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Playing the Long GameLINX has completed the migration of its LON2 platform in London to a disaggregated network model using EVPN technology. The new solution allows LINX to play the long game with the aim of delivering long-term innovative technology to members.

Read the latest on the LON2 project including comments from LINX's CTO, Richard Petrie, and Network Engineering Manager, Mike Hellers. We also have words from the President and CEO of our project partner IP Infusion, Atsushi Ogata.

03 Board Matters and Summer Surprises CEO update by John Souter

04 LINX 2018 AGM & Board Election Review

05-06 Network News LON2 Migration and LON1 capacity upgrade

07 LINX America LINX on Capitol Hill: the i2coalition congressional fly-in

8-9 Public Affairs and Governance Update European Parliament rejects

Copyright Directive

10-11 In the Spotlight Interview with Phil Moran, LINX's

former senior account manager at Juniper Networks

12-13 Member & Partner News Including LINX vPoP Kao Data and

reseller partner Ai Networks

13 Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS)

Guest article by Andrei Robachevsky

14-15 Being Ready for Digital Transformation and IoT

Sponsor article from Telehouse Europe

16-17 LINX Events LINX102 overview and future programme

19-20 Internet Industry Events 13th European Peering Forum preview

Contents Editorial

Welcome to HotLINX53!The presentation of this particular issue of HotLINX is

not that different to earlier editions but could that all be about to change? Not exactly, but in the future we

will certainly be doing things a bit differently.

I've written on HotLINX being used as a marketing tool before, and how it has proved useful for prospective

members in showing what goes on in our sector of the industry. We cover the work we do on our network with partners, the events we stage and attend plus what's happening in the wider world of regulatory

affairs. While this is obviously still important we have to be adaptable to what our readers want.

So what have we got planned? First of all HotLINX in its printed form will continue but in response

to those who increasingly only read the online editions we are changing the way we publish it.

Rather than the quarterly print publication cycle we've had for more than a decade, we are now reverting to three issues every 12 months with

a reduced print run. This saves both on costs and time in production and has the additional

benefit of less impact on the environment.

The environmental aspect is again in response to member feedback which is something we

take very seriously. For that reason we will no longer post out printed copies to every

member but will still do so for those who specifically ask to be kept on the mailing list. If you wish to continue receiving the

printed edition please email: hotlinx@linx.net.

In addition to this we will also be introducing a short and easily digestible

online LINX news service which will be published monthly. It means our

announcements are more timely and allows us to advise on new

developments on the network or event programmes. This feature will

be launched in the Autumn so stay tuned for more details!

Publishing

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No part of this publication may be reproduced without the permission of the publishers.

HotLINX © London Internet Exchange 2018

Jeremy OrbellHotLINX Editor

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Board Matters and Summer Surprises By John Souter LINX Chief Executive Officer

It has been an interesting summer in many ways. Lots of great work has been going on with the LON2 network, and migration is now complete, but we've also seen some positive governance changes plus a few other surprises along the way too.

Since the last issue of HotLINX we've held our annual general meeting which I'm pleased to say was very well attended. We had another strongly fought election for places on the LINX Board but this time we had instigated a brand new voting calendar which meant that members had a better opportunity to question those standing before casting their votes. You can read more about this process on page 4.

Also on LINX Board matters it was at May's AGM that we announced that we had appointed CMO Kurtis Lindqvist, Head of Public Affairs Malcolm Hutty and CTO Richard Petrie as executive directors. This was as a result of changes to the LINX Memorandum & Articles of Association which were approved by the membership at the LINX99 EGM in November last year.

These new executive Board positions will faciliate more active engagement between our management team, who oversee the day-to-day running of the exchange, and the non-executive directors. This fits well with good governance practices and helps us best represent what the membership expects of us as a mutual organisation.

So what were the surprises? Well, for me it was that I've been out of the office for long periods this summer due to illness. I was last away on behalf of LINX for the NANOG73 meeting in Denver in June but since then I have mostly had to keep abreast of LINX activities from home as I recover. While I have been more actively involved recently the decision not to travel to Manchester for LINX102 meant I missed only my second member conference in 17 years. On the plus side it gave me a different perspective on proceedings via the webcast. Wherever you are based this is something I would encourage all members to do. Geography shouldn't be a barrier when you can tune in at the touch of a button using the LINX member portal.

Overall the good news is that the business has been proceeding very nicely with what has been the lightest touches from me. All being well I hope to see you at LINX103 in London in November.

Stats UpdateOur LINX stats section includes information regarding applications, ports, plus other notable figures including traffic and member breakdowns for the UK regional exchanges and LINX NoVA.

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LINX Manchester84.74GbpsPeak Traffic

97Connected ASNs

LINX Cardiff1.13GbpsPeak Traffic

22Connected ASNs

LINX NoVA25.63GbpsPeak Traffic

46Connected ASNs

LINX Scotland2.96GbpsPeak Traffic

29Connected ASNs

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LINX News In Brief

WomenTechConnect

Cape Town • 21 August 2018

LINX, along with reseller partner Workonline Communications, are

proud to have instigated the very first WomenTechConnect event this summer.

The event was part of iWeek and AfPIF, the African Peering and Interconnection Forum.

Speakers included Florence Lavoff of Google (pictured

right) as well as Michelle Opiyo and

Esther Cobbinah, senior network engineers at Workonline and LINX

respectively.

