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Thursday 22 Sept 2022, 09:00 → 20:00 Europe/London

Elements ( 15 Hatfields)

Fearghas McKay (FLEXOPTIX // UKNOF), James Bensley (SKY // UKNOF), Keith Mitchell (UKNOF), Marek Isalski (FAELIX)

The UK Network Operators' Forum is resuming in-person meetings.

UKNOF50 will be held on 22nd of September 2022 in London at 15 Hatfields. 

People attending UKNOF50 in London must be fully vaccinated. Further details in the COVID-19 Protocol.

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UKNOF events offer an OPEN environment for anyone within or interested in the Internet Industry. Network with industry colleagues, participate in knowledge sharing and freshen up on best practice around network operations and security.

For more information about UKNOF itself, please visit our primary site.

Social Media hashtag: #UKNOF50

We are currently looking for Sponsors and Corporate Patrons to support UKNOF.

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We are currently looking for Sponsors to support UKNOF. Contact us on sponsor@uknof.org.uk

 

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UKNOF PATRONS 2022

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We are currently looking for additional Patrons to support UKNOF. Contact us on patron@uknof.org.uk

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09:00 → 09:55 Registration: In-person attendees

09:45 → 09:55 Registration: Remote attendees: Zoom room opens - while waiting, grab a drink and mingle with your peers in the ~UKNOF channel at https://chat.uknof.org.uk

09:55 → 11:00 UKNOF50: Session 1

09:55 Introduction and Welcome

UKNOF50 Introduction and Welcome

Speaker: Keith Mitchell (UKNOF)

Information.odp

Video: Introduction and Welcome

Welcome and Information

10:00 Defending DNS services from multi-vector DDoS attacks

The Domain Name System (DNS) is the critical infrastructure that service providers and enterprises depend on for their users to smoothly navigate the internet. Recent headlines of crushing distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks targeting websites and infrastructure are creating greater awareness around the criticality of DNS for reliable internet services and the catastrophic effects of DNS outages. Service providers must actively apply adequate defences to build DDoS resilience into their DNS infrastructure or suffer the inevitable consequences.

Speaker: Mr Adil Baghir (Head of Technology and Solutions)

Ensure-DNS-Resilience-from-DDoS_final.pptx

Video: Defending DNS services from multi-vector DDoS attacks

10:15 400G-ZR(+) Real World Examples

This talk gives an overview of the 400G-ZR(+) standards, including real-world data and configuration.

Speaker: David Murray (Arista Networks, Inc.)

UKNOF - 400G-ZR(+) Real World Examples.pdf

Video: 400G-ZR(+) Real World Examples

10:45 Why not to follow a textbook

The pitfalls of following documentation as read without fully understanding the impact.

A bit like copy and pasting from stack overflow and allowing anyone into your core network...

https://www.oreilly.com/catalog/errata.csp?isbn=0636920042709

Speaker: Mr Gary Steers (CGI)

Video: Why not to follow a textbook

Why not to follow a textbook - Summary.pdf

Why not to follow a textbook - Summary.pptx

11:00 → 11:30 30 minutes break

11:30 → 12:30 UKNOF50: Session 2

11:30 Quantum Key Distribution activities within GÉANT and the NREN community.

This presentation and talk will focus on activities and experience gained within GÉANT and NRENs related to Quantum Communication technologies. GÉANT and NRENs participate in number of National and European level programs and projects connected with quantum technologies in general. Activities are focused mainly on practical aspects and use cases implemented in real world scenarios and infrastructure.

Quantum Key Distribution is an example of a quantum communication technology that can potentially provide a highly secure communication environment and provide a base for future quantum networks and ultimately the quantum Internet. Quantum Key Distribution is one of the first examples of practical implementation of quantum communication and quantum cryptography. QKD together with post quantum algorithms have significant potential for new secure optical transmission systems. Quantum networks are an essential component of a fully interconnect quantum computing infrastructure and transmit qubits between the quantum devices. The GÉANT GN4-3 project together with NRENs has been studying QKD technology, exploring testbeds, simulators, and facilitating discussion around R&E use cases that has led to several white papers being published and infoshares being held for the NREN community and its users. This material and experience has been shared with the NREN community at:

https://wiki.geant.org/display/NETDEV/QKD

The community uses also QKD networks and quantum communication network simulators especially to provide training and provide better understanding. Simulators play an essential part in understanding the assumptions and principles of quantum network operation. Under the GÉANT GN4-3 WP6 activities a QKD proof of concept has been designed in which GEANT will test novel QKD technology - Twin Field QKD - supporting QKD between nodes running at two relatively distant GÉANT PoPs. NRENs are also experimenting with the multiplexing of quantum channels and other topics related with the integration of quantum channels and transmission with classical optical communication systems.

