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page 29 A SecureandStable I Awards and for socialdevelopment. tool an effective and become human rights of exercise the promote will Internet the where like us,striveforaworld in ourworkand who,just their trust place who men andwomen the of our members,andproud of proud our staff, of proud achievements, these of proud services toourgrowingcommunity.Weare and providemorebetter develop that help synergies hub forthemostrelevantregionalInternetorganizations, building which allows Caribbean, a Internet forLatinAmericaandthe Casa de the also opened This pastyearwe to Work (Great Place2012). to workin places best one ofthe named having been tenth anniversarycustomersatisfaction(surveybyEquiposMori)andproudof with 97% our commitment.Lacnicits we haveachievedrenewandstrengthen celebrates The results inception andstrivesfortheregion’ssocial,culturaleconomicdevelopment. promoting sinceour have been model we to themultistakeholder which alsocontributes and openInternet by asolidsetofprinciplessuchasthatsecure, stable guided an organization workof the Caribbean need Today morethanever,LatinAmericaandthe neers, membersofacademia,activists,experts,students,andNetizensingeneral. engi- of participation active the promoting roadblocks, while makers, potential identifying region’s decision the with our region,workingtogether to presented being is that growth for opportunity unique andundeniable this materialize help actively trary, isto our goal world by2015.con- digital Onthe join the 120 Latinthatwill million newAmericanusers and the Internet’s current 250millionusers At Lacnicnotonlyaimtoaccompanythe we Internet saleshavegrown50-foldinthelastdecadealone. where powerhouse technology the mosttimeonsocialnetworksandanemerging spend people where region the 2012, LatinAmericais during today published studies different to According dramatic changes. experienced also has landscape region’s technological Our such astheWorldConferenceforInternationalCommunications(WCIT)heldinDubai. and demandingalargerroleininternationalforums for moreinformedwaystoparticipate proposals suchasSOPA, PIPA looking and ACTA,ofnewstakeholders to theemergence of individual freedom, playing akeyroleinthedefeat have restricted otherwise would that areasrangingfromactivismagainstlegislation of theonlinecommunityindifferent participation active the anniversary, marked by tenth ayear its In 2012, Lacnic celebrated to anend. A year filledwithgreatsatisfaction andprofound changes comes Anonymous "Teamwork isthefuelthatpowersachievement" President, Lacnic. By OscarMessano,

3 #2012AnnualReport 4 #2012AnnualReport the new challengesfacing theregion. vision andmission to consider achangingenvironmentand 2013- thestrategic planningprocessIn 2012we undertook for ­2015, duringwhichwe redefinedtheorganization’s a regionalperspective. munity withinachangingenvironment. training activitiesandcooperationprojects.. organizations. model. participatory andbottom-upInternetgovernance and continuouslygrowingInternet. community by: continuous innovationandaddingvalueforour America andtheCaribbean,basedonacultureof ment ofInternetnumberingresourcesforLatin The constantsearchforexcellenceinthemanage- Mission Caribbean. cultural developmentofLatinAmericaandthe Internet attheserviceofeconomic,socialand for theconstructionofanopen,stableandsecure To leadthecreationofsynergiesandinitiatives Vision ted issues. tute aregionalsourceofreferenceonInternet-rela- logies andstandards.s. Participatingcontributing ininternationalforums, ofourcom- Timelyrespondingtotheexpectations thatwillconsti- Maintainingreliableinformation Developing regionalcapabilitiesbymeansofforums, Buildingrelationshipsandcooperatingwithother newtechno- Developing,promotingandadopting Promotingandenrichingamultistakeholder, Continuedstrengtheningofasecure,stable,open,

5 #2012AnnualReport 6 #2012AnnualReport #Highlights 2012 ataGlance celebrates its anniversary regional Internet working with the (October 2012) community 10 Lacnic dollar donationfrom Sida, part ofpart the Alliance since the Swiss International ICT projects. FRIDA, an initiative of Lacnic, is th (November 2012)for receives a1.5million Cooperation Agency The Seed Alliance The February 2012. Work namesLacnic Places to Work inUruguay Great Place to one of the Top (November 2012) 5 There arenow providing services inour operating networks and region (December 2012) member organizations 2,700 Lacnic 17breaksLacnic every participation record: participation World event inQuito, near 600registered (May2012) the Middleof the participants forparticipants Casa de Internet Internet de Casa Caribbean opensits Latin America and AmericaLatin doors (April2012) for satisfied or very satisfied conducted by consulting of customers are Lacnic firm EquiposMori, 97% with theorganization Satisfaction Survey should daretotry but insteadthe convictionthatwe We hadnocertainty ofsuccess, @raulecheberria (December 2012) According to a Lacnic’s institutional and anew website is image isrevamped (September 2012) launched 1,500 approaches IPv6 assignments (December 2012) Lacnic Lacnic Photo: ©Lacnic