Taniatou Olafemiwa M Okanla, who attended the event, commented: "Such a great and warm moment with

amazing women sharing their experiences about how to conciliate work, career and private life as a woman".

LINX again recognised as IXP Leader in TMT Magazine awards

We are pleased to announce that TMT Magazine have awarded LINX with the title 'Recognised Leader in Internet Exchange

Points - UK' for the second year in a row!

Each award winner is chosen through a combination of votes

gathered from TMT's network of respected industry partners

and their own rigorous in-house research.

LINX News2018 AGM ReviewAt the 101st LINX member conference in May the AGM and annual election of LINX non-executive directors to the LINX Board took place.

Board members Mike Blanche and Steve Wright had both been required to retire by rotation with both deciding to stand again. Following the nomination process Steve and Mike were joined in the ballot by Simon Lockhart (Bogons / Cablecom Networking) and Matt Wilson (Telecoms Cloud Networks).

The 2018 AGM was the first time a new process for the election timetable was used. On this occasion the online voting did not open until the AGM itself and remained so for two weeks

afterwards rather than closing on the day of the AGM. This ensured that everyone casting a vote had a chance to view the candidates’ Q&A session in person at LINX101, or over the webcast. This footage was also made available online for the duration of the voting period.

As per previous years the election was conducted according to single transferable vote rules with the final outcome decided after two voting rounds. Once concluded Steve Wright and Mike Blanche were duly re-elected for further three year terms of office.

AGM Resolutions Passed Two ordinary resolutions were put to the vote during the AGM session, each requiring a simple majority. These were the approval of the 2017 annual accounts and the appointment of haysmacintyre as auditors. Both resolutions were passed overwhelmingly.

Members can review documentation and video from the AGM by visiting the LINX101 event page: www.linx.net/LINX101.

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Network News

LON2 Next Steps As covered in the HotLINX News section on page 6, our LON2 Peering LAN has been successfully migrated to the Edgcore/IPInfusion based EVPN platform.

All member ports except for 1GE members are now connected to the new network. 1GE member ports were by design left outside of the initial scope of the project but will be moved across during August and September. This follows the successful testing of the IPInfusion OCNOS software version which included a number of improvements in relation to the support of 1GE ports.

In the coming weeks LINX staff will be explaining more about the whole LON2 project with specialist technical and non-technical talks planned at a number of international events. It has been an exciting programme to have been involved in and we see sharing our experiences as important for the growth of peering in the future.

LON1 Capacity UpgradeThe work of the Technology team has not all been about LON2 however. Preparation work for a significant capacity upgrade on the LON1 network for our site in Digital Realty Sovereign House has also been a priority. This was triggered by a number of 100G member port orders during the first half of 2018. Until now, the site was connected at 2x 32x10G, meaning there was 320Gbps of protected capacity. The upgrade more than doubled this to 800Gbps and the upgrade process was formally completed in early August.

We have also added additional high-density edge routers, dedicated to 100G member ports at both Telehouse North and Telehouse West to handle member demand for 100G ports. The total number of 100G member ports connected to our LON1 platform has by now far exceeded the magic number of 100 ports.

NOC Team UpdateWe are also continuing the work to increase the responsibilities of our first line NOC team.In addition to providing our members with 1st line support 24 hours a day, we are currently going through an additional series of training for the whole team, and over the summer months the team will start to become responsible for any network related alarms.

Depending on the type of fault, the NOC team will undertake the initial troubleshooting, and if required escalate to the Network engineers.

New LINX ConnectionsHere is a list of new LINX members who have connected since the last issue of HotLINX in April. In all, there have been 27 new connections from 11 different territories.

In addition to 11 new UK connections, a further five have been added in Europe. These are based in The Netherlands (2), Italy, Romania and the Republic of Ireland. Further afield members have connected from the USA (5), Brazil (2), Algeria, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand.

Advanced Wireless Network AS45430Altitud S.R.L AS57111Bloomberg AS10361C B Financial Services AS51023Centrilogic AS44332CITIC Telecom International AS3327Eggplant Networks AS39335Eletronet AS267613HostUS Solutions AS7489Icosnet AS36891Grajaunet Telecomunicacoes AS262632Lonsdale Network Services AS198426Lucid Networks Ltd AS16315NewMedia Express Pte AS38001Noraina Ltd AS48305NSONE AS62597Pine Media Ltd AS202454Prime Telecom AS39737rixCloud AS64271SAS Global Comms. AS205917Slashme BV AS25595Sota Solutions AS31742TISMI B.V. AS62167Total Server Solutions LLC AS46562Upcloud Ltd AS202053Visa, Inc AS2559WightFibre AS60426

Mike HellersNetwork Engineering Manager

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LINX Recruitment

Matthew

DayA former sergeant

in the US Air Force, Matthew Day has

joined LINX as Systems & Infrastructure Manager. Previously

Matthew spent 11 years with BGC Partners in London where he introduced and

deployed new technologies and managed the team responsible for all communications

services globally. This included handling everything from mobile phones to dark fibre

connectivity for hundreds of offices across more than a dozen nations.

”I started in operational support on key US Military

and US Government networks, moved on to technical sales for equipment manufacturers, before

switching sides to become the customer handling both equipment and service providers for the largest

Inter-dealer broker company globally. I look forward to bringing my unique and eclectic experience to bear at

LINX and have thus far relished my time here.”