NRENs within its mission seek to support their users, including scientists, in demonstrating the readiness of new technologies. This approach is particularly important for European Quantum research. QKD services in NREN infrastructures have significant potential benefits for their user community as these technologies can support novel use cases, implementation scenarios and applications. QKD services can be designed and managed by NRENs and contribute to the overall advancement of QKD technology.

NREN community is active in the Digital Europe Program calls related to EuroQCI initiative and NRENs are directly or indirectly involved in the national Quantum Communication Infrastructure programs.

Speaker: Piotr Rydlichowski (PSNC (Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center))

UKNOF50_Talk-QKD.pptx

Video: Quantum Key Distribution activities within GÉANT and the NREN community

12:00 Automate RIPE DB handling with NetBox

Automation is key these days and we should automate as much as possible. We (Inter.link) has solved the RIPE DB handling with some code of ours. We want to share that with everyone by presenting the RIPE updater project.

Speaker: Vincentz Petzholtz (Inter.link)

20220922_Vincentz_UKNOF.key

20220922_Vincentz_UKNOF.pdf

Video: Automate RIPE DB handling with NetBox

12:15 Axians Sponsored Presentation - Paragon Active Assurance

Paragon Active Assurance

Speaker: Simon Beevers

Axians Q3 2022 UKNOF50.pdf

Axians Q3 2022 UKNOF50.pptx

Video: Axians Sponsored Presentation - Paragon Active Assurance

12:30 → 14:00 90 minutes break

14:00 → 15:00 UKNOF50: Session 3

14:00 Hollow Core Fiber: What is it and Why should you be interested?

Conventional optical fiber, as “an asset that keeps on giving”, has served our industry incredibly well over the past 30 years but we know that there are fundamental limits on fiber capacity. In addition the popularity of low latency applications like financial services and gaming are demanding lower latency, which can become a problem for silica-based fiber because light travels at about two thirds of the speed through glass as it does through air.
Hollow Core Fiber (HCF) has been under development for over a decade, with the promise of far lower latency because the optical signal travels through air, rather than glass. A longer term goal would be to position HCF as a way to offer higher transmission capacity than conventional, silica core fiber.
HCF potentially increases capacity in two distinct ways. First, light is travelling in air, which is a linear medium as opposed to glass which is nonlinear. This could mean that transmit power and amplifier power could be increased, leading to higher capacity. Second is that propagation in air could mean a sufficiently low attenuation across a much wider range of wavelengths than silica core fiber.
This presentation explains how HCF works; gives a brief description of its evolution and the current commercial and manufacturing status; offers a first level approximation of how and when the benefits of HCF will be available; and looks at the impact on the “fiber ecosystem” of transponders, ROADMs, amplifiers, connectors, installation techniques, splice repairs and test gear.

Speaker: Mr Geoff Bennett (Mr.)

2022-09 Hollow Core Fiber - What and Why.pptx

Video: Hollow Core Fiber: What is it and why should you be interested?

14:30 The unending misery of bgp.tools

Since 2018 I've been running bgp.tools. A site that displays real-time internet routing information for debugging or investigations.

Building this site is a classic case of "oh I can do that in a weekend"... and that not turning out to be the case.

Learn why it's taken me a handful of years to get right! Why you might want to write your own BGP daemon, why I've gotten creative with data sources, why the internet is actually a giant man made art project, and finally why you should help bgp.tools by giving it more data sources!

