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ISOC Monthly NewsletterNovember 2009India Economic Summit 2009The India Economic Summit 2009 was held in New Delhi, India from November 8-10. Organised by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the event brings together business and thought leaders from the Indian and global community to discuss issues around India’s economic progress. The event was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India, Hon. Dr. Manmohan Singh, and featured focused sessions on various industry sectors. Rajnesh Singh, Regional Bureau Manager, represented the Internet Society at the event, and also participated in various pre-event sessions including contributing to a workshop on cloud computing. More information on the India Economic Summit 2009 is available here. Chapter update: Pacific IslandsContributed by Anju Mangal We are very happy to announce the new PICISOC (Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society) Board Members elected at our 2009 PICISOC board meeting. The Board Executive was appointed at the 3 November, 2009 Board Meeting. PICISOC board members are as follows:
Chapter Voting Delegates
We wish to thank ISOC for their continuous support. Chapter update: FinlandContributed by Tommi Karttaavi The Internet Society Finland Chapter will has its annual general meeting, part two, on 10 December, in Helsinki. The venue is the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel and the event starts at 5pm local time. The event is at the same time the celebration of two significant anniversaries: the Finnish Internet Association was founded 15 years ago and chartered as an ISOC chapter 10 years ago. Mr. Paavo Ahonen, former Chairman of the Board, will give a presentation on how the Internet was introduced in Finland in the form of the university network FUNET. Lorenzo Colitti and Erik Kline of Google receive initial Itojun Service AwardThe first Itojun Service Award was presented today at this week’s Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting in Hiroshima, Japan to Lorenzo Colitti and Erik Kline of Google for their outstanding contributions to the development and deployment of IPv6, the next generation Internet protocol. Announced last year, the Itojun Service Award honours the memory of Dr. Jun-ichiro “itojun” Hagino, who passed away in 2007, aged just 37. The award, established by the friends of itojun and administered by the Internet Society (ISOC), recognises and commemorates the extraordinary dedication exercised by itojun over the course of IPv6 development. “The sustained efforts of Lorenzo and Erik have tangibly increased the availability of Web-based services that use IPv6, reflecting the Itojun Service Award’s focus on pragmatic contributions in the spirit of serving the global Internet’s continued evolution,” said Jun Murai of the Itojun Service Award committee and Director of the WIDE Project. “The Itojun Service award aims to recognize how important both the development of IPv6 and related protocols and efforts to advance their deployment are to ensuring the Internet continues to serve as a platform for innovation around the world.” The Itojun Service Award is focused on pragmatic contributions to developing and deploying IPv6 in the spirit of serving the Internet. The award, expected to be presented annually, includes a presentation crystal, a US$3,000 honorarium and a travel grant. Lorenzo Colitti, Network Engineer at Google said, “This is a great honour. Itojun is a legend in the IPv6 community, and the Internet is indebted to him. Without his foundational work, none of what we achieved with IPv6 would be possible – we stand on the shoulders of giants. Itojun has been a source of inspiration, and I regret never being able to meet him, to show him our work, and show him that we too shared his vision of bringing IPv6 to the users of the Internet.” Erik Kline, IPv6 Software Engineer at Google said, “It’s humbling to be sharing the Itojun Service Award, having achieved by comparison only a small fraction of the impact of his widely influential body of work. For me personally, Google’s IPv6 efforts are not just for the Internet and its future but also a way to honor his vision, dedication, and passion.” IPv6 was developed within the IETF, the Internet’s premier standards-making body responsible for the development of protocols used in IP-based networks. IETF participants represent an international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers involved in the technical operation of the Internet and the continuing evolution of Internet architecture. More information on the Itojun Service Award is available at: ISOC’s Rough Guide to IETF 76’s Hot TopicsIETF 76 in Hiroshima, Japan is upon us (8-13 November). As we have done in previous meetings, the Internet Society has compiled this Rough Guide to help you keep up with the IETF meeting sessions of particular relevance to the Internet Society’s current activities. Within that context, the Standards & Technology team, with input from our Trust & Identity colleagues, has previewed the most interesting developments and discussions on the agenda. We hope this guide will be helpful to those who are attending the meeting as well as those who will follow remotely. Remember, although the physical meetings provide excellent opportunities for informal contact, in formal terms they are no more important than the mailing list discussions which are continuous and open to all. In line with our own priorities at the Internet Society, we’ve selected working groups, BoFs, and other events in the following broad categories:
All times listed are local (Hiroshima, UTC+9). Check agendas for updates as the meeting progresses. Many of the critical agendas have only become available very recently, so please accept our apologies for presenting this Rough Guide a little later than usual. Finally, in addition to the main IETF content, don’t forget to follow ISOC’s latest expert panel “Internet Bandwidth Growth: Dealing with Reality“, on Tuesday 10 November. Agenda and audiocast details here. _____________________________________ mptcp (Multipath TCP) BOF Full charter: http://www.ietf.org/dyn/wg/charter/mptcp-charter.html This work has the potential to greatly improve robustness and resilience of Internet connectivity for multihomed sites. Agenda: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/09nov/agenda/mptcp.txt conex (Congestion Exposure) BOF Agenda: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/09nov/agenda/conex.txt homegate (Broadband Home Gateway) BOF Agenda: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/09nov/agenda/homegate.txt ppsp (Peer to Peer Streaming Protocol) BOF Agenda: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/09nov/agenda/ppsp.html _____________________________________ 6lowpan (IPv6 over Low power WPAN) Full charter: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/6lowpan-charter.html Some progress should be made in closing on standardization of a couple of documents (specifically the Neighbor Discovery document).This working group has been going on for some time and has a sense of urgency now due to the SmartGrid efforts currently gaining a lot of attention in the United States. Agenda: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/09nov/agenda/6lowpan.txt behave (Behavior Engineering for Hindrance Avoidance) Full charter: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/behave-charter.html A great deal of cycles continue to be spent on 6to4 protocol translation standardization.Two of the hot issues should be the handling of DNS for these situations and the handling of fragmentation in a number of scenarios. Agenda: http://www.ietf.org/dyn/wg/charter/behave-charter.html v6ops (IPv6 Operations) Full charter: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/v6ops-charter.html Discussion in Hiroshima will include recommendations for IPv6 CPE devices, new transition tools, new measurements of IPv6 traffic, IPv6 deployment scenarios for ISPs, and IPv6 deployment in Internet exchange points, amongst other topics. Agenda: not yet published aplus (Address Plus Port) BOF Agenda: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/09nov/agenda/aplusp.html 6lowapp (Application Protocols for Low-power v6 Networks) BOF Agenda: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/09nov/agenda/6lowapp.txt _____________________________________ dnsext (DNS Extensions) Full charter: http://www.ietf.org/dyn/wg/charter/dnsext-charter.html Most of this meeting is devoted to extensions related to DNSSEC, including registry states, registration rules, the GOST draft already in wg-last-call, and DNSSEC-bis-updates. The other topic, transport for DNS, is prompted by the larger answers that DNSSEC will produce. Agenda: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/09nov/agenda/dnsext.txt DNSOP (Domain Name System Operations) Full charter: http://www.ietf.org/dyn/wg/charter/dnsop-charter.html Several drafts in this WG relate to DNSSEC, including key timing considerations, trust anchor history, signing policy, and practice statement framework. Transport considerations for DNS are here as well as in dnsext. Other topics are initializing a DNS resolver with priming queries, and reverse DNS in IPv6.Top-level domains are considered in two drafts. Finally, DNS implications in BEHAVE and MIF are to be discussed. Agenda: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/09nov/agenda/dnsop.txt sidr (Secure Inter-Domain Routing) Full charter: http://www.ietf.org/dyn/wg/charter/sidr-charter.html Draft updates on repository structure, certificate profile, provisioning protocol, ROA validation, and trust anchors are expected from their authors. Terry Manderson will discuss his use-cases draft, which he requests the WG to adopt.Steve Kent will present his draft on Local Trust Anchor Management, which was unveiled pre-draft at IETF 75. The report from the operators’ roundtable arranged by ISOC will be discussed. Agenda: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/09nov/agenda/sidr.txt savi (Source Address Validation Improvements) Full charter: http://www.ietf.org/dyn/wg/charter/savi-charter.html The savi wg continues with updates for most of its drafts on the agenda for IETF 76. Agenda: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/09nov/agenda/savi.txt karp (Keying and Authentication for Routing Protocols) BOF This work is intended to scope and sequence detailed work on specific protocols to improve the security of the routing infrastructure of the Internet. Agenda: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/09nov/agenda/karp.html ISOC Fellowships to the IETF Bring Local Perspectives to Global ForumThe Internet Society (ISOC) awarded fellowships to support participation in Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meetings by 22 technologists from 15 countries in developing regions around the world. The Internet Society is the organizational home of the IETF, the Internet’s premier technical standards body. Twelve fellowship recipients from this round of awards