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Photo: ©Lacnic AN OPEN AND PARTICIPATORY INTERNET 10 #2012AnnualReport held inAtlanta2012. this experiencewerepresented attheIETF85event (Internet EngineeringTaskForce). Theresultsof the Caribbean,evenbefore IETF85meeting RPKI andoriginvalidationin LatinAmericaand LACNOG hadthefirstproductionnetworkrunning IT” group(seebox). that 2012waswhenLacniccreatedits“Womenand women. Thisisparticularlyinteresting,considering program committeereceivedpaperssubmittedby female speakers.Itwasalsothefirsttime For thefirsttime,thisLACNOGmeetingfeatured infrastructure. network management,datacenters,operations,and munity includecomputersecurity,routing,IPv6, Topics highlyrelevanttotheregionaltechnicalcom- the supportofmajorinternationalcompanies. Network OperatorsForumcontinuestogrowandgain LACNOG metforthethirdtimeinOctober2012. The #LACNOG knowledge, andfuelcollaboration. community tosharetheirexperiences,exchange becoming anopportunityfortheregionalInternet events (Lacnic17inMayandLacnic18October), regional forumsmetduringLacnic’stwoannual work OperatorsForum(LACNOG).In2012,these Network SecurityForum(LACSEC),andtheNet- Forum (NAPLA),theIPv6(FLIP6), its technicalforums:theRegionalInterconnection is particularlymanifestedinLacnic’ssupportof Internet developmentandstabilityintheregion The articulationofinitiativesaimedatachieving 1.1 TechnicalForums ISPs and content providers. from 35countries, includingcloseto 200 attracted 434participants The LACNOG event organized in 2012 in fromby 300participants 24countries. in 2010 in Sao Paulo and was attended LACNOGThe first event was organized A few numbers: in 2012thananypreviousedition. grown significantly–moreproposals werereceived rity expertsanditisworthnoting thattheforumhas major LatinAmericanandCaribbean networksecu- tobringtogether seeks in Quito,Ecuador.Thisevent within theframeworkofLacnic’sannualeventheld ated byFernandoGont()andtookplace work securityevent.Itsseventheditionwasmoder- LACSEC istheLatinAmericanandCaribbeannet- #LACSEC Lacnic annualeventheldinQuito,Ecuador. () metinthemonthofMayaspart the forummoderatedbyMiltonKaoruKashiwakura exchange pointrepresentatives.Thetentheditionof place forLatinAmericanandCaribbeanInternet The RegionalInterconnectionForumisameeting # Regional_Interconnection lacnicxvii/site/flip6.html. at thefollowinglink: tation byFredBaker(CiscoSystems),areavailable sentations, includingvideoofthekeynotepresen- Lacnic’s annualeventinQuito(Lacnic17).Allpre- 7 andTuesday8Maywithintheframeworkof Alejandro Acosta()andmetonMonday The tentheditionofthisforumwasmoderatedby services andapplicationsinourregion. experiences regardingtheimplementationofIPv6 in AmericaandtheCaribbeanexchangeof promoting theadoptionofIPv6protocolinLat- meeting placefortheIPv6communityaimedat The LatinAmericanIPv6Forum(FLIP6)isa #FLIP6 should emailtheirrequestto [email protected] Women interested injoiningthediscussion list Montevideo, Uruguay(October 2012). (May 2012);Port- The grouphasmetthreetimes:Quito, Ecuador between them. technology-related issues andpromote synergies ofto encourage theparticipation women in This space was created byin2012 Lacnic Women andIT Lunch http://lacnic.net/sp/eventos/ ­ au-Princ e, (July2012);and summary andthecurrentstatus oftheseproposals. (Montevideo) forums.Thefollowing tableshowsa proposals attheLacnic17(Quito) andLacnic18 In 2012,theregionalcommunity discussedfifteen on thepolicymailinglist. sensus, allproposalsaresubmittedanddiscussed Before beingpresentedattheforumstoseekcon- safeguarding thecommunityasawhole. these policiesareinlinewithregionalinterests,thus Open participationofallstakeholdersensuresthat wishes totakepartinitandbuiltonconsensus. and transparentprocessthatisopentoanyonewho regional communitythroughapublic,participative ternet resourceadministrationaredevelopedbythe according towhichtherules(policies)governingIn- Lacnic operatesbasedonaself- #Bottom_up 1.2 Policy Development Process Ratification consensus Lacnic Directors Board of no Regional Community Public Policy List Discussion onthe ­ regulation model Consensus Consensus Implementation PROPOSAL Policy FORUM PUBLIC at the Discussion

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DATE PUBLISHED LACNIC 17 LACNIC 18 TITLE ON THE MAILING CURRENT STATUS ”We at Lacnic reaffirm our (MAY 2012) (OCTOBER 2012) LIST commitment to working with LAC-­2011-­07 - Modification­ governments around the region of Policy 2.3 -­ IPv4 Address Abandoned by 15-­Apr-­11 Abandoned towards the development of a allocation and assignment the authors policies free and open Internet. We are not simply defending an open, secure No consensus. The LAC-­2011-­08 -­Including ROA proposal was sent Abandoned by and stable Internet here in Dubai. data in the Whois database 28-­Jul-­11 Abandoned back to the list for the authors when available These values are at the heart of further discussion our mission.” LAC-­2011-­09 -­Modification @andrespiazza, External Relations Officer of the requirements for the Abandoned by 4-­Sep-­11 Abandoned initial assignment of IPv4 the authors at Lacnic. addresses to end users

No consensus. The No consensus. The pro- LAC-­2012-­01 -­Eliminate the proposal was sent posal was sent back to 10-­Feb-­12 Open for discussion use of the term “dial-­up” back to the list for the list for further dis- further discussion cussion Implemented LAC-­2012-­02 -­Registering Consensus was -­Ratified yb the 10-­Feb-­12 1.3 Spaces for Regional and assignments reached Board on 13 August 2012 International Dialogue