Speaker: Mr Ben Cartwright-Cox (bgp.tools)

The unending misery of bgp.tools (UKNOF50)_Laptop.pptx

The unending misery of bgp.tools (UKNOF50)_Public.pdf

Video: The unending misery of bgp.tools

15:00 → 15:30 30 minutes break

15:30 → 16:15 UKNOF50: Session 4

15:30 Security in/with Community Services

Community Services short description and how those services are taking care of your security nowadays.

Speaker: Mrs Camelia Simion (Team Cymru)

Security in Community Services v2.pptx

Video: Security in/with Community Services

15:45 Global NOG Alliance Taskforce: Keep Ukraine Connected

Usually we support with the Global NOG Alliance, colleagues from the community who want to set up a new NOG meeting. For this we provide everything necessary, free of charge.

Base is a Indico system, which includes CfP, agenda scheduling, registration, etc. In addition, we have a speaker database that we can use to help newcomers. We can also create a sub-account through our bank and the organizers of a new NOG meeting will receive a virtual and/or physical debit credit card to be able to pay for everything related to the NOG Meeting. In addition, we have the opportunity to support NOG meetings with a little money from our budget. Everything at volunteer level and everything free of charge.

But the February 24, 2022 changed a lot in the world and so did us.

Two weeks after the start of the war in Ukraine, I drove to Ukraine with a friend with two trucks (40 tons and 7.5 tons) to hand over humanitarian goods there.

When I called a board call on March 11, 2022 to share my experiences, we decided to help as a team. And we created a task force within the Global NOG Alliance. And that was the birth of the project: Keep Ukraine Connected.

We had nothing, the only thing we had.... was a mission. Mission to help our friends from Ukraine, to help ISPs. All logistics companies had stopped the service and some action had to be taken. The operators of the on-site Internet infrastructure needed equipment for the destroyed infrastructure/parts of the destroyed infrastructure.

We started from scratch and by March 2022 we already saw ourselves as a link between the communities. As a link between users and manufacturers. We have the contacts and wanted to use them and create synergies. Within three weeks we managed to collect around 2 tons of equipment. This equipment came from Germany/ Europe and also the USA. Within three weeks we programmed a Supply&Demand Database where donors and those in need can register. Donors can enter what they want to donate and requesters can enter their needs there.

on March 8th, 2022 I started a small European tour to collect equipment with a 7.5 ton truck. So I started in Berlin, via the Czech Republic, Austria to Slovenia. After the SEE10 meeting in Ljubljana, i continued via Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland to the Ukraine, where I met our local contacts to load the 2 tons of equipment onto another truck.

We currently work with the Ministry of Digital Transformation, The Association of Rights Holders and Content Providers, The Ukrainian Internet Association and DEPS. DEPS is our local donation distributor to get all the equipment we bring to Ukraine to the right companies.

In my presentation, i would like to show how we see our global community and how important it is to help one another in difficult times. We refrain from any political discussions or support. We support our friends from the NOG community and also want to be a bit of an example that our community doesn't think in borders, colors, races or genders. Don't talk, just do anything is our motto and we want to pass this on and motivate other supporters to support us.

I will update the presentation also with news out of the region.

Speaker: Mr Rene Fichtmueller (Global NOG Alliance/ Flexoptix GmbH)

KUC_Presi_final_RF_Sep_2022_UKNOF50_fin.pptx

Video: Global NOG Alliance Taskforce: Keep Ukraine Connected

16:15 → 16:25 10 minutes comfort break

16:25 → 17:00 UKNOF50: Session 5

16:25 Electrickery - Energy Buying & Pricing

Electrickery - how you actually buy energy at scale combined with the complexity of trying to predict geopolitical events for a market in turmoil

1. Big energy bills - what makes up the charges and contract
2. Fixed, Flexi-Fix, Full Flex. What the...?
3. UK Supply Mix
4. Market Economics.. [crying face]
5. What next...

Speaker: Steve Wright (4D Data Centres, LINX)

UKNOF50 - Electrickery.pptx

Video: Electrickery - Energy Buying & Pricing

16:50 UKNOF50 Retrospective and Wrap-up

A look back at Fifty UKNOFs.

Speaker: Keith Mitchell (UKNOF)

Retrospective and Wrap-up

Video: Retrospective and Wrap-up

Wrap-up.odp

17:00 → 20:00 Pints n' Packets: (In-person attendees) Drinks and mingle