UKNOF42 (London)

Confirmed Speakers

16. Introduction and Welcome

Mr Keith Mitchell (UKNOF)

15/01/2019, 09:55

14. The deployment of IPv6 data storage on WLCG and UK GridPP

Dr David Kelsey (STFC UK Research and Innovation)

15/01/2019, 10:00

Main Session

The Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) project is a global collaboration of more than 170 computing centres in 42 countries, linking up national and international grid infrastructures. The mission of the WLCG project is to provide global computing resources to store, distribute and analyse the ~50-70 Petabytes of data expected every year of operations from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at...

11. An Overview of IPv6 Security

Dr David Holder (Erion Ltd)

15/01/2019, 10:30

Main Session

Security is one of the most crucial factors in modern networks. Network operators are painfully aware of this. IPv6 brings new challenges, features and opportunities for network security. This presentation provides a comprehensive overview of IPv6 security, why it needs to be taken seriously, how it differs from IPv4, the problems it presents and current IPv6 security techniques and best...

12. UKNOF Update

Denesh Bhabuta (UKNOF), Mr Keith Mitchell (UKNOF)

15/01/2019, 11:30

UKNOF meetings happen thanks to the active support and participation of many people - volunteers, speakers, sponsors, partners. Keeping UKNOF sustainable and relevant is important to everyone, and every so often we give the community a chance to hear about how all this works, various changes we're making, and to hear your feedback.

13. DNS Flag day and beyond - how will it affect you?

Ms Cathy Almond (Internet Systems Consortium)

15/01/2019, 12:00

Main Session

The major Open Source DNS Software providers along with a number of other organisations have declared a flag day, after which they will cease accommodating non-RFC-compliant behaviour when interacting with other servers.

This talk (a collaboration between the software providers and other committed parties) will first briefly summarise the versions of software that have removed the excess...

4. The big IPv6 and RPKI quiz!

Mr Massimiliano Stucchi (RIPE NCC), Nathalie Trenaman (RIPE NCC)

15/01/2019, 12:15

Main Session

Do you think you know everything about IPv6 and RPKI ?

Are you ready to test your knowledge, or learn from your mistakes while participating in a quiz ?

We are going to challenge you with 20 questions, and everyone in the room can participate in the quiz to win prizes!

15. Large Scale Edge DDoS Protection

Sean Newman (Sponsor)

15/01/2019, 14:00

Sponsor-led Content

An update on the latest state of the DDoS threat with details of how high-performance traffic filtering in the latest generation of edge routers and switches is opening up new opportunities for security policy enforcement, in general, as well as enabling real-time DDoS protection at a scale not previously seen.

1. Beyond Whois: Connecting the Digital Dots

Mr Mike Lewis (Cyber Toolbetl)

15/01/2019, 14:20

Main Session

The presentation goes through the story of how Cyber Toolbelt Investigators were able to unravel a massive fraud network using only DNS and with only a single domain name to go on.

7. IXPDB and Euro-IX tools

Ms Bijal Sanghani (Euro-IX)

15/01/2019, 14:50

Main Session

This presentation will include: - an introduction to the IXPDB (IXP Database) - Details on the IX-F JSON Member List - tools now available for networks to find each other - a roadmap of new tools coming in 2019 I also hope to get feedback from the attendees on new ideas and tools they'd like to see.

3. TTLd: Total TCP Loss detection

Dr Louis Plissonneau (Facebook)

15/01/2019, 15:05

Main Session

TTLd is a new approach to network monitoring. This hybrid approach exposes in the TCP header information of loss from the host, and this information is accounted for at network device level.

This allows for precise loss detection and effective accounting and aggregation of this information.
The ground breaking feature of this project is that every single packet in the network becomes...

8. Project GOLF - Three years of EVPN in the datacenter

Mr David Freedman (Claranet), Mr David Overton (Claranet), Mr Sandy Breeze (Claranet)

15/01/2019, 16:05

Main Session

This talk charts the past three years of operating datacenters with EVPN/VxLAN with our own approach and software stack. We take you through the highlights and lowlights of our deployment and talk about the future. All in thirty minutes.

9. 400G - don't get confused with this transceiver generation & IEEE 802.3bs

Mr Thomas Weible (Flexoptix GmbH)

15/01/2019, 16:35

Main Session

Transmission speed of 400G is becoming a reality, with new challenges for optical and electrical components in high speed systems emerging as well. PAM4 modulation is one key component for 400G transmission with transceivers following Ethernet IEEE 802.3bs, this talk will be a show and tell into PAM4. With this knowledge, the design decisions behind the new formfactors OSFP, QSFP-DD,...

2. Fire Fire Fire! (Or maybe not...)

Mr Steve Wright (4D Data Centres, LINX)

15/01/2019, 17:05

Main Session

In July 2018 I experienced my first (and hopefully last!) FM200 fire suppression system discharge. While we all might have heard about fire suppression systems, and the risks and benefits - I aim to cast a bit of further light onto real world experiences on the little red bombs that we all put in our data centres. This talk will aim to: - a brief summary of the different fire suppression...

17. Wrap-up, UKNOF43

Mr Keith Mitchell (UKNOF)

15/01/2019, 17:35