Implemented LAC-­2012-­03 -­Special IPv4 Consensus was -Ratified­ yb the allocations/assignments 12-­Apr-­12 #Internacional_Forums reached Board on 13 August reserved for new members 2012 CITEL/OAS: Permanent Consultative Com- No consensus. The pro- LAC-­2012-­04v2 -Harmoniza- mittee meetings. posal was sent back to tion of items 7 and 9.5 of the 17-­Aug-­12 Open for discussion the list for further Just as it has been doing since 2004, in 2012 Lacnic Policy Manual discussion actively participated at the two CCP1 meetings of LAC-­2012-­05 -­ Post-­ CITEL (the American Telecommunication Com- Pending implementa- exhaustion IPv4 IANA-­ 24-­Jul-­12 Consensus was reached tion until its ratifica- mission of the Organization of American States) distributed allocations / tion by the Board assignments which were held Buenos Aires (Argentina) and San Salvador (). LAC-­2012-­06 -­Resource Abandoned by transfers and gradual IPv4 24-­Jul-­12 Abandoned After being debated at the CCP1, contributions made the authors exhaustion by our organization were approved at both meetings LAC-­2012-­07 -­ Eliminate the as CITEL documents on Rapporteurship on Internet No consensus. The pro- restriction regarding the posal was sent back to Issues and other related areas. delay in the implementation 24-­Jul-­12 Open for discussion the list for further dis- However, the most important task carried out in this of the IPv4 resource transfer cussion policy forum during 2012 has to do with the preparatory No consensus. The pro- work for to the World Conference on International LAC-­2012-­08v2 -­Inter-­RIR posal was sent back to 17-­Aug-­12 Open for discussion Telecommunications (WCIT). In December 2011, IPv4 Address Transfers the list for further dis- cussion Lacnic had already participated in the first pre- Pending implementation paratory meeting held in Washington DC, which LAC-­2012-­09 -­Update RIRs-­ 6-­Sep-­12 Consensus was reached until its ratification by on-­48 signaled the start of a series of meetings that set the Board the 2012 agenda. Lacnic also participated in the LAC-2012-10 - Allocation of Pending implementation Caribbean Preparatory Meeting for WCIT, organized IPv6 address blocks larger 6-­Sep-­12 Consensus was reached until its ratification by than a /32 the Board by the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) No consensus. The pro- and the International Telecommunication Union LAC-­2012-­11 -­Requirement posal was sent back to (ITU) in Port of Spain, . to sign up for RPKI when re- 5-­Oct-­12 Open for discussion the list for further dis- questing additional resources cussion Dubai WCIT-12­ and WTSA Meetings LAC-­2012-­12 -­Eliminating Pending implementation requirement for initial IPv4 28-­Sep-­12 Consensus was reached until its ratification by In addition to participating in intergovernmental End-­User requests the Board forums, Lacnic also conducted its own preparatory process for these events, scheduling panels at its an- nual meeting held in Quito (1) and Montevideo (2) in the months of May and October. Both members of the community as well as government officials and ITU representatives participated in these panels. #2012 Annual Report #2012 Annual Report

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The World Summit on International Telecommu- nications (WCIT) and the ITU World Telecommu- nication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) carried a significant part of the agenda, which had strong public impact (3) and caused specific statements to be issued by our organization (4).  eLAC 2015: Observers to the Program’s References: Follow-­up Mechanism In 2012 Lacnic took on the role it had been assigned (1) Video of the May panel is available at: at the 2010 eLAC Ministerial Meeting held in Lima https://www.youtube.com/ – an observer to the program’s follow-­up mecha- watch?v=DvueY0lvG-I&list=PL134 nism. Our organization participates in representa- Forum C034CBE97F6D3&index=3 tion of the Regional Technical Community (made The Internet Governance Forum – IGF 2012 (6) up by organizations such as RedCLARA, LACTLD, – met for the seventh time in Baku (Azerbaijan). (2) Video of the October panel is available at: ISOC, and ICANN). The event was organized by the United Nations and https://www.youtube.com In its capacity as observer to the follow-­up mech- promoted by various institutions, among them the watch?v=9fBf68IhYcU&list anism, Lacnic participated in a series of meetings Number Resource Organization (NRO), to discuss =PLU6Q4ZhHN2Q5fr9CBkOUkqC0 held at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago () current Internet governance challenges. as well as in the Preparatory Meeting for the Minis- HjRvYr N8n&index=14 terial Summit held in Quito. Lacnic played an active role at the IGF 2012, both (3) Available on Lacnic’s Scoop.it: through the work carried out by our own represen- Summit of the Americas tatives as well as by encouraging the participation http://www.scoop.i Our organization participated in the preparatory What is the IETF? search?q=LACNIC+WCIT&t of members of the Latin American and Caribbean The IETF (along with its related organizations) is process for the Information Society Summit of ype=post&page=1&limit=24 community. Five winners of the FRIDA Award, a a large, open, international community of network the Americas held in Washington DC and other Lacnic initiative, received full financial support to designers, operators, vendor experts, researchers, preliminary meetings that were held in April 2012 in attend this meeting. Repeating an experience that (4) Lacnic’s Thoughts on WCIT: and other interested technologists. While much Cartagena. began in the LACIGF of 2011, six other members of http://www.Lacnic.net/es/ of the IETF’s work takes place through mailing the regional community who had never participated web/anuncios/2012-­wcit-reflexiones in the forum, also received financial assistance to lists, there are three physical IETF meetings each #Internet_Governance year. The in-person­ experience of IETF meetings attend the IGF meeting. (5) See www.lacigf.org and the meeting LACIGF can help promote a stronger understanding of notes: Lacnic was one again an active promoter and orga- the standardization process, encourage active https://etherpad.mozilla.org/ nizer of the fifth edition of the Regional Preparatory #IETF involvement in IETF work, and facilitate personal Meeting for the Internet Governance Forum – igfColombia networking with others who have similar technical LACIGF (5) – celebrated in Bogota, . This In 2012, Lacnic participated in three working groups interests. event continues to establish itself as the region’s aimed at contributing to standardization activities: (6) IGF website: Source: Internet Society (ISOC). multistakeholder forum for discussing Internet SIDR (RPKI): Secure Routing www.intgovforum.org governance issues and to attract more organizers, WEIRDS: New WHOIS Infrastructure participants and trainees. V6ops: IPv6 Operations #2012 Annual Report #2012 Annual Report

14 15 AN OPEN AND PARTICIPATORY INTERNET 16 #2012AnnualReport the newtechnology. be abletomeetoperators’concernswhenfacedwith protocol andmakinginfrastructurescalablesoasto as welltogenerateproposalsforimprovingthe itory dataandinfrastructureperformanceissues, to presentattheIETFananalysisofRPKIrepos- Finally, LacnicandtheotherRIRsworkedtogether WHOIS protocol. involved withtheaimofcreatingasuccessorto Data Service)inwhichLacnichasbeenactively (WHOIS-based ExtensibleInternetRegistration for thecreationofWEIRDSworkinggroup tion effortsistheworkcarriedoutwithIETF Another notableresultofthesetechnicalcoordina- being assigned. RIR’s resourcesandhowtheremainingspaceis easier andallowsunderstandingtheextendofeach format makescomparisons same the haustion, using reserved IPaddressspace.WithIPv4ex- provides informationonassigned,available,and record assignmentsmadebyeachRIR.Thisformat We alsoworkedonanextendedstatisticsformatto mance andstability. implementations couldreachhighlevelsofperfor- AFRINIC) workedtogethersothattheirRPKI Registries orRIRs(ARIN,RIPENCC,APNIC,and During 2012,LacnicandtheotherRegionalInternet OtherRIRs 1.4 Technical Coordination withthe

