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Be in control ●● Get your own independent Internet number resources

Have your say ●● Participate in regional policy discussions to manage Internet resources

Share knowledge ●● Participate in global IP measurements and other research

More benefits:

●● Learn how to effectively manage ●● Make informed network and your Internet resources and resource consumption decisions deploy key technologies, such with authoritative research data from as IPv6, with APNIC’s hands-on APNIC Labs infrastructure training

●● Meet with your peers to discuss the ●● Guide APNIC’s future direction latest Internet deployment practices through Member surveys and and networking technology trends at feedback sessions APNIC Conferences

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3 WHAT IS APNIC? JOIN OUR

APNIC is the Asia Pacific The APNIC community What is an IP address? COMMUNITY Regional Internet Registry is open to anyone with an A globally unique (RIR), responsible for interest in Internet number identifying number distributing Internet Protocol resources, including that devices need to Become an APNIC Member today! (IP) addresses - IPv4 and IPv6 ISPs, content providers, communicate over the - and Autonomous System government agencies Internet. There are two (AS) Numbers. and regulators, and other versions, IPv4, which is 32 Becoming an APNIC Member is commercial organizations. bits long, and IPv6, which APNIC is one of five RIRs APNIC Members are from is 128 bits long. a quick and easy way to apply for operating in the world today 56 economies in the region. and was established in 1993. What is an AS Number? your first Internet number resource Over the last 20 years, it has APNIC is a membership- A globally unique number grown into a predictable, based service organization, that identifies a particular delegation. Simply visit the APNIC stable, and mature primarily responsible for Autonomous System (AS). organization, with more than the active management of An AS is a group of routing website to get started. 4,000 Members. Internet resources through prefixes that maintains a community driven policy a unique routing policy, www.apnic.net/member development process. controlled by an Internet Service Provider (ISP).

Members receive these services: Membership fees

Reverse DNS delegation, which maps IP The APNIC Whois Database, the official record IP addresses and AS Numbers are shared, public resources. addresses to domain names in the Domain of organizations that hold Internet resources APNIC Members are given custodial rights over the Name System (DNS). The DNS is a hierarchical in the region. APNIC operates a cross- blocks they are delegated. APNIC charges fees to cover database that provides a distributed directory referenced database that can be queried the administration costs in managing these resources and service mapping from names to values. The directly to determine the ISP responsible for providing other services. primary function of the DNS is to allow you to a particular resource. Having this information reach a website address by typing in a specific readily available is important for instances of Initial fees domain name, for example, www.google.com. troubleshooting or enforcement. The DNS translates this into an IP address New Members pay AUD 2,425 when applying for resources for so devices can read it. Reverse DNS does the www.apnic.net/usingwhois the first time. This consists of the “Associate Member Fee” of opposite of this process, translating IP addresses AUD 675 and the “IP Resource Application fee” of AUD 1,750. into domain names. APNIC provides reverse APNIC provides critical services to support DNS services to all Members by registering the technical coordination of the Internet. Annual fees reverse delegations. This is particularly This includes: important for email services, to ensure that an IP ●● Technical infrastructure training APNIC Membership is renewable each year. On the address maps to the correct domain name. ●● Conference events and discussion forums anniversary of opening your account, your annual fee ●● Research and statistical data (APNIC Labs) is recalculated based on your total resource holdings. www.apnic.net/dns For more information, contact [email protected]. www.apnic.net/services www.apnic.net/fees

4 5 TRAINING Courses offered Customized training Keeping up with current technologies and deployment strategies is challenging. APNIC offers training courses on a variety of APNIC can provide customized training on a cost-recovery basis to suit the particular APNIC offers several hands-on training technical Internet topics. They are designed requirements of organizations. These can be tailored to fit with the knowledge level of the trainees courses to equip Members with the to expand capability, knowledge, and and includes comprehensive hands-on sessions to equip your employees with the skills needed technical skills required to build and understanding of infrastructure technologies to be effective. The Engineering Assistance program offers follow-up support to all training manage their networks. Training the so participants can embrace industry participants. region’s operators on the fundamentals current practices. We are focused heavily on of Internet infrastructure is vital to the delivering practical IPv6 deployment skills to continuing health of the Internet. the region’s networking operators. A critical Sponsors step in deploying IPv6 is to train staff on how Our training courses are offered in online, to build a dual-stack or native IPv6 network. APNIC is proud to partner with regional organizations wishing to host or sponsor training events. face-to-face, and customized formats APNIC provides training as a service to the community, however nominal fees are charged to and are constantly evolving to meet the Training courses include: cover travel and accommodation costs incurred. Fees are charged according to three categories: changing needs of network operators. Category A for developed economies; Category B for developing economies; and Category C for ●● Routing least developed economies. ●● DNS ●● Internet Resource Management (IRM) training.apnic.net ●● Internet technologies ●● IPv6 ●● Network Security

