What is LACNIC? Numbers?

Internet Week 9/13 October 2017 Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown, Guyana [email protected] Internet Numbers (briefly) Internet numbers • Internet Protocol Numbers: IPv4 & IPv6

• Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) Internet numbers

Machines use numbers, but people re m e m b e r n a m e s (d o m a in n a m e s ) LACNIC: One of five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) What is a regional Internet registry (RIR)?

A regional Internet re g istry (R IR ) is an organisation th a t managesth e allocation and re g istra tio n of Internet num ber re s o u rc e s withina particular re g io n of th e world. In te rn e t num berre s o u rc e s in c lu d e IP addresses and autonom ous system num bers (ASNs). Five Regional Internet Registries Latin American and Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC) •Not-for-profit organisation est. In , (since 2002) •Distribution and administration of number resources •Coordination of policy development within the community for managing resources •Reverse DNS resolution and other tech services •Capacity building and outreach •Cooperation activities LACNIC Coverage Area

Argentina St Eustatius Guyana South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands Curaçao Uruguay Who’s who? Community Members Commissions

•Broad-based •6000 approx. •Anyone or any entity with •Often ISPs (allocation) or an interest end-users (assignment) •Electoral •Self-regulating •Different categories •Fiscal •Open, transparent, •Elect Executive Board bottom-up processes (e.g. among peers with right to PDPs) vote Who’s who? Board of Directors Staff •Wardner Maia (BR) – President •Over 50 professionals •Oscar Messano (AR) – Vice President •Three working languages •Hartmut Glaser (BR) – Treasurer •Nationals from Uruguay, , Mexico, •Alejandro Guzman (CO) – Deputy Treasurer Brazil, Venezuela, Paraguay, Panama, •Javier Salazar (MX) – Secretary Trinidad and Tobago •Gabriel Adonaylo (AR) – Deputy Secretary •Rafael Ibarra (SV) – Spokesperson •Oscar Robles Garay – Executive Director (ex officio) Caribbean Members

Country No. of Country No. of Code Members Code Members

AN 16 GY 8 AW 3 HT 12 BQ 2 SR 5 BZ 21 SX 4 CU 8 TT 12 CW 8 DO 38 GF 3 =140 Members Activities Key services and activities • Distribution of number resources (registration) • Coordination Policy Development Process (PDP) for number distribution • Reverse DNS and maintaining the WHOIS database • Other technical services (resource certification/RPKI, WARP) • Capacity building and outreach • Development/cooperation projects • How Internet numbers are distributed globally How number distribution is governed regionally – the PDP Mailing lists matter

• Policies ([email protected]): https://mail.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/politicas • Caribbean ([email protected]): https://mail.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/caribbean • Women in ICT ([email protected]): https://mail.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/it-women • Network Security ([email protected]): http://mail.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/seguridad • LAC-IX ([email protected]): http://mail.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/napla • FLIP6 (IPv6 Task Force – [email protected]): https://mail.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/lactf • LACNOG ([email protected]): https://mail.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/lacnog Two Annual Meetings

Spring Meeting Annual General Assembly Tech Tutorials IG Panel Forums Special Meetings

LACNIC 30 – LACNOG 2018 Fall Meeting 24/28 September 2018 Co-located with LACNOG TBD Capacity Building

Main Topics • IPv6 (10) • Security (3) • LACNIC Services (2) • IoT (2) • IXP • RPKI • Other (3) (2016) Cantidad de Código País participantes AR Argentina 299 CO Colombia 273 Cantidaddepaísesparticipantesdeloscursos VE Venezuela 212 CR Costa Rica 188 IPv6BásicoyIPv6Avanzado MX México 164 EC Ecuador 120 PE Perú 109 UY Uruguay 96 CL Chile 85 PY Paraguay 82 PA Panamá 64 BR Brasil 63 CU Cuba 55 BO Bolivia 54 GT Guatemala 47 HN Honduras 44 NI Nicaragua 39 SV El Salvador 29 DO República Dominicana 26 ES España 6 México Panamá Venezuela BZ Belice 4 Argentina Guatemala España CW Curazao 4 Paraguay Chile CostaRica US Estados Unidos 4 Ecuador Colombia Brasil TT Trinidad y Tobago 2 Uruguay Perú Cuba AW Aruba 1 Honduras RepúblicaDominicana ElSalvador CA Canadá 1 Bolivia EstadosUnidos Nicaragua GF Guayana Francesa 1 Haití Curazao Belice HT Haití 1 Togo Canadá Aruba TG Togo 1 TrinidadyTobago GuayanaFrancesa TOTAL: 2074 Development Projects - FRIDA Thematic focus - Technical innovation for internet development and access - Community impact through the use of ICT Funding programs - FRIDA Awards, US$5,000 - Grants Program, US$ 20,000-US$30,000 - Scale-up Program, US$40,000 FRIDA has supported projects from Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Dominica, Dominican Republic and Cuba. Development Projects - FRIDA 2017 Winning Projects - FRIDA Awards - Armonia by Universidad de Oriente de Cuba (US$5,000 + fellowship to IGF2017) - Coding Rights (US$5,000 + fellowship to IGF2017) - FRIDA Grants - National Telecommunications Commission of Dominica Weather Stations using IoT (US$18,500) Development Projects – Ayitic Goes Global LACNIC On The Move Líderes Programme – IG Support

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