South Asian Network Operators Group SANOG

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South Asian Network Operators Group (SANOG)

• Gaurab Raj Upadhaya
• CEO/Tech Chair
• gaurab_at_lahai.com
• Nepal Internet Exchange

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SANOG

• As data networks has grown around the world, we
  are taking the initiative for a South Asian
  Network Operators Group (SANOG). This is in line
  with established practices like NANOG in North
  America, RIPE NCC Meetings in Europe and APRICOT
  in Asia. The meeting will provide a regional
  forum to discuss operational issues and
  technologies closer home for data operators in
  the South Asian Region. (Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
  Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri
  Lanka Mauritius, Myanmar?)

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South Asia ..

• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• India
• Maldives
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka

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SANOG I

• SANOG I held in Kathmandu, Nepal on 22-28
  January, 2003 in conjunction with CAN IT
  Conference 2003.
• SANOG I included pre and post conference
  tutorials, conference and meeting.
• The agenda for the first meeting of SANOG was to
  establish the procedure for future meetings and
  gathering a consensus for such a group.
• There was consensus on continuing the effort and
  the next meeting was decided to be held in Sri
  Lanka.
• www.sanog.org/sanog1

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SANOG II

• SANOG II held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 20-27 July
  together with Networking South Asia and APAN
  South Asia meeting
• NetSA / SANOG II included 4 days workshops, two
  days tutorials and one day of conference and
  meeting.
• As an addition from the first meeting,
  NetSA/SANOG had full workshops in two tracks
  Routing Systems
• Organized by LEARN the Lanka Academic Network
• More info and material downloads at
  www.netsa.org.lk

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SANOG II

• Program
• Workshops
• Cisco ISP/IXP Workshop
• System Management Workshop
• Tutorials
• SANOG Track
• IPv6, IX construction, DNS, Network Management,
  Security
• APAN Track
• Next generation internet
• Wireless Technologies
• APNIC Helpdesk, DNS and LIR training

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SANOG II

• Participants
• 50 local participants
• 80 International Participants
• Fellowship to 50 people to participate. Partial
  travel and accommodation provided to Fellows.
• Sponsorship
• LEARN Lanka Academic Network
• APNIC, LISPA LK, CINTEC, Cisco
• Lanka Com and other local companies
• WorldBank infoDev Program for fellowships

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SANOG II

• More participants from academic networks, but
  operators from all countries also present
• Increased participants from all regional
  countries
• Co-operation with APAN South Asia
• First Meeting of the Program Committee held
• Formal / Regular process for finding sponsors

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SANOG III

• SANOG III
• 15-22 January, 2004
• Bangalore, India
• hosted by IPv6 Forum, India
• Program
• 15-19 Workshops
• 20- 21 Tutorials
• 22 Meeting and Conference
• Co-hosted with IPv6 Summit

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SANOG III

• Topics
• Two Workshops
• BGP Multihoming Workshop,
• 1st APNIC DNS Workshop,
• Eight Tutorials
• Advanced BGP New Features Convergence
  Improvements
• MPLS Applications, Deployment Challenges High
  Availability
• IP VPN Design and Implementation Issues
• BGP Multihoming
• Internet Exchange Construction
• Fault Tolerant Network Services using Linux
• Fighting SPAM
• Introduction to IPv6

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SANOG III
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SANOG III

• 150 participants
• Largest such gathering of Indian ISPs and
  operators. participants from 6 SA countries
• Fellowship to 15 people with help from NSRC and
  funds from ISOC
• Fellowship covered airfare and accommodation.
• Fellows paid for registration of USD 200
  (approx.)
• Books donated by Cisco Press, as well as NSRC

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SANOG IV

• Kathmandu, Nepal
• (22-30 July, 2004 or 16-23 August, 2004)
• Workshops
• A System Workshop to be added
• Conference
• A better conference day targeted
• Participation
• 200 expected from all countries

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Future SANOG

• SANOG V (January, 2005)
• probability is Dhaka
• SANOG VI (July 2005)
• probability is Thimpu/Bhutan
• Collaboration with other organizations is
  expected to grow

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Collaborations

• Signed MoU with APNIC during APNIC 16 for
  co-operation
• Co-operation with NSRC for SANOG III, expected to
  increase in future
• ISC, PCH, NetNod, IPJ, npIX, IPv6 Forum India,
  ISPAI, ISPAN, BDIX
• The community of folks in the region

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Some More Information

• The website will be updated soon with SANOG III
  materials ! It's been re-designed
• www.sanog.org
• website and mailing list up and running
• visit www.sanog.org
• send e-mail to sanog-request_at_sanog.org with
  'subscribe' in subject to subscribe to the list