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RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 London Internet Exchange Keith Mitchell Executive Chairman.

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1 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 London Internet Exchange Keith Mitchell Executive Chairman keith@linx.org

2 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 Overview 5th Birthday coming up: LINX started October 1994 ! Staff changes Over 1Gbps total traffic ! Some MoU changes Expansion beyond 2 sites planned Future offerings

3 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 Principles Neutral locations  Not owned by ISPs or telcos Neutral management  By association of members Neutral operation  By dedicated autonomous staff Should not compete with members’ services  No retail members, only ISPs Well-funded quality facilities and infrastructure

4 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 Principles (continued) “Natural” national monopoly should be:  Not for profit  Efficient  Accountable Routing policy is purely a matter for members, though some constraints:  Members must peer with at least 1 other  Direct bilateral connections also permitted

5 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 Membership Restricted to ISPs Main Criteria:  Independent path to 4 root name servers  Sell Internet service  RIPE NCC contributing local registry  Publish contact info Non-UK ISPs welcome

6 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 LINX Members 94-99 Cumulative

7 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 Traffic Statistics - Year to Sep 99

8 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 LINX - Members by Country 84 members

9 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 Organisation Public company limited by guarantee Membership meetings every 3 months  determine policy and strategy Membership appoints Council of 6 at AGM Full-time Executive Chairman Office in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire 8+ FTE staff, budget for 12+

10 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 Staff Executive Chairman Operations Manager  2 Engineers (+4 vacancies)  1 Student Placement Engineer (Furtwangen,De Montford Universities) Sales & Marketing Bookkeeper/Administrator Regulation Officer 5 non-executive Directors

11 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 New Staff Structure

12 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 LINX Switches 3 x Packet Engines PR-5200  interim 1 x FDDI dedicated 3 x Extreme Summit 48 1 x Packet Engines PR-1000 1 x Cisco Catalyst 5000  legacy FDDI backup only Extreme Black Diamond  shortly to be installed

13 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999

14 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 Traffic Statistics - Week 13-20th Sep 99

15 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 Traffic Statistics - Eclipse on 13th Aug 1999

16 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 New MoU Provisions http://www.linx.net/mou-v5_0.html (final draft for approval at LINX27) Tightened up 24x7 contact details and procedures Only one IP & MAC address per port (no 3rd-party switches) First subscription payment quarterly pro-rata

17 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 New MoU Prohibitions Wrong netmask Non-LINX assigned IP addresses CDP, IRDP broadcasts Duplex etc auto-sensing Leaking LINX prefixes

18 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 LINX Sites - London Docklands Existing Telehouse site full  New Telehouse East extension opened yesterday  ready for LINX service 99Q4 Still some space in TeleCity LINX has 2 x 7km dark fibre between sites  Diverse carriers (EGT, COLT) Expansion Sites scheme  approved at LINX27

19 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 Additional Services Fee Chargeable if more than Basic 2 x100baseT ports @ 65% utilisation required 1 non-blocking Gigabit ethernet port Or any 2 of:  1 blocking Gigabit port  1 FDDI port  2 further 100baseT ports  4U router co-lo in Telehouse  8U router co-lo elsewhere

20 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 99/00 Fees UK£10,000 joining UK£ 7,000 subscription Oct - Mar UK£ 7,000 subscription Apr - Sep UK£10,000 for additional services

21 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 Recent Developments Help reduce legal bills ! Template Peering Agreement  Sample inter-provider contract  Non-mandatory  http://www.linx.net/joininfo/peering-template Dispute Resolution Procedure  e.g. peering  Voluntary, non-binding

22 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 Current Non-Core Activities http://www.linx.net/noncore/ Content Regulation  Internet Watch funding and oversight Telecomms Regulation UBM (“Spam”) Regulation Law Enforcement Regulation  subsumes crypto NCAP  Interception of Communications  Internet User Privacy Forum http://www.iupf.org.uk

23 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 Looking Ahead... Expansion Site Scheme Resilient self-healing  spanning tree vs WDM Diverse bi-lateral wiring Multicast Exchange Facility GPS antennas for:  Stratum-1 NTP server  RIPE NCC test traffic box Member Newsletter

24 RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 Further Information http://www.linx.net/ info@linx.org Tel +44 1733 705000 Fax +44 1733 353929

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