Holly RuffThe LINX Marketing team have announced

the appointment of Holly Ruff as Marketing & Events Executive. Holly graduated from

Leeds Beckett University with a BA (Hons) in Events Management in May and her 4-year course included a placement at BGL group in Peterborough

where she worked on their corporate events. On joining LINX she certainly had hit the ground running as Holly explains:

" I finished my final exam on Wednesday at 5pm, I moved out of my house in Leeds over the weekend, and then on Monday it was my first

day - the LINX101 member meeting in London!".

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LINX NewsLON2 Migration Complete! LINX has completed the migration of its LON2 platform to a new disaggregated network model that uses EVPN technology, the first IXP globally to do so.

The new LON2 architecture employs EVPN over VXLAN, leaf-spine topology, full automation and was 100G ready from day one. The solution, which uses IP Infusion’s OcNOS™ network operating system and switch hardware from Edgecore Networks, became fully operational on 5th June following an extensive testing, proof of concept, and migration process lasting nearly two years.

“By introducing a disaggregated platform, LINX members will benefit from increased flexibility plus continued value from their investment,” said Richard Petrie, LINX CTO. “With EVPN everything is programmed. Switches talk

to one another, they are synchronised and ultimately more predictable and stable. The system offers many benefits and has the flexibility for more features to be added such as multi-homing.”

Atsushi Ogata, President and CEO of IP Infusion, added: “Growing network traffic levels are placing great demands on networks such as LINX to deliver new,

innovative services at faster rates. The OcNOS and Edgecore switch solution has meant that LINX could more easily design and migrate to their disaggregated LON2 network model ensuring it meets the specific and exacting needs of its membership.”

If you'd like to learn more please see our explanatory videos on the LINX YouTube channel:www.youtube.com/LINXnetwork

LINX NoVA In BriefLINX NoVA continues to add new participants to the exchange at a good rate as well as new networks to the membership in general. These include ViaSat, Salesforce, NSOne and Quonix with others in provisioning.

Regular HotLINX readers will be aware that Kendra Pignotti has been working as our Business Administrator for the last 18 months. We're delighted that we have been able to offer Kendra the opportunity to further her career in a new business development role. It is dedicated staff like Kendra that help make LINX the strong member-focused organisation it is today.

Events Round-Up It has been a busy few months for conferences, including ITW and NANOG73. The biggest event of the first half of the year as usual was our involvement in the 13th Global Peering Forum in Seattle. The GPF board has worked hard to increase the number of access networks in attendance and we were delighted to see a number of US ISPs represented for the first time. The new GPF organisation also held its first board elections with seven candidates for the three available seats. The objective of the organisation is for the board to better represent the community rather than the previous iteration which was controlled and run by IXPs only.

There were two newly elected board members, Marjania Novakovic from LinkedIn and Michelle McCann from NAP Africa, and one returning board member, Petra Wesnig from AMS-IX. It is the first time in our industry when all elected candidates were women, and means the GPF Board of nine is reasonably well gender balanced (five men and four women) as well as having its first representative from Africa. This means that South America is now the only major continent not represented.

LINX America

LINX on Capitol HillLINX members were represented at the i2coalition congressional fly-in by Ben Hedges on the 5th and 6th June. It was a two day event, designed to bring together delegates from various Internet infrastructure companies and representatives of US government agencies and politicians.

Day one included a meeting with the FBI to talk about the potential of the Cloud Act, a cross border act giving law enforcement agencies the ability to make warrant requests outside of their own borders. The US are hoping the UK will be the first country to sign up to this, with the EU following close behind. Later, delegates met with Vishal Amin, the White House Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC), nominated to the position by President Trump. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act was discussed, with delegates explaining their concerns that the erosion of Section 230 could lead to companies being unwilling to take risks on new technology and shutting down the expansion of the Internet. The delegates split into two groups and Ben attended a select meeting with Winter Casey, Senior Advisor for the Executive Office for Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Casey, who along with many OSTP staff have come from academia and industry, is a former Googler and showed an excellent grasp on the issues at hand. The objective was to discuss ways i2coalition and the OSTP could work together to further the Administration’s work on tech policy.

Day two was spent walking the halls of the Senate and House buildings meeting with representatives. The delegates were split into five groups, each meeting with representatives relevant to their region, which for LINX is Northern Virginia. The delegation met with senior policy advisor Senator Mark Warner (D), who was in the middle of the investigations surrounding Facebook privacy issues. They also met with Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (R) and Congressman Don Beyer (D). All of them represent the areas where so many data centres and LINX members operate. They showed a willingness to have experts like our members be involved in helping to shape policy that involved the Internet.

Ben HedgesLINX America CEO

Ben Hedges with delegates from I2C on the steps of the White House executive offices after meeting with OSTP

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Public Affairs

European Parliament rejects controversial Copyright DirectiveThe European Parliament has voted to reject controversial legislation intended to reform online copyright. A total of 318 MEPs voted against opening talks with EU countries based on the proposal, while 278 voted in favour and 31 abstained.

The proposed legislation, known as the Copyright Directive, was intended to modernise the EU’s copyright laws so that they better reflect the digital age, but it provoked a fierce clash between the major tech companies and content owners and creators.