Forum itself(heldinBaku, Azerbaijan). Fifty- lombia) andtotheglobalInternetGovernance Forum (whichin2012washeldBogota,Co- preparatory meetingfortheInternetGovernance joint fundtosponsorparticipantstheregional regional organizations, Lacnic participatesina It isalsoworthmentioningthat,togetherwithother au- the LacnicinCaribbeanevent(4)heldPort- community receivedfinancialassistancetoattend total ofeighty- 18 (Montevideo,Uruguay)meetings.Inaddition,a ipate intheLacnic17(Quito,Ecuador)and these sponsorshipsin2012. members oftheregionalcommunityreceived In 2012,Lacnichelpedeighty- Lacnic community. cial assistancetomorethan1,000membersofthe implemented in2005andhassinceprovidedfinan participating inLacnicevents.Theprogramwas and CaribbeanInternetcommunityinterestedin is tosupportmembersoftheLatinAmerican The goalofLacnic’sfinancialassistanceprogram 1.5 Financial Assistance Program rne Haiti. ­Prince, ­ two membersoftheregionalInternet ­one memberspartic- ­ six ­

- nic/programa- http://www.lacnic.net/es/web/lac- program andparticipate! the community.Learnaboutour cial assistanceto219membersof @lacnic In2012weprovidedfinan- ­de-becas

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NIC 18inMontevideo). production network(withinthe frameworkofLAC- of thefirstusesRPKIand Origin Validationina 2012 wasalsowitnesstoathriving systemandone more opportunitiesforgrowth. been improvedandupdatednowprovidesmany version 2on29November,2012.Thenewtoolhas learned thelessonsneededtosuccessfullylaunch which theorganizationacquiredexpertiseand Certification project(RPKI)fortwoyears,thanksto Lacnic implementedversion1ofitsdraftResource #Resource_Certification zones. DNSSEC initsserviceregion, particularlyforreverse Internet, in2012Lacnic workedhardtoimplement As partofitseffortsaimedatpromotingasecure #DNSSEC within theframeworkofthisproject: In 2012,thefollowingactivitieswerecarriedout sionals andstakeholdersthroughouttheregion. and strengtheningtrustbetweendifferentprofes- training experts,promotingthecreationofCSIRTs, and theCaribbeanbyproducingoriginalmaterials, to computersecurityincidentsinLatinAmerica seeks toincreasetheabilitypreventandrespond The AMPAROprojectisaLacnicinitiativethat #AMPARO_Project 2.1 A SecureInternet Anew,original,advancedmanualonCSIRT at bothLacnic TwoCSIRTmeetings(seebox) The second regional workshop for instructors Thesecondregionalworkshop in 2013 creation andmanagement(availabletothepublic Montevideo (31October,2012) annual eventsh sionals through aimed at expanding the number oftrainedprofes- thenumber at expanding ). out the region (6-10 August,2012); out theregion(6-10 eld in Quito (May 9,2012)and eld inQuito(May ;

constituency. incidents withinitsscope and managing computer security as the one responsible for organization’s management any team recognized by its Response Team (CSIRT) is A Computer Security Incident What isaCSIRT?

and Autonomous Systems.and Autonomous to useIPv4andIPv6addresses digitally prove they have the right allows membersto Lacnic cryptographic material that RPKI consists of issuing What isRPKI? IPv6 materialfor decisionmakers,participating as Other activitiesworthnoting include creating ers, andtechnologycompanies. Caribbean Internetserviceproviders, contentprovid- operational decisionsatmajor Latin Americanand ing thoseresponsibleforstrategictechnologicaland than 50peopleparticipatedinthismeeting, includ- implementing IPv6, thenewInternetProtocol. More among decision- regional levelandwasaimedatcreatingawareness developing theInternetandnewservicesatglobal tion presentsfordeployingnewnetworksaswell available IPv4addressesandthelimitationsthissitua- This meetingfocusedontheexhaustionofstock ness Models). The ImpactofnewInternettechnologiesonBusi- the firsttime(PerspectivesforDecisionMaking: meeting aimedatdecisionmakerswasalsoheldfor online talkswerescheduled.Thisyear,however,a ous technicalface- throughout theregion.Asinpreviousyears,numer- ing theeffectivedeploymentofIPv6protocol objectives wastocontinueaggressivelypromot- During thecourseof2012,oneLacnic’sstrategic #IPv6_Deployment 2.2 A StableInternet that they arevalid. digitally signingdatato ensure from potential attacks by protect Internet infrastructure a technology thatseeks to “DNS Security Extensions,” DNSSEC istheacronymfor What isDNSSEC? ­ makers regardingtheimportanceof ­ to- ­face workshops(seebox)and

