netnod news – issue 2 – 2014 Netnod launches COMIX – the distributed IXP, connecting Copenhagen and Malmö! page 5–8 The IETF and pervasive monitoring in a post-Snowden Internet – an interview with IETF chair Jari Arkko page 10–11 Work meets pleasure What is at stake at Busan? – your travel guide to the – Perspective on the future upcoming industry events challenges in Internet governance no freaking paper, PAGE 16–18 PAGE 13–15 i want it on my smartphone. Word from the CEO happens, one of the first points of active in the Euro-IX twinning programme. presence we established outside Through that program, larger and more Stockholm was actually in Copenhagen. mature IXPs help smaller and developing This made sense with the closely linked IXPs to become members of Euro-IX and business environments in Sweden and thereby gain access to the vast amount of Denmark, and it was reflected in experience and best practice knowledge customer demand. Now, 16 years later, of the collective Euro-IX members. these ties remain as close as ever, and it’s apposite that Netnod has taken the step Netnod has, for a few years, been to acquire the COPHIX sites in Copenhagen approached by several Danish ISPs, and fully integrated them with our requesting our help in getting easy access expanded Netnod Malmö sites to create to Netnod Malmö. Netnod, believing that Netnod COMIX. there is a great value in local traffic staying local, saw potential value in this. Netnod has always believed that creating At the same time, the IXP market in local Internet Exchange Points adds value Copenhagen and Malmö had become for the local community, builds capacity very fragmented, with five IXPs operating and knowledge locally, and creates a in the region, and Netnod’s long-held more resilient and robust infrastructure. position was that we did not want to When Netnod was first established, it fragment the market further. But when In my distant past, I worked COPHIX approached us with an offer to take over their for a large European ISP and “Netnod has always believed existing IXP, things changed. was responsible for building that creating local Internet It was by no means an easy decision, and Netnod and up the network in Sweden. Exchange Points adds value our board spent a lot of time evaluating what we could do. In doing so, I became part of for the local community ...” But in the end, we believe that contributing to consoli- the Swedish Operator Forum, was decided to expand from just the IXP dation of IXPs in the region will add value in Stockholm, to local IXPs in Gothenburg, to the local ISPs and to the end-users. SOF, and came to witness the Malmö, and Sundsvall, and later also Luleå. By doing this, Netnod provides So in our long tradition of supporting time in 1997 when “D-GIX” for the exchange of local traffic in all the exchange of local traffic locally, we population-dense areas of Sweden and are pleased this spring to bring Netnod – the predecessor to Netnod – builds greater geographical coverage. COMIX live. It’s a milestone for us, and I’d like to thank the Netnod team for the was moved both legally and Our belief in local IXPs has also been hard work they put into this, especially a driving force in Netnod’s partnering getting it live in such a short time. We are physically from KTHNOC with other organisations and our invol- making sure we continue to add value for vement in establishing and building IXPs operators of all sizes in the Nordics, and to the newly established around the world. For many years, we we are excited to extend our footprint in have sent trainers to the workshops of data centres in Stockholm, at the same company Netnod. APRICOT and MENOG. And Netnod is time as we continue to offer 100Mbps partner with ISOC in the African Union’s connections for free. I remember thinking these were exciting AXIS program for bringing more IXPs to times and the beginning of something Africa. Netnod is also a strong believer new. In my position at the time, as it in the unique capacity sharing that exists among the IXPs, and is therefore very CEO, Kurt Erik Lindqvist, Netnod www.netnod.se • issue 2 | 2014 2 New IXP networks IXP member upgrades october 2013 – march 2014 october 2013 – march 2014 Stockholm Internet eXchange (STHIX), SG.GS (AS49342) – Global Network Management (AS33886) SG.GS is a Singapore/Asia based network (AS31500) Stockholm Internet eXchange (STHIX) is provider with its own hosting arm, HostSG, [email protected] a neutral and independent exchange in that has been operating since 2000. Stockholm. 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Contact: [email protected] [email protected] Contact: [email protected] SpaceDump IT (AS30880) WestCall (AS8595) – Hi3G (AS44034) SpaceDump IT AB is a small ISP in Sweden ZAO WestCall Ltd is an upwardly mobile leader [email protected] providing colocation, dedicated servers, web in the Russian telecom market. hosting and more. They also have an irc – Com Hem (AS39651) Contact: [email protected] server for the IRCNet Network that announces [email protected] to everybody who peers with them. Speedy Networks (AS49342) (2nd upgrade) Contact: [email protected] Speedy Networks provides high speed Internet in the Moscow region. They have a wide – Golden Telecom (AS3216) Etisalat (AS8966) coverage area, providing Internet access in [email protected] Etisalat is the Middle East's leading the Leninsky district and other cities in the telecommunications operator and one of – Portlane Networks (AS42708) Moscow region. the largest corporations in the six Arab [email protected] Contact: [email protected] countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. – Excellent Hosting (AS50986) Etisalat has operations in 15 countries in the Spritelink (AS2863) [email protected] Middle East, Africa and Asia. SpriteLink is involved in eductional and Contact: [email protected] research operations. Contact: http://www.spritelink.net/ 3 www.netnod.se • issue 2 | 2014 Welcome to Netnod, Martin! So this is a new role at Netnod. What do “My best travel tip? you think you can bring to it? I think my solid experience in sales and account management will bring value Always bring a pair of to Netnod. My priority is to take care of existing customers and, of course, to help running shoes! It’s new customers find a solution that best suits their needs. Netnod has a great definitely the best way reputation, and I’m looking forward to helping spread Netnod’s name further, to explore and get a especially to those who are not so familiar with us today. feeling for a new place.” This role involves a bit of travel. What's your best travel tip? www.slopepro.com (That’s my Always bring a pair of running shoes! It’s contribution to Internet content :-). definitely the best way to explore and get I used to spend every opportunity I had, Netnod is happy to welcome a feeling for a new place. Personally, I skiing. Nowadays I ski about 20 days a always try to skip coffee during long-haul year, and if I’m lucky some of those days Martin onboard, our newest flights, but I know there are some people are in deep powder together with my who simply cannot live without it. addition to the communications best friends. I understand that a few of What do you find so interesting about my new colleagues at Netnod share that team.