In particular, the Directive contained two highly-contested provisions: article 11 and article 13. Article 11 would have required news aggregation and search sites such as Google to pay publishers for showing news snippets or linking to news stories on other sites. It was designed to help support smaller news publishers and drive users to their homepages rather than directly to their news stories. However, it was branded a “link tax” by opponents who argued it failed to clearly define what constitutes a link and could be manipulated by governments to curb freedom of speech.

Article 13 stated that any website which “gives the public access to copyright protected works… uploaded by its users” had to get permission from whoever owned the copyright, most likely through a licensing agreement. If it did not receive permission, the site would be required to block that content. This would have required platforms such as YouTube to seek direct licences for content such as music videos, which artists said would allow them to properly negotiate better royalties. However, critics argued that websites would be forced to rollout hugely expensive automated systems to scan for copyright infringement, which could effectively ban things like memes and remixes which use some copyrighted material.

A large number of musicians, including Paul McCartney, backed the proposals in article 13 arguing that they would ensure artists were appropriately compensated for their work. However, an open letter signed by 70 technology leaders, including Tim Berners-Lee, warned that the proposals were an “imminent threat” to the future of the internet as we know it.

The legislation will now potentially undergo changes before being debated again by the European Parliament in September.

Malcolm HuttyLINX Head of Public Affairs

Internet Industry TweetsBelow are just a few of the LINX community related tweets seen on our social media platform recently.

Jane Coffin @jane_coffin“Human Trust Networks” are part of the equation From IXPs to Community Networks - partnerships matter @euroix @LINX_Network @netnod @AMS_IX @ixpfranceix @MyTeraco @RICTAInfo @netCommonsEU @nethood @Sarantaporogr @Afchix @APC_News @stevesong @guifinet @roca_ramon @NAPAfrica_IX

Kelly McErlane @kellymcerlane1Jo Fereday of @LINX_Network explains the Internet Exchange with string! Excellent!! @scotlandis @SFT_Scotland Host in Scotland

Freethought @freethoughtnetWe peer with other networks for the mutual benefit of our customers and theirs, but sometimes networks don’t seem to like responding to our requests to peer. We presented with @LINX_Network on the topic, you can watch the presentation on YouTubehttps://youtu.be/cYjc6lTmPx0

InternetNow! @InternetNow_UKCelebrating #20yearanniversary - We ran the first ever Internet cafe in Peterborough on the Embankment at The Willow Festival, courtesy of computers from @LINX_Network and ISDN line from the @KeyTheatre courtesy of @PeterboroughCC #throwback #Peterborough

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Do you follow?You can also get LINX news on LinkedIn, Facebook and Tou-Tube via the quick links below:www.linx.net/LNC/linkedinwww.linx.net/LNC/facebookwww.linx.net/LNC/youtube

Internet Society Update

Demanding an Internet that

Benefits EveryoneThe Internet Society (ISOC) has a vision that the

Internet must be open, global, and secure for the good of all people. But to get there, the world

must demand change in how decisions that shape the Internet’s future are made. Decisions that are

being made behind closed doors.

We’re asking young people around the world – smart passionate people who are spearheading online diversity

initiatives, using tech for social development, or working to make the Internet more inclusive – to raise their voice and

let policy and decision-makers know that when it comes to the policies that shape the Internet their voice counts.

Mary Helda Akongo is one of those voices. A recent graduate of Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, she believes

technology has the power to positively influence the social, political, and economic development of women in Africa.

"More than 64% of people in Africa don’t have Internet access. Barriers like affordability of devices and data, Internet shutdowns,

Internet balkanization, digital illiteracy, and double taxations have to be addressed. Finding ways to overcome these barriers

is going to take everyone. This is why I believe we need to adopt the multistakeholder approach of Internet Governance where all

stakeholders, private and public – and youth, have to be involved in making decisions that are related to the Internet.

Founder of Roaring Doves, an online and offline peer support community for victims and survivors of gender-based violence, she is also the operations and programs manager for Zimba Women, a Ugandan organisation that finds

innovative technological solutions to create sustainable futures for African women. In 2017, Mary was awarded the '25 under 25 award' by the Internet

Society for her exceptional work on the Zimba Women project.

In a wide-ranging interview you can read more of Mary's thoughts on this subject on the ISOC website: www.internetsociety.org/blog (11 August)

Governance In BriefEU hands Google record fine over Android antitrust violationsThe European commission has fined Google a record €4.34bn (£3.8bn) over “serious illegal behaviour” to secure the dominance of its search engine on mobile phones in breach of EU antitrust rules.

The commission found that Google required smartphone manufacturers to pre-install its search and browser apps on devices using its Android operating system. Manufacturers that refused to do so were prevented from using its Google Play online store and streaming service. Google has announced that it will appeal against the decision.

UK Government publishes new national telecoms strategyThe Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has published a new national telecoms strategy.

The strategy proposes several changes that the government says are needed to give the majority of the UK population access to 5G, connect 15 million premises to full fibre broadband by 2025, and provide full fibre broadband coverage across all of the UK by 2033. The plan also sets out the government’s intention for an eventual full switch over from copper to fibre, although no target date has been set for this.