below 3/8s(2.93/8s). #IPv4 addresseshasdropped however, @Lacnic’sstockof Here, theworldisnotending; @lacnicLabs December2012: 2012) City, Panama (WALC 2012, 15- Montevideo, 18, Uruguay(Lacnic 18October 2012) Cordoba, Argentina (13- San Salvador, ElSalvador (13- 2012) 18 July Port- Quito, 17, Ecuador(Lacnic 6May2012) 6DEPLOY- with thecollaboration of the In- C ommunity) ­person w ­ au- ­ Princ ­ 2 Project(European e, intheCaribbean 4, Haiti(Lacnic orkshops conducted ­1 4 September 2012) ­ 16 August 2012) ­ 19 Oct ober 21 #2012AnnualReport A SECURE AND STABLE INTERNET WITHROOMFOR INNOVATION 22 #2012AnnualReport poration forAssignedNames and Numbers)that 43rd annualICANNmeeting (The InternetCor- On 15March,2012,withinthe frameworkofthe an community. mance inbenefitoftheLatinAmericanandCaribbe region andincreasenetworkstabilityperfor- Internet usersandserviceprovidersthroughoutthe Lacnic’s goalistoimprovethedirectconnectionof at regionalandgloballevel.Throughthisproject, scope andstrengthimproveitsresponsetimes ture. The+RAICESProjectseekstoincreaseits The DNSsystemisakeypartofInternetinfrastruc- #+Raices_Project 1,700 ‘check- log theirIPv6connection.Bytheendofcontest ing acontestwhereparticipantshadto‘check- the InternetSociety(ISOC)andNIC.brinorganiz- During theregionalIPv6week,Lacnicalsojoined presented bysevenexpertsfromdifferentcountries. a seriesofonlinetalksforourregionalcommunity context oftheGlobalIPv6Launch,Lacnicorganized in LatinAmericaandtheCaribbeanwithin mitment andinvolvementwithIPv6deployment this newInternettechnology.Inlinewithitscom- greatest globaleffortyettowardsthedeploymentof started usingIPv6,thenewInternetprotocol,in companies andorganizationsaroundtheworld On 6June,2012morethan2,000majorInternet part oftheWorldIPv6Launch. Week SaoPaulo,andspecialactivitiesorganizedas regional expertsatCampusPartyBrazilandIPv6 lacnic/proyecto-raices http://www.lacnic.net/es/web/ of Latin America andtheCaribbean. servers to beinstalledin the region of 14 copies of theFandLroot To date, +RAICEShasallowed atotal ins’ hadbeenlogged. ­ ­ in’ to -

following resources: To summarize,during2012Lacnicassignedthe becoming arealityintheLacnicregion. the IPv4addressscarcityscenarioisalsoincreasingly to promoteIPv6adoptioninourserviceregion, as 2011. Theserealitiesmotivateustoworkevenharder entered itsfinal phaseofIPv4addressassignmentin NIC, theRIRforAsia- – beganassigningIPv4 addressesfromitsfinal /8. AP- the EuropeanRegionalInternetRegistry–RIPENCC Internet Registrysystem,ason14September, 2012 2012 wasanimportantyearfortheentireRegional IPv6 blocks. half ofLacnicmembershavenowbeenassigned of memberswithIPv6doubled,butalsomorethan number grewto51.92%.Notonlyhasthe been assignedIPv6addresses,whilein2012this of 2011–inonly24.73%ourmembershad ments morethandoubledthenumberatend year, thenumberofmemberswithIPv6assign- ployment inLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean.This 2012 wasanimportantyearintermsofIPv6de- #Registration_Services (Colombia), andSanSalvador(ElSalvador). video (Uruguay),Quito(Ecuador),Bogota stalled in2012.TheyarelocatedMonte- Four copiesoftheLrootserverwerein- global level. contribute toInternetstabilitybothatregionaland improve Internetaccessaroundthecontinentand server copiesinLatinAmericaandtheCaribbeanto 2004 andwhichhasmadeitpossibletoinstallroot project thatLacnichasbeenimplementingsince signed withICANNallowsexpanding+RAICES,a in LatinAmericaandtheCaribbean.Theagreement agreement fordeployingcopiesoftheLrootserver took placeinSanJose,CostaRica,Lacnicsignedan Percentage of members with IPv6 assignments: Percentageofmemberswith IPv6 Available IPv4addresses 18.289.920 IPv4 addressesassignedin2012: 578 IPv6 addressblockassignments: listedin/24s: IPv4 addressblockassignments, ASNassignments:500 51,92% (as at31Decem 70.018 ber 2012):49.082.368 ­ Pacifi c region, had already c region,hadalready

followed byArgentina(13.49%). terms ofthenumberIPv6assignments(56.23%), In 20012,Brazilcontinuedtoleadtheregionin IPv4 Assignments in2012by country the region. 14.10% ofallIPv4resourcesassignedbyLacnicin to 2011–fromonly7%,itnowrepresentsatotalof that Colombiahadthelargestgrowthascompared followed byColombia(14.10%).Itisworthnoting IPv4 assignmentsin2012wasBrazil(47.83%) The countrythatreceivedthelargestnumberof Resources assigned in 2012by country IPv6 Assignments in2012by country Internet hasgrowninourregion. assignments isaclearindicatorofhowmuchthe while Argentinagrew50%.ThisincreaseinASN an increaseof76%comparedtothepreviousyear, leaders intermsofIPv6assignments.Brazilshowed Once again,in2012BrazilandArgentinawerethe 4.606 /32s,comparedto967/32sin2011. assignments largerthana/32.In2012weassigned the factthat,inArgentinathisyeartherehavebeen nezuela sharingthethirdplace(5%).Thisisdueto second placebyBrazil(14.6%),withMexicoandVe- changes: Argentinaranksfirst(69.8%)followedin lent of/32blocksassignedintheregion,graph However, ifweexpressthesefiguresintheequiva Total2012 ASNsin Assigned IPv6 assignments in/32blocks - 23 #2012AnnualReport 24 #2012AnnualReport addresses, scheduled formid- the exhaustionofLacnic’spool ofavailableIPv4 2011, whichmightindicateasmall accelerationin IPv4 assignmentsgrewnearly 10%comparedto in 2012resourceallocationsgrewasfollows: In totalnumbers,comparedwiththepreviousyear, assignments have evolved overthepastsixyears. The followingtableshowshowIPv4, IPv6andASN IPv6 address block assignments: 24.30% IPv6 addressblockassignments: 9.97% IPv4 addressblockassignments: ASNassignments:60.77% tfulwhois/ http://restfulwhoisv2.labs.lacnic.net/res- ! web interfaceincludinga#RESTAPI We’velaunchedthenew#WHOIS @LACNICLabs ¡ anuncios/2012- Caribbean organizations inLatinAmericaandthe dress prefixeshavebeenassignedto ments. MorethanonethousandIPv6ad- Lacnic exceeds1,000IPv6prefixassign- @lacnic [Announcement]March19,2012: ­ 2014. ­http://www.lacnic.net/web/ ­asignaciones growth ofIPv6 allocations. of theimportancethisissue aredisplayedinthe dissemination ofmaterialsand creatingawareness hops forITprofessionalsand decision makersorthe IPv6 adoptionintheregion,either throughworks- Finally, theresultsofLacnic’s effortstoencourage (1.09). ses wereconsumed,representingjustoverone/8 in greatdetail.Thisyear,18.289.920IPaddres- resources, requestsforwhicharebeinganalyzed 2012 alsosawanincreasedconsumptionofIPv4 Aggregate IPv4/8 2011 vs. 2012IPv4assignments previous year. Small category whichgrew 32%over the (34%),highest growth followed by the The Small/Microcategory hadthe compared to 2011. which represents a 27.23% as growth members,the endof had2779 2012Lacnic organization’s 10years of existence. At membership hasevolved over the The following imageshows how Lacnic years Membership evolution over thepast10 Caribbean: inLatin America growth andthe accompaniesLacnic Internet Number of IPv6assignments by year