will attend next week’s IETF meeting in Hiroshima, Japan on 8-13 November. The latest round of Internet Society Fellowship to the IETF awards garnered 199 applications, with recipients coming from Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Fiji, India, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Pakistan, Uganda, and Togo. The program pairs recipients with an experienced mentor at IETF meetings to support their participation. “The high level of interest and participation is not only a testament to the Internet Society’s Fellowship to the IETF itself, but also to the growing prominence of the Internet as a platform from economic development and innovation around the world,” said Karen Rose, Director of Access and Development Initiatives for the Internet Society. “ISOC Fellowships to the IETF are a tangible demonstration of the Internet Society’s commitment to foster technical leadership and increased participation in Internet standards development by technologists in emerging economies.” The Internet Society’s Fellowship program helps skilled technologists from the developing world to experience the Internet standards development process in person. While much of the IETF’s work takes place over mailing lists, the in-person experience promotes a stronger understanding of the standardisation process, encourages active involvement in IETF work, and facilitates personal networking with others that have similar technical interests. Internet Society members Afilias, Google, Intel, Microsoft and the Nominet Trust each provide significant support for the ISOC Fellowship to the IETF: “Afilias is both proud and pleased to support the Internet Society’s IETF Fellowship program. We are committed to the open and consensus-driven process of the IETF’s development of DNS and all Internet standards, which we know is enhanced with broad participation,” said Dr. James Galvin, Director Strategic Relationships and Technical Standards at Afilias. “The Internet is necessarily inclusive of all people and it is appropriate that all people should have the opportunity to contribute to the development of standards that affect their inclusion.” “Google continues to be an enthusiastic sponsor of the ISOC Fellowship to the IETF program,” said Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist for Google. “Bringing colleagues from around the world to meet with IETF participants is an important way to establish long-lasting relationships that promote the spread of the Internet.” “Microsoft believes that there is the need for all communities affected by standards to have a voice in their creation, that’s why we’re excited to participate in ISOC’s important initiative to enable talented technologists from developing regions to benefit from these opportunities to participate in the standards dialogue,” said Nasser Kettani, regional standards officer, Middle East and Africa, Microsoft. Jonathan Welfare, Chairman of Nominet Trust Board comments: “The objectives of the ISOC Fellowship to the IETF align with the Nominet Trust’s aims and reinforce our ongoing efforts to assist in the global development and innovation of the Internet, which will make a positive difference to society as well as advance education. The funding enables fellowships to be awarded so that discussions around Internet standards and policy development can be held with those with the appropriate experience, allied with a creative approach. Ultimately this will strengthen the global Internet community.” As part of ISOC’s Next Generation Leaders programme’s efforts to prepare professionals from around the world to become the next generation of Internet technology, policy, and business leaders, the ISOC Fellowship to the IETF has made 84 awards to technologists from 30 developing countries to participate IETF meetings since its inception in 2006. For more information about ISOC’s Fellowship to the IETF and Next Generation Leaders programme, see: http://InternetSociety.org/leaders The selected ISOC Fellows to the IETF for the IETF meeting 76 in November 2009 and IETF 77 meeting in March 2010 are: IETF 76, Hiroshima, Japan Hassan Zaheer (Pakistan) is interested in the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 as part of his responsibilities managing a large ISP that delivers broadband through wireless and cable (Worldcall Telecom Ltd). Gargi Bag (India) is pursuing her PhD at Ajou University in South Korea. Her thesis is based on designing lightweight mobility-related protocols for IPv6 in wireless networks. Muhammad Yousaf (Pakistan) researches areas including mobility and security issues in wireless networks at the M. A. Jinnah University, Islamabad. Fernando Gont (Argentina) has contributed to several Working Group RFCs on the extension and maintenance of the core Internet protocols and security capabilities in network infrastructure. Ali Tufail (Pakistan) is a PhD student at Ajou University in South Korea with his research focusing on reliability and security in sensor networks. Zartash Afzal Uzmi (Pakistan), a professor at Lahore University of Management Sciences, is pursuing research encompassing data center operations, inter-domain routing, and wide area Ethernet provisioning. IETF 77, Anaheim, CA, USA A. Palanivelan (India) technical interests lie in the Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD), Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and IS-IS for IP Internets (ISIS) Working Groups. Jean-Robert Hountomey (Togo) works on issues covering backbone and network design, security, access and