There were 483 attendees checked in at RIPE 75 for another full day of RIPE Working Group (WG) sessions.
Wednesday’s programme highlights
Routing WG
- A discussion about the charter of the WG with support at the microphone for more focus on the IETF, IXPs and BGP security.
- Joao Damas announced this would be his last meeting as co-chair and Ignas Bagdonas will take his place
- A presentation from a RACI attendee on Power Prefix Prioritisation for Smarter BGP Reconvergence that prompted an active dialogue with the audience
- A chart-filled look at BGP more specific announcements, with key findings noting that they add to the size and update of the BGP load, there’s a decline in hole punching, overlays becoming more prevalent and IPv6 instability being higher than IPv4
- A look at Pseudowire, a tunnel mechanism that carries traffic encapsulated in a lower layer like MPLS
- A discussion on tackling foreign ROUTE objects in the RIPE Database
- A mini BoF on Internet Routing Health Measurement
Cooperation WG
- What’s happening with the IETF and how to get involved
- A global initiative from IEEE for ethical considerations of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems
- A look into Identifier Technology Health Indicators (ITHI) which tracks a set of indicators that reflect the health of the system of identifiers
- A healthy discussion from the audience following a presentation about the increasing energy consumption of the Internet and online services
Open Source WG
- Knot Resolver and other open-sources resolvers and its scaling strategy
- How to avoid your software getting dumped on Github by distributing your software to users with Debian packaging for Linux users
- A look at the architecture, OS, management, and hardware types of White-Box switches and some pros and cons compared to ‘old school’ switches
- Lightning talks on BIND and BIRD
Anti-Abuse WG
- A presentation on a new policy proposal to do more due-diligence on abuse contacts in the RIPE Database, resulting in a long line at the microphones for comments
- Insight into Netflow-based botnet detection, including how they work and the benefits of machine learning to mitigate them
- A real-life, behind-the-scenes story of working together with reputation block lists and organisations that report to bonnets and malware to clean up a big block of IP addresses with bad reputation pre-transfer
Database WG
- A RIPE NCC operational update that sparked discussion on the considerations of clarity versus security in change notifications
- A look at how ICANN sets up and uses Identifier Technology Health Indicators
- A discussion on adopting a formalised WG chair selection process
DNS WG
- Jaap Akkerhuis stepped down as WG Chair and Joao Damas will start as WG Chair after RIPE 75
- A DNS report from the RIPE NCC
- CDNSKEY Implementation with Automated KSK Rollover in Knot DNS and the FRED Registry
- A presentation on Living on the Edge: (Re)focus DNS Efforts on the End-Points
- And finally, an argument on why DNS should be the “DNS for the IoT”
IPv6 WG
- Benedikt Stockebrand was re-appointed as WG chair for the IPv6 WG
- An update on work for a new way to do IPv6 client networks with support from the audience
- An announcement about the publication of ripe-690 and a suggestion for working on a new BCOP document that describes solutions and best current practice for IPv6 for mail servers
The day’s programme ended with a workshop on configuring CPE for transition mechanisms. Attendees then boarded buses and headed off to the final social of the meeting week, the RIPE 75 Dinner at the Dubai Marine Resort.
See you tomorrow for the last day of RIPE 75.
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