we canhighlightthefollowing: dards. ThankstotheirLacnicLabs initiative, in2012 adoption oftechnologicaladvancesandindustrystan- innovative approachtoencourageandacceleratethe Lacnic’s technicalteamhascontinuedtopromotean

#LacnicLabs SIMON LookingGlassRPKI OpenData are shownand shared wasimpr application was tivity a situation intermsofregional Internet interconnec- to c collaborativ The SIMONProjectwasestabli a routehijackingattack. protected, RPKI repositories, as comparedwiththeinformationprovidedby to checkthevalidityofglobalroutingtableupdates We developedtheL tables. information onIPv6prefixesintheglobalrouting n accurate statisticsonIPv4andIPv6resourceassig- We workedonthistooltoobtain, ments,country, aswell andby bothregionally oordinate efforts to understand thecurrent tounderstand oordinate efforts nd share its databases. In 2012, theSIMON nd shareitsdatabases.In whichisn’t, andwhichmayhavesuffered e effort, open to the entire community, e effort,opentotheentirecommunity, updated and the waydata details updatedandthe i.e. whichroutinginformationis ooking GlassRPKIapplication

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25 #2012AnnualReport Lacnic 10 years #Highlights

Life Achievement Award Women and IT Tutorials Speakers The 2012 Life Achievement Award honored The second “Women and IT” DDNSSEC, Basic IPv6 , Advanced Some of the leading experts 10 individuals who have made a significant meeting was held, a space IPv6, Computer Security Incident who visited us: contribution to the development of the Internet designed to promote the Management Internet Numbering and the Information Society in the region of participation of women Resource Management IPv6 Steve Crocker Latin America and the Caribbean: in technology and create for Decision Makers, Resource Geoff Huston networking opportunities Certification (RPKI) Patrik Fältström among them. Valeria Betancourt (Ecuador) Marcos Galperín Luis Furlán () Lynn St. Amour Marcos Galperín (Argentina) Caio Bonilha Rodrigues Demi Getschko (Brazil) Carolina Cosse Anthony Harris (Argentina) Demi Getschko Bernadette Lewis (Trinidad and Tobago) (http://www2.lacnic.net/sp/eventos/ lacnicxviii/speakers.html) Ben Petrazzini (Argentina) participants434 Loretta Simon (Grenada) 11 from 35 different countries José Soriano () proposals attended the event held in reached consensus at the Edmundo Vitale (Venezuela) Montevideo, Uruguay Public Policy Forum (28 October -­ 1st November 2012) (http://www.lacnic.net/ web/lacnic/politicas) Languages Simultaneous interpretation was provided in English, Lacnic honored Portuguese and Spanish. The event was webcast and daily recaps and constant social Press coverage media updates were provided. individuals47 who participated in the Meetings Lacnic’s tenth anniversary was early stages of the organization’s widely covered by local and regional creation and development. The Third Regional Meeting of Latin American media:http://www.scoop.it/t/ and Caribbean Computer Security Incident eventoslacnic Response Teams was attended by 30 participants representing Latin American and Caribbean organizations. Lacnic granted Discussion groups financial assistance LAC-­IX, the Latin American and Caribbean Two BoF (Birds of a Feather or to Internet Exchange Point Operators informal discussion groups) met Association, also met within the framework to discuss BGP (routing) and DNS of the event. issues. A significant number of the 59associates 39 members event’s attendees participated in these discussions. of the community @raulecheberria Internet invites optimism and to participate in the event. enthusiasm, two ingredients that are part of happiness as well as values and freedom.

Photo: Gabriel Díaz INTERNET and Social Development

Photo: ©Lacnic INTERNET AND SOCIALDEVELOPMENT 30 #2012AnnualReport among thepartners.. to promotecapacitybuilding andnetworking in additiontocollaborative effortsdesigned Internet access, openness,inclusion andrights, The programextensionwill focusonpromoting programs implementedbyalliance members. expansion ofcurrentawardsandsmallgrants Over threeyears, thegrantwillallow economies. Internet innovation projectsindeveloping opment CooperationAgency(Sida)tosupport million fromtheSwedishInternationalDevel- the SeedAllianceannouncedagrantofAUD1.5 the InternetGovernanceForumheldinBaku, On 6November, 2012,withintheframeworkof African RIR)alsoparticipateinthisalliance. for theAsia- FRIDA, APNIC(theRegionalInternetRegistry In additiontoLacnic’s participationthrough region. proving theworkofeachprogramintheirown and capacitybuildingeffortsaswellim- larger scalethatwillallowjoiningnetworking tion andsolutionsforsocialdevelopmentona international initiativeforpromotinginnova- ance, HelpingIdeasGrow,”anewcollaborative In 2012, FRIDAhelpeddevelopthe“SeedAlli- #New_Alliance development. innovative initiativesinthefieldofICTfor funding researchprojectsandrecognizing of theInformationSocietyinourregionby FRIDA seekstocontributethedevelopment America andtheCaribbean for DigitalInnovation inLatin FRIDA Program: The RegionalFund The FRIDA Program ­ Pacificregion)andAFRINIC(the

