of deployment in the Caribbean, as well as some information about practical strategies implemented to overcome those difficulties. 

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Brent is an Internet Service Provider professional with expertise in IP technology. He considers himself an IPv6 Evangelist in his current role of head of IP & MPLS Operations for C&W Communications. He has over 16 years’ experience in Telecoms and just around 8 years with IPv6. He is currently president of the IPv6 forum Grenada and is a certified IPv6 Forum Engineer (Gold). Brent has worked on many IPv6 deployments within the C&W Communications service provider environment, IXPs and with Caribbean enterprise customers, mainly in Trinidad, Grenada and Curacao. Some of his proudest moments in the IPv6 field was deploying IPv6 infrastructure at the Grenada IXP to support CDN providers such as Akamai. His near-term goal is to continue to roll-out IPv6 networks with the teams at C&W Communications.

Presenter: Owen DeLong

TIME  11:00 am

Presentation Abstract:

This presentation will cover a series of logical steps to take in planning and executing an IPv6 deployment. While there will be some technical content, this is primarily about methodology. 

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Owen DeLong has an eclectic array of interests, includingIPv6 and Internet Policy and Governance, Aviation, Electronics/IoT, Amateur Radio, Photography, SCUBA diving, and more. He’s a member of the ARIN Advisory Council and active in internet development efforts around the world.