mobility solutions, and routing as the CEO and CTO of IServices Group. Sakaio P. Manoa (Fiji) is interested in IP over IEEE 802.16 Networks and is an ICT advisor with the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission. Kondwani Masiye (Malawi) is a network architect for the IP and data communication network of Malawi Telecommunications Limited and is interested in a range of routing issues. Idris A. Rai (Uganda) is at Makerere University conducting networking research and is particularly interested in performance analysis and design of protocols, packet scheduling, wireless mesh networks, and overlay networks. Gustavo Rodrigues Ramos (Brazil) is a network engineer actively following Secure Inter-Domain Routing and Inter-Domain Routing Working Groups. He is also heavily active in local and regional Internet forums. Ten alumni of the program were selected to receive the Returning Fellows award, which supports their participation in an additional IETF meeting. Returning fellows are able to leverage their initial IETF experience to provide additional contributions into the IETF standards processes, while helping to build engagement by their local technical community in standards tracks that have important implications for regional Internet growth. Their attendance at the meetings also increases the visibility of the IETF in developing countries. The selected Returning Fellows for the 76th and 77th meetings are: IETF 76, Hiroshima, Japan Carlos Watson Carazo (Costa Rica) IETF 77, Anaheim, CA, USA Mohibul Hasib Mahmud (Bangladesh) Findings on IP Affinity from ISOC IPv6 RoundtableAs part of its efforts to foster discussion of issues affecting the ongoing evolution of the Internet, the Internet Society organized a roundtable in May 2009 and invited both network operators and content providers to participate. Discussion focused on assumptions being made by application developers and content providers about the network, and specifically on how the adoption of shared addressing solutions by operators might impact the assumptions and service offerings of content providers. Based on discussions at the roundtable, the Internet Society has developed a report that outlines how some aspects of how content and service providers use IP addresses today, and some of the implications for service providers, content providers, and end users during a transition period in which the current assumptions about IP addresses no longer hold. The entire report is available online (PDF) and is part of the Internet Society’s overall emphasis on IPv6. Le futur de l’Internet ne peut pas se passer des pays AfricainsConférence INET Afrique discutera les priorités pour la gouvernance de l’Internet dans la région [Dakar, 2 novembre 2009] La conférence INET Afrique organisée par Internet Society (ISOC), en collaboration avec ISOC Sénégal et le ministère des Télécommunications, des TICS, des transports terrestres et des transports ferroviaires du Sénégal, présente une opportunité unique et exceptionnelle pour la promotion de la gouvernance de l’Internet régionale en Afrique. La Conférence qui se tiendra du 3 au 4 novembre 2009 réunira des experts de l’Internet ainsi que la Communauté Internet du Sénégal et de l’Afrique Francophone. Ensemble, ils établiront la stratégie et les priorités des pays africains pour le développement des connexions régionales à l’Internet des communautés locales afin d’encourager le développement de l’Internet en Afrique. Il est estimé que les prochains milliards d’utilisateurs d’Internet seront en grande majorité situés dans les pays en voie de développement, notamment en Afrique. « Bien que les indicateurs restent faibles, l’accès à l’Internet devient de plus en plus significatif dans les pays africains et est un des facteurs essentiels du développement face à la mondialisation croissante de l’économie et l’émergence de nouvelles technologies » a dit Alex Corenthin, Président d’ISOC Sénégal. « Les aspects liés à la gouvernance de l’Internet ont souvent été occultés par les bienfaits relatifs liés à son utilisation. Nous espérons qu’à l’issue de cette rencontre, les éléments essentiels qui doivent accompagner ce développement seront identifiés et que les actions seront prises par tous les acteurs pour l’inscrire dans la durabilité au bénéfice des populations », a-t-il ajouté. « Le soutien au développement des contenus locaux et la promotion du multilinguisme et des langues nationales sont essentiels pour que l’Afrique puisse profiter pleinement des bénéfices sociaux et économiques que l’Internet peut apporter. De plus, l’insertion des économies nationales dans l’économie numérique et le développement de l’administration numérique (e-gouvernement) est urgente. » L’INET sert aussi à préparer les discussions de Sharm El Sheikh, qui se tiendront du 15 au 18 novembre 2009. Le thème de la conférence est “FGI Sharm El Sheikh: Une opportunité pour promouvoir la gouvernance de l’Internet régionale”. Pour ISOC Sénégal, le dossier clé pour cette rencontre sera la gestion participative des ressources critiques d’Internet. ISOC Member Newsletter. Suggestions, comments, and questions welcome to, newsletter@isoc.org ISOC's key initiatives target the critical issues that affect all aspects of Internet development and growth. They embody ISOC's philosophy that the Internet is for everyone and they provide the organization with a solid foundation from which to positively influence standards development, access, business practices, and government policies. |
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