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“I have to say that LINX has been the most interesting and enjoyable customer I’ve worked with in my whole career. Of course, we have had both good and tough times as you would expect and I’d like to think we responded to every challenge effectively. I’ve always considered that a key part of my role is to be LINX’s best advocate within Juniper and I believe I achieved this.”

Phil Moran, Former Senior Account Manager for LINX at Juniper Networks10

Phil Moran In our latest LINX networking community interview we catch up with former Juniper Networks senior account

manager for LINX, Phil Moran. HotLINX Editor Jeremy Orbell asks Phil about his working relationship with

LINX, the background behind the London 2012 Olympic project as well as new opportunities and challenges in

the data centre vendor market place.

You spent more than a decade at Juniper Networks. Please give an overview

of your main role at the companyI’ve always felt the overall rewards of being a highly

successful account manager outweigh those of management roles so have never been tempted

to try to climb corporate career ladders. My first account manager role at Juniper was very focussed on bringing in new business for Juniper’s then more concentrated portfolio in Core/Edge/BRAS routing

and security. After a few years my focus changed to a broader mix of seeking new accounts and

looking after established ones. Since then, working with extensive extended technical,

financial, marketing and partner teams, I have been account manager for several large

Juniper accounts including COLT, Interoute and TalkTalk. It’s been my pleasure to have been

LINX’s Juniper account manager since the very first purchase of MX switches in mid-2011.

LINX were the first IXP to install a Juniper PTX5000 switch, just before the 2012

London Olympics. What do you remember of the period when the two companies

first began working together? The run up to the London Olympics was

a tense time for everybody. We knew well before then that LINX needed

an up and running lower cost, highly scalable and reliable Core solution

before the start of the Olympics to cope with potentially major increases

in traffic.

In the Spotlight

The issue we had was that whilst the PTX ticked the boxes, its first shipment was not expected until spring of 2012. LINX CEO John Souter had of course fully embraced the PTX by then – in fact quite literally in our Labs at the Sunnyvale EBC visit we had had the previous October. The photos of that were famous within Juniper at all levels for quite some time! However, LINX have always wanted to be fast followers rather than trail blazers when it came to new technology or platforms, so we had to work very hard to assure all that we could de risk the roll out as much as possible. Along with BT and the BBC, LINX were on Juniper’s VIP list for special focussed attention during the Olympics and 24/7 on and off-site resources from Juniper and our partner Telindus were deployed throughout with special contribution from our lead technical consultant Vinod Joseph. As it turned out the Olympics passed without major incident and the same PTX software version stayed deployed with stability for a long time after.

LINX recently employed a disaggregated model for its secondary LON2 network. What do you see as the opportunities and challenges of using a similar approach, including EVPN technology, on the LON1 platform?Disaggregation presents a huge opportunity to significantly reduce network economics and offer LINX and others the flexibility to use right for purpose hardware and software without being tied to one vendor. This of course can apply to LON1 as well as LON2. The challenges of course are largely around the maturity of such an approach and making sure that new feature development can occur fast enough and reliably with EVPN being a prime example of such a new technology. Support models also need to work effectively when more than one vendor is in the structure.

How big a threat are white-box manufacturers to well-known manufactures like Cisco, Extreme and Juniper?For many requirements I believe that white box and disaggregated software vendors can be very disruptive to the established and well-known vendors once their technology is proven.However, the well-known vendors are very likely to react and develop their own solutions to counter the threat and embrace the new approach and most are already doing so.

So, what next for Phil Moran?Since leaving Juniper in November 2017, I have taken time out to be with family. I’m considering my next move and am likely to be back in the fray around the autumn of this year.

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Member & Partner News

Kao Data Expands High-Speed Services with Ai Networks

Connection to LINXLINX vPoP Kao Data has announced the expansion of its high-speed network capabilities through its

partnership with LINX member Ai Networks.

Kao Data’s London ONE site offers (potential) customers in the London-Stansted-Cambridge

corridor new opportunities for more reliable worldwide integrated services. The £200m Kao Data

Campus provides around 150,000 sq.ft technical space and 35MW power for IT equipment. The site comprises four 8.8MW data centres, each divided into four 2.2MW Technology Suites. As

well as improved latency and resilience, Kao Data customers who become LINX members

will benefit from improved routing control, increased capacity and redundancy.

Ai Networks is a specialist provider of carrier-grade connectivity to businesses

of all sizes. They operate a world-class network and focus on providing data centre

connectivity services such as IP transit, cloud connectivity, data centre interconnects,

wave services and dark fibre.

UK Superfast Broadband Project Update Government estimations recently published state that its £1.6bn+ Broadband Delivery UK project, along with the help from operators such as BT (Openreach) and Gigaclear has extended fixed “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) ISP networks coverage to 95%+ of UK premises. It has also claimed to have delivered £9bn turnover to national business.

Commercial operators such as Virgin Media and Openreach, along with many smaller players, have already managed to extend coverage of superfast broadband connectivity to approximately 76% of UK homes and businesses. The BDUK scheme has focused its state aid funding on the final 24% of premises which are usually rural or sub-urban areas often seen as too expensive to reach without public investment.

The BDUK £1.6bn+ investment fund has to date seen superfast broadband networks deployed in an additional 5 million extra UK premises. The on-going programme could cover around 98% of premises by the end of 2020 with the planned 10Mbps+ USO expected to handle the final 1-2%.