proposed: For thisyear’sedition,thefollowingcategorieswere ber andwillbecompletedtowardstheendof2013. Projects selectedin2012begantheiractivitiesOcto- research projectsinthefieldofICT. The FRIDAProgramalsoprovidedsmallgrantsto #Funding_Research Baku, Azerbaijan. Governance Forumwhichmeton6- in thecityofBogota,aswelltoglobalInternet Internet GovernanceForumheldinlateSeptember trip totheRegionalPreparatoryMeetingfor five winningprojectsreceivedUSD3,000anda Selected fromamongmorethan60proposals,the freedom, development,andinnovation. Governance issues,theAwardfocusedonaccess, Latin AmericaandtheCaribbean.BasedonInternet of ICTtothesocialandeconomicdevelopment contribution ofinnovationinitiativesinthefield The 2012FRIDAAwardsoughttorecognizethe #Rewarding_Innovation

Accelerating Internet access and itssocialbenefits AcceleratingInternetaccessand reliable Implementingstrategiesfordeveloping promoteInternet toenhance,expandand Efforts in vulnerablea capacity andskills. and eff standards deve ective Internet infrastructure, human ective Internetinfrastructure, nd underserved communities. nd underserved lopment. ­ 9 Novemberin

Photo: Ravi Deonarine 31 #2012AnnualReport INTERNET AND SOCIALDEVELOPMENT 32 #2012AnnualReport proposals andnominations. have participatedinourcallsfor nizations fromaroundourregion than 1,000researchteamsandorga- @programafrida Since2004,more   digital citizens forcement agency inLatin America to become Colombian NationalPolice, thefirstlawen- MOST VOTED, MOST CREATIVE PROJECT: of theProvince of SanLuis) gentina (UniversidadPunta/Government DeLa WeatherParticipatory StationNetwork – Ar- INNOVATION: Mathematics for All – (Math2me) DEVELOPMENT: NeutralidadSi.org) Net Neutrality Campaign – Chile(ONGMETA/ FREEDOMS: sity of The West Indies) M- ACCESS: Winners of the2012FRIDA Awards ­Fisheries – Trinidad and Tobago (TheUniver- TYPE OFORGANIZATION: TYPE Instituto TecnológicoBuenos Aires. de PROPOSING ORGANIZATION: Universidad deSan Andrés – COUNTRY: (M- PROJECT: Proposalfor ImplementingaMeasurementLab OFORGANIZATION:TYPE PROPOSING ORGANIZATION: REUNA. COUNTRY: Chile. sioning andMonitoring of Networks. Virtual PROJECT: ExperimentalPrototype for DynamicProvi- OFORGANIZATION: TYPE CivilSociety. PROPOSING ORGANIZATION: CONEXION ElSalvador. COUNTRY: ElSalvador. Internet inthevillageof Coloradas, Las Tasajera Island. PROJECT: Implementinghealthcare services over the Projects selected in2012 L ­ ab) Node in Latin ab) NodeinLatin America. Argentina. Academic Sector. Academic Sector. 33 #2012AnnualReport INTERNET AND SOCIALDEVELOPMENT 34 #2012AnnualReport CO .A.S ESLARED Conexión ElSalvador del litoral (ESPOL) Escuela SuperiorPolitécnica za deInterne Escuela DelSurdeGobernan- Santa María Universidad TécnicaFederico Technological Innovation) CENIT (theNationalCenter for Organización Lacnic’s supportin2012. activities areality. Sevenorganizationsreceived non- shops, conferences, etc.) byprovidingsmall seeking toholdanevent(seminars, work- its supporttohelpregionalorganizations In theearlymonthsof2012, Lacnic offered forSupport Events External reimbursable grantstohelpmakethese ­ Activities supported byin2012 Activities Lacnic supported El Salvador Venezuela Colombia Colombia Ecuador Country Panama Chile Seminar on Access andOnlineFreedomof Expression: Tech- ACORN/REDECOM – America: VI Congress “Public Policies,

the Socio-Economic Impactof ICT inthe Security, DNS Technology andIPv6Day South SchoolonInternetGovernance nologies for Social Action Techday Ecuador2012 Pv6 TransitionForum WALC 2012 Americas” Title private organizationsthroughouttheregion. that theywerethenabletoapplyinvariouspublicand of whichwereabletolearninnovativetechnologies WALC workshops, traininghundredsofexperts, many All thistime,Alonsohasparticipatedintheannual Caribbean. on InternetrelatedtopicsinLatinAmericaandthe years oftrainingandmentoringhumanresources honored JuanCarlosAlonsoofLacnicforhis15 initiative thatonceagainreceivedLacnic’ssupport, The LatinAmericanSchoolofNetworks(WALC),an #Special_Recognition redclara.net/es/index.html (Lima, Peru)!http://tical_2012. will participateinTICAL2012 Carlos Alonsoof#Lacnic @lacnic 2/3July2012:Juan 35 #2012AnnualReport AWARDS ANDTRIBUTES 36 #2012AnnualReport were alsoinvitedtotheceremony. region. Winnersofthe2009,2010and2011editions sented awardstotenpersonalitiesfromaroundthe On occasionofits10thanniversary,Lacnicpre- Caribbean. Society intheregionofLatinAmericaand development oftheInternetandInformation who havemadesignificantcontributionstothe aims athonoringandrewardingthoseindividuals Achievement AwardisaninitiativeofLacnicthat Achievement Awardswerethenpresented.TheLife The 10thAnniversaryeditionofthe2012Life their contributiontoLacnic. received acommemorativeobjectinrecognitionof and totheChairsofLacnic’stechnicalforums.Each the organization’smanagementandcontrolbodies, nization’s creation,topastandpresentmembersof who contributedduringtheearlystagesoforga- of individuals to agroup was paid ceremony. Tribute versary meeting,Lacnicheldanawardsandtributes On Tuesday30October2012,duringitstenthanni- Awards and Tributes Ceremony Honorees andawardrecipients[30October 2012]. homenajes net/web/anuncios/2012- visit: http://www.lacnic. awards ceremony, please F or moreinformation onthe premiados anuncios/2012-trayectoria- http://www.lacnic.net/web/ ment Awards, pleasevisit: Outstanding Achieve2012 - For moreinformation onthe ­ ­ ANNEXES 37 #2012AnnualReport ANNEXES 38 #2012AnnualReport The BoardofDirectorscurrentlyinofficeismadeupbythefollowing: members, asDirectorsareelecteddirectlybymembervote. Lacnic’s BoardofDirectorsisrepresentativetheorganization’s administration. zation’s politicalrepresentationandisdirectlyresponsibleforresource tors madeupofsevenmembers.ThisBoardisinchargetheorgani- Lacnic ismanagedandadministratedbyanhonoraryBoardofDirec- DIRECTORY those ofadirector,butwithouttherighttovote. *Lacnic’s ExecutiveDirectorparticipatesintheBoardofDirectorsmeetingswithrightsequivalentto Alejandro Guzmán Colombia Alejandro GuzmánGiraldo Brazil RichardGlaser Hartmut Mexico Oscar Alejandro RoblesGaray Argentina Oscar Messano Raúl Echeberría Hartmut Glaser Hartmut Oscar Messano Javier Salazar Wardner Maia Oscar Robles Rafael Ibarra Name Executive Director Deputy Secretary Deputy Treasurer Vice-president Secretary Treasurer President Position Country of Country Residence Position Vocal El Salvador Argentina Colombia Uruguay Mexico Mexico Uruguay Raúl Echeberría Brazil Wardner Maia El Salvador Rafael Ibarra Mexico Javier Salazar Brasil Brazil