Face-to-Face training eLearning

APNIC provides face-to-face training in APNIC also offers web-based training free of tutorial or workshop formats. These are held charge as a cost-effective way to accommodate in locations throughout the region, often in geographical distance and differing time zones. partnership with local organizations. eLearning is a convenient choice for trainees, enabling them to participate when and Tutorials where they want. To enhance the interactive experience, trainers connect with students via Tutorials are composed of presentations and instant messenger chat and use features like demonstrations and usually last from one to virtual whiteboards and screen sharing. two days. Four one-hour courses are delivered to three Workshops time zones fortnightly, targeting the South “I must commend your concentration spans and how you Asia, Southeast Asia, and Pacific/Oceania continued to elaborate on each slide, point by point, accurately… Workshops have additional presentations and subregions. What kept me tuned with the training was the fact that whether demonstrations and usually last between two it is a complicated topic or fairly easier one, your persistence and five days, depending on the requirements discussing the topic and elaborating and sharing examples would of the group. They feature hands-on network always broaden what I already know”. building exercises in the APNIC virtual training lab. The lab simulates the topology of an ISP Seorn Thomas with multiple operating regions. PBX Systems Engineer (Network Services)

6 7 APNIC EVENTS APNIC Conferences

Meet with your Internet community peers Program Fellowships at APNIC Conferences to discuss current networking and deployment issues. Engage The program includes a full week of training To support regional Internet growth in developing economies, APNIC offers Conference with the world’s leading Internet and ICT sessions with APNIC Trainers and featured Fellowships. If you are from a developing economy and have not attended an APNIC Conference, professionals in technical forums; discuss real- guests, plenary and panel sessions, and social we encourage you to apply for a Fellowship package, which includes: world IPv6 deployment efforts; and have your networking events. say in how Internet resources are managed at ●● Free registration for the APNIC Conference and/or Workshops the Policy Special Interest Group (SIG). ●● Free attendance to all networking events Workshop week ●● Shared hotel accommodation APNIC Conferences are held twice each year in different locations around the region. They APNIC Conferences include a Workshop week, to are an opportunity for network operators, provide more hands-on training for participants. Sponsors government representatives, and industry Sessions typically include Network Management, leaders from around the world to discuss Network Security, and IPv4/IPv6 BGP Routing. Sponsoring an APNIC Conference reduces participation costs, especially for those from Internet operations. These have proved very popular and will remain developing economies. It offers potential sponsors a valuable opportunity to expose their an ongoing feature of APNIC Conferences. organizations, products, and services to an international audience of Internet leaders. APNIC If you can’t attend in person you can still offers a variety of sponsorship opportunities and can tailor a package to suit your marketing and participate remotely, using our low- and sales objectives. high-bandwidth audio and video tools. APNIC provides remote access and transcription APNIC Regional Meetings conference.apnic.net services to enable wide participation from communities across the Asia Pacific. In addition to the APNIC Conference, APNIC provides Regional Meetings as an additional forum to reach out to more of our Members and stakeholders to enable wider participation and awareness of APNIC’s activities.

What to expect?

APNIC Regional Meetings are one-day events where APNIC Policy and relevant technical discussions are held, and other reports on topics such as are presented. Training “I’m really thankful to you and APNIC community. It was a is also provided to equip the region’s pleasure to meet you all at APNIC 34. I enjoyed it so much. I got a operators with the skills they need to lot of experiences from the APNIC 34 Workshop and Conference build and manage their networks. for my organization. Thanks for everything.”

At the end of the session, attendees can Ms Pyae Phyo Wai participate in an open mic and feedback APNIC 34 Conference Fellow session, to raise any issues or challenges they face or suggestions for APNIC.

8 9 HAVE APNIC LABS

YOUR SAY! Access to cutting-edge research and reliable Labs’ end-user measurement system is also data is vital for making informed network and used to examine DNSSEC behaviours, and resource deployment decisions. this data helps to inform the community Policy development with insights into security and integrity as it APNIC Labs publishes comprehensive reports relates to the DNS system as a whole. In 2013, As a part of the APNIC community, you can on IPv6 update measurements. These reports Labs conducted a large-scale assessment directly contribute to discussions on Internet contain aggregate information in a global scale, of DNSSEC capability worldwide, and resource distribution and management by economy, and by individual network. In concluded that significant risks remain in the policies. These discussions are held over a particular, the Asia Pacific measurements are DNS. DNSSEC is an important worldwide mailing list and at two policy development considered authoritative. deployment that Labs will continue to explore. forums each year during APNIC Conferences, where you can propose and discuss regional APNIC Labs provides a free measurement The latest APNIC Labs statistics and analyses policies. These forums are open to all and tool that allows you to monitor visitor traffic are presented regularly to international forums follow an established, bottom-up process of to assess the effect IPv6 deployment would such as the OECD, APEC TEL, and national and collaboration. All policy changes are agreed to have on your website. It is a simple script that regional IPv6 summits. by community consensus. utilizes Google Analytics to test your clients’ IPv6 capabilities. See how APNIC Labs measures the Internet in www.apnic.net/policy your economy:

labs.apnic.net Community discusses proposal on SIG mailing list Community discusses proposal Author face to face in SIG proposes policy or amendment ting Du Blabs on APNIC Labs ee rin m g m re To find out more about what’s new at Labs o e f e SIG Chair or what the team finds interesting currently, e t i gauges consensus Can policy B n you can follow APNIC Chief Scientist Geoff g be improved? Huston’s blog, Blabs.

blabs.apnic.net labs.apnic.net Secretariat implements policy Community has chance to raise Af g any final objections ter meetin during final call

Executive Council (EC) endorses policy SIG Chair confirms consensus

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