Source:: www.ispreview.co.uk

Vaioni Aim to Become One of the UK’s Largest Ethernet NetworksLINX member Vaioni have revealed plans of a multi-million pound investment in its V.E.N platform, the company's Ethernet Network. It is hoped that this will enable them to build one of the UK's “most powerful Software Defined Networks”.

V.E.N has been available in major cities including London, Manchester and Birmingham for some years but more recently expanded its reach to cover another 66 cities and towns via 96 exchanges and 180,000 postcodes around the country. This new investment aims to connect a total of 170 locations which could put the network within reach of around 80% of UK businesses.

Full story here: www.vaioni.com/news/15/360/Vaioni-Sets-to-Revolutionise-the-UK-Business-Connectivity-Market

What they’re Saying“Ai Networks welcome

the partnership with Kao Data, its campus location is situated in

the UK’s heart of high-tech and scientific

development, which need this level of high-performance

connectivity. Providing direct access to the UK’s leading internet

exchanges is a crucial element in the strategic development of the

Kao data centre’s capabilities and provides a critical platform

to its customers.”

Mark BoostAi Networks12

Every day, dozens of incidents affect the Internet's routing system. Route hijacking, route leaks, IP address spoofing, and other harmful activities can lead to DDoS attacks, traffic inspection, lost revenue, reputational damage, and more. These incidents are global in scale, with one operator’s routing problems cascading to impact others. MANRS - Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security - provides crucial fixes to reduce the most common routing threats. MANRS outlines simple but concrete actions all organizations should take.

Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) are important partners in the MANRS community. The MANRS Actions were initially designed for network operators, but IXPs can serve as a collaborative focal point to discuss and promote routing security. To address the unique needs and concerns of IXPs, the community created a related but separate set of MANRS actions for participating IXPs.

MANRS can help IXPs build “safe neighborhoods” leveraging the MANRS security baseline. It also demonstrates an IXP’s commitment to security and sustainability of the Internet ecosystem, and dedication to providing high quality services. Joining MANRS means joining a community of security-minded organizations committed to making the global routing infrastructure more robust and secure.

LINX Joins MANRS IXP Programme We are delighted that LINX has joined the MANRS community and is taking an active role in protecting the Internet’s routing infrastructure. MANRS is an important step in implementing safe routing practices and improving the Internet’s security and reliability. Welcome LINX!

Malcolm Hutty, Head of Public Affairs at LINX says; “MANRS is an important initiative for promoting best practices for routing security. LINX is pleased to support it, and to encourage others to follow its guidance, for all our protection”.

The MANRS IXP Programme

Guest Article by Andrei Robachevsky, ISOC

About the Author

Andrei Robachevsky is the Senior Technical Programme Manager at ISOC. His primary area of interest is security and resilience of the Internet infrastructure. This work is based on active engagement with the operator, research and policy communities.

You can learn more about the MANRS project here: www.manrs.org

LINX Associate Member NewsRIPE NCCRIPE NCC, the Ministry of telecommunications in Lebanon and OGERO, the public operator in the Middle Eastern country, successfully held “Lebanon IPv6 Week” in Beirut in July. The event aimed to support ISPs and telecom operators with the technical expertise to meet the growing demand for the protocol in the region.

NetnodNetnod have teamed up with SUNET and PTS for Project Särimner, which examines how to develop a decentralised method for securing the communication networks for critical information services in Sweden.

DNS Belgium DNS Belgium recently analysed the .be domain names registered in July. In an effort to present trends better frequently registered words such as ‘online’, ‘web’ and ‘shop’ were removed resulting in the word cloud pictured above. Maybe the recent hot weather had something to do with it but even domain name registrations seem to have been in holiday mood with words such as 'camper', 'camping' and 'events' all doing well!

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As digital transformation and IoT continue to shift future network provisioning towards the end user, Telehouse Europe Interviews Nick Polydorou, KDDI Europe’s Deputy Director of Network Sales & Consulting, on how the Telecoms industry will evolve to support these technologies at The Edge.

According to IHS Markit, connected devices will grow to 30.7 billion in 2020, and 75.4 billion by 2025. How can Telco providers look to provision their infrastructures to cope with this data demand?

Telecoms providers have been mainly building and supplying high-bandwidth, reliable, and secure wired and wireless networks for some time

now. These networks have been mostly aimed at corporate entities, but also at the consumer and dispensed as simple “dumb pipes”,

supplied without too much thought on what their ultimate role should be. Over The Top providers (OTTs) helped fulfil the overlay roles of these pipes, created to carry out this additional function, such as SaaS and application services aimed at the end user.

As the Internet of Things, now starts to materialise as a fully functional solutions service, rather than a concept, the Telco has to decide how it fits into this world of new services.

For the Telco to become an IoT supplier, it would mean the move to a more bespoke and customisable, service for the customer. Traditionally, customisable services were mostly associated with corporate WAN networks with configurable data consumption measured, and policed, through Quality of Service (QOS) parameters, rate limiting criteria (CDR) and delivered through engineering mechanisms.

Now, as Telcos make the transition to offering a more bespoke set of services, including the IoT as a service, this enables customised end user experiences for an individual, not just a corporate entity. This is where Quality of Experience (QOE) becomes fundamental to services supplied in households and the individual. This bespoke customisation empowers the individual to assume control of their own QoE.