December 2015 December 2015 December 2015 December 2013 December 2013 December 2014 December 2014 Term Ends * Mexico José EnriqueDíaz Jolly Argentina Guillermo Cicileo Venezuela Alejandro Acosta of countingvotesandproclaimingfinalresults. problems thatmightariseduringanelection,aswell cess. Itisinchargeofanalyzinganddecidingonany elections toensurethetransparencyofentirepro- The ElectoralCommissionorganizesandsupervises Electoral Commission Argentina Gabriel Adonaylo Mexico Adriana Ibarra Brazil VecchiattiMotta Cassio Jordão with Lacnic’slegalandstatutoryframework. istrative standardsaremetandoverseeingcompliance in chargeofsupervisingthatallaccountingandadmin- The FiscalCommissionisLacnic’scontrolorgan.It Fiscal Commission 39 #2012AnnualReport ANNEXES 40 #2012AnnualReport 41 #2012AnnualReport ANNEXES 42 #2012AnnualReport 43 #2012AnnualReport ANNEXES 44 #2012AnnualReport relation to the Financial Statements corresponding to thetermendedonDecember31 Statements corresponding to theFinancial relation ONE – The results of the audit carriedout by UNITY, in theircapacityasauditors, independent Adriana IbarraVázquez Gabriel Adonaylo Cassio Vecchiatti Fiscal Commission TWO - the termendedDecember31 to Statementscorresponding to theFinancial in reference In viewoftheabove,areportisissued Adonaylo and Adriana IbarraVázquez. ofCassioVecchiatti,nic), ameetingoftheFiscalCommissionisheld,withpresence Gabriel of theLATINBylaws AMERICAN INTERNET CARIBBEAN AND REGISTRYADDRESS (Lac- of to theprovisions According Article 5,Itemd)and valid and 27, itemc)oftheapproved Article (Free translationoftheoriginaldocumentinSpanish) FISCAL COMMISSION’SREPORT ber 31 Decem- at as situation financial Lacnic’s aspects, significant all in represent, reasonably ments state- financial referenced the and favorable been has audit said of result The reviewed. were Lacnic’s Bylaws. 2012, and therefore we advise its approval by the General Assembly under the provisions of we have been presented truthfully reflects Lacnic’s financial situation as at December 31 atDecember as situation financial Lacnic’s reflects truthfully presented been have we information the that conclusion our is it Lacnic, from requested or by submitted documentation st ­ Basedontheanalysis , 2012. st of the external audit report prepared bytheControlOrgan andthe of theexternalauditreportprepared , 2012,andtheIndependent Report. Auditor’s CONCLUSIONS Montevideo, Uruguay, March15 st th , 2012, , 2013 st , 45 #2012AnnualReport ANNEXES 46 #2012AnnualReport NTN24 (Colombia) última década”. desarrollar Internet enla mericanos queayudarona “Reconocen a10latinoa- Lacnic Lacnic Tenth Anniversary event inthepress AFP (Internacional) InSpanish and freedom”. right balance between privacy an openInternet andfindthe “Society mustlearnto live with http://www.scoop.it/t/eventoslacnic See thecomplete collection of here: articles expression”. the rightto freedom of commercial rightswith “Warning againstequating El País (Uruguay) InSpanish ABC () InSpanish Internet development”. information andexperiences for meet to exchange technical “Internet community experts InSpanish Convergencia (Argentina) Anuario Latinoamericanodela “Lacnic’s Tenth Anniver New challenges”. sary: A dreamcome true. - used freely,without cost,priorapprovalfromtheauthor. All thephotospublished inthisreportareownedbyLacnic butcanbe It isoneoffiveexistingRegionalInternetRegistries. resources fortheregionofLatinAmericaandCaribbean. and other Resolution Numbers, Reverse System Autonomous and administrating Internet numbering resources (IPv4, IPv6), forassigning in2002,anditisresponsible inUruguay established Registry.internationalnon-governmentan organizationItis LacnicisLatin the American andCaribbean Internet Addresses SCOOP.IT YOUTUBE GOOGLE+ (gplusme.at/LACNIC) FACEBOOK/Lacnic @lacnic lacnic.net +598 26042222 CP 11400 Montevideo-Uruguay Rambla Rep. deMéxico 6125 America andtheCaribbean The Internet Hubfor Latin