One of the services that will continue to enable this ‘clever’ configuration is software defined services - empowering the end user with the ability to prioritise their own experience.

Being Ready for Digital Transformation and IoTSponsor article from Telehouse Europe

“According to industry analysis, IoT is forecast to deliver sales in the region of USD $11 trillion globally a year over the next 10 years. This is something that Telcos cannot afford to miss out on.”

Nick PolydorouKDDI Europe’s Deputy Director of Network Sales & Consulting14

With so many devices in place, security will be a major challenge. How is KDDI Europe tackling this?

In a single word “Education”. As we start to work with a number of different IoT manufacturers and OTTs, the burden of security still, unfortunately, falls and rests on the Telco. We will provide and use the usual arsenal of security measures such as encryption and secure authentication and we will enhance these and make them more robust. Also there is the present danger of malware that Telcos may not previously have given much thought to. However, with the intrinsic “interconnectedness” of IoT, a malware attack could cause catastrophic consequences and hence we have to be even more vigilant and increase our own security measures on these types of attack with our own anti-malware solution.

We will also need to educate the end user, whether corporate or an individual, into understanding that the remit of security still rests partly with them. By working together, users and suppliers stand a much better chance of providing a concerted and effective response to these threats.

Is the industry 5G ready and what is KDDI doing to ready themselves for maturing technologies such as VR, AR, immersive video streaming and wearable technology?

In terms of specific research, as an example, KDDI announced the results of a high capacity and long distance optical fibre transmission technique in September last year. The purpose of this technique, is to transport mobile wireless signals without digitising the original signal waveform. The technique successfully demonstrated that it could achieve 2.5 times higher capacity than that of the existing world record. The achieved capacity was 63 Gbps, which corresponds to over 3 times higher capacity than that expected in 5G mobile communication systems. Since this technique can greatly downsize and save power consumption of base station equipment, we know this will contribute to the rapid deployment of infrastructure, which demands both high capacity and quality for 5G.

With big data being generated at the edge, demanding low latency data transfer, how is the traditional Telco infrastructure evolving to take advantage of this trend?

The edge is becoming more and more defined and clearly aimed at the needs of the end user. With so many new devices coming online at the edge, IoT is forcing the Telco to configure its traditional infrastructure towards a more decentralised, at the edge service, and aimed at the person on the street as much as the corporate client.

One major activity that will take place, is the development of partnerships across the industry to reach edge locations. We will see Telcos investing in building bigger and wider bandwidth pipes in partnership with localised providers in regional locations, as opposed to traditional methods of increasing global reach to enable their edge platform to be universally available.

How will content and big data affect the relationships between OTT players and traditional Telcos?

OTT and Telcos will become more symbiotic in nature. Both the Telco and the OTT will partner to provide a much more coherent and intelligent solution providing the best that both of the partners can offer. Alternatively the Telcos themselves will become OTTs, either through acquisition or through creation of new entities that are wholly or partly owned by them. A leading example is the acquisition of Time Warner by AT&T.

At the end of 2017, there were 647 commercially-launched LTE networks with 680-700 anticipated networks*. Are Telcos likely to invest in this technology ahead of 5G due to market objections currently being seen in certain markets? *Source: IHS Markit

This depends on a number of factors but fundamentally it does come down to both country and regional adoption. For example, Japan has been readily developing LTE for a number of years now and this technology is quite mature. At the same time, research that has already been developed in terms of transmission capacity and distance for LTE, will be applied and used to further optimise 5G as a service technology. Certainly, lessons learned from the development of LTE will be applied to the rollout of 5G over the next 3-5 years.

For more up to date news and blogs visit the

Telehouse resources page https://goo.gl/zankLj

or get in touch here https://goo.gl/DAeCGF

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LINX EventsLINX Heads to Manchester for LINX102

The LINX102 member conference took place on the 20th and 21st August at the Manchester Central Convention Complex. It was an excellent programme with a varied range of topics covered.

On day one there was a technical talk on routing policy architecture by Job Snijders (NTT) which was followed by a guest IXP presentation by Jesse Robbers, CCO of AMS-IX. The topic of the global resurgence of subsea cables was covered by Vinay Nagpal with the first day programme concluding with a session on MANRS (Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security) given by ISOC's Andrei Robachevsky. You can learn more about the MANRS project in Andrei's guest article on page 13.

The second day featured more great content including a session entitled 'NetDevOps Style Configuration Management for the Network' by Stuart Clark of Cisco. Stuart kindly gave demos of this service during the breaks. Later, Google's Ian Cleary gave a two part presentation on member exchanges vs. commercial exchanges as well as Google tools for ISPs. In the afternoon LINX Award Winner, Dr Richard Clayton, presented a talk on the activities of BGP hijackers while Richard Cooper of the BBC focused on the delivery of this summer's World Cup in HD and UHD online.

LINX would like to thank all sponsors at LINX102. These were Daisy Group (Gold), ProLabs (Silver) plus NTT Communications, Edgecore Networks and IP Infusion (Bronze). Equinix took the coffee sponsorship slot.

For further information on this event, please visit: www.linx.net/LINX102

Would you like to speak at a future member conference?

We're now calling for presentation and talk abstracts for LINX103 (19th & 20th November) and LINX104 (11th and 12th February). We love engaging technical content, member stories, tutorials or anything that you feel will be of interest to the wider LINX community.

The following general requirements for talk submissions apply:

• Presenters should indicate how much time they will require.• Proposals for presentations must be submitted for

full consideration no later than two weeks before a conference. If submitted after this date they will only be considered on a session availability basis.

• Lightning talks of up to 5 minutes can be submitted up until the start of the event itself.

Please send your ideas and proposals to presentations@linx.net

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The LINX102 team were all 'on brand'.

Upcoming LINX Member ConferencesLINX member conferences are traditionally staged on the third Monday and Tuesday of the months February, May, August and November.

These gatherings provide members with a valuable opportunity to meet with peers, to share knowledge and ideas and also to keep up to date with technical and regulatory matters. November’s meeting will feature an EGM where LINX seeks approval for the 2019 budget.

Here are the dates for the upcoming meetings:

LINX103 & EGM 19-20 November 2018Park Plaza Victoria, London, UKwww.linx.net/LINX103

Registration for LINX103 will open on Monday 8th October and close promptly on Wednesday 14th November at 12:00pm. Please note that we will again be planning to include a meeting tool facility that will enable you to better plan your meetings with fellow delegates.

LINX104 11-12 February 2019Park Plaza Victoria, London, UKwww.linx.net/LINX104

LINX105 & AGM 20-21 May 2019Park Plaza Victoria, London, UKwww.linx.net/LINX105

LINX106 19-20 August 2019Venue outside London TBCwww.linx.net/LINX106

Please look out for announcements on our social media platforms, and on the website, in the coming weeks.

The LINX102 team were all 'on brand'.

The Monday evening social was held at Manchester's Hard Rock Café

There was ample time to network with fellow delegates and meet with sponsors

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EPF13 17-19 September 2018 • Athens, Greece

LINX, AMS-IX, DE-CIX and Netnod will again collaborate, along with guest host exchange MSK-IX, to host the annual European Peering Forum in the Greek capital Athens, this September.

First held in Frankfurt in 2006, EPF is now firmly established as a key event on the peering industry calendar. Over 340 people are already registered for EPF13 with the opportunity to meet on a one-to-one basis with fellow peering professionals widely seen as a major benefit of attendance. To help facilitate these interactions a meeting tool has again been provided for all those signed up. All attendees will receive an invite for the facility prior to proceedings getting underway.

Networking Events & Agenda On the Sunday night before EPF13 begins the host will welcome attendees for drinks in the hotel from 18.00 hours. Follow up socials will be held on each evening at different venues around the city and are an excellent opportunity to network with fellow delegates.

As for the main EPF13 agenda this was still being finalised as HotLINX went to press but details will be announced shortly. Talks will cover peering, interconnection and technical issues with particular emphasis given to automation, regional peering, governance, trends, peering strategies and 100GE development.

Venue & AccomodationEPF13 is being held at the Divani Caravel Hotel, one of the biggest conference venues in Athens. Organisers have reserved a block of rooms which attendees can book for a special group rate from 170 EUR/ night including breakfast and WIFI.

Register Now!Registration and other event information can be found on the EPF website here: peering-forum.eu.

Industry Events

Events Round Up

ITW2018 6-9 May 2018

ITW, otherwise known as International Telecoms Week, is an annual meeting for

the global wholesale telecoms industry. It is one of LINX's major overseas exhibitions and this year it attracted nearly 7000 delegates, representing over 2000 companies, from in

excess of 135 countries.

ITW2018 was the last to be held in Chicago, which has been its base for many years. Next year it

moves on to Atlanta, Georgia and the dates have been confirmed as 23-26 June 2019.

CEE 2018 GCCM 18-19 June 2018

Carrier Community staged its 5th annual Central Eastern

Europe conference in Berlin in June along with its annual

Global Carrier Community Awards. At the ceremony LINX were presented with the Best

Internet Exchange Operator of the Year which was collected by LINX

CMO, Kurtis Lindqvist.

Independently judged by a panel of telecoms analysts and industry experts, the CC-Global Awards are Carrier Community’s

official recognition of innovative achievements among the telecom wholesale operators, both regionally and globally. The Best Internet

Exchange Operator of the Year category seeks to recognise IX-operators who have shown high levels of network innovation and

creativity with their service offering.

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Meet with LINXHere’s a list of events where you can meet with LINX representatives over the next few months.

Capacity North America5-6 September 2018Denver, Colarado, USAwww.capacityconferences.com

UKNOF41 11 September 2018Edinburgh, UKwww.uknof.org.uk

Capacity Eurasia11-12 September 2018Istanbul, Turkeywww.capacityconferences.com

EPF13 16-19 September 2018Athens, Greecewww.peering-forum.eu

NANOG74 1-3 October 2018Vancouver, Canadawww.nanog.org

IPExpo Europe 3-4 October 2018London, UKwww.ipexpoeurope.com

GCCM Middle East 9-11 October 2018Dubai, United Arab Emirateswww.carriercommunity.com/middle-east-2018-gccm-dubai

Internet2 Global Summit - Tech Exchange 15-18 October 2018Orlando, Florida, USAwww.internet2.edu/news-events

RIPE77 15-19 October 2018Amsterdam, The Netherlandsripe77.ripe.net

You can also find a list of upcoming events on the LINX website: www.linx.net

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