1. Peering BOF – Peering Personal NANOG 25 Richmond Hill, CA June 10, 2002

2. Redneck Horseshoes

3. What is this? Moo Shoe Pork

4. Smaller ISP getting Peering with Large ISP: The Cajoling Tactic

5. Teaser for “The Art of Peering” Research When e-mail to peering@.net generates no response, what do Peering Coordinators do? Document the “Tricks of the Trade” Enumerate Tactics to Obtain Peering when otherwise might not be able to. “A must-read for Peering Coordinators” -- Eric Anderson (Concert)

6. P? Graphical Representation of Methods BA ISP InitiatorISP Target AB ISP A Customers ISP B Customers Larger Circle=More Customer Prefixes Thicker Lines=More Traffic P?=Peering Request w/ Peering Coordinator Peering Negotiation T?=Transit Request To Sales Person Transit Negotiations A PC B PC P? A PC BSBS T? A PC B PC A PC BSBS T? $ $ To Portray Peering Plays Pictorially…

7. Transit and Peering Sessions AB T AB P T=Established Transit Session (Selling Access to entire Internet) Size indicates effective size of transport Supporting the session P=Established Peering Session (Reciprocal Access to each others customers) Size indicates effective size of transport Supporting the session AB P AB T $ $ Graphical Display of Routing Announcements Represents “the rest of the Internet”

8. Traffic over Transit and Peering Sessions AB T AB P Traffic showed as directed lines Thickness of line indicates amount of Traffic in relevant direction AB P AB T $ $ Other Variations P->T = Transition of Relationship P | T = Either Peering or Transit apply = Traffic destined anywhere = Fictitious Traffic = Packet Loss ridden Traffic = Traffic destined to green network = Traffic destined to brown network

9. Other Graphical Symbols Peering Point Exchange Point, Telco Hotel Tied with Indicates two or more Elements tied with relationship Indicates a ordering, A sequence to be followed In the Peering Play or

10. AB L G P T T T $ $ $ A forces traffic Over B’s transit 9) In the Traffic Manipulation tactic, ISPs or content players force traffic along the network path that makes peering appear most cost effective. A PC B PC L G P T T T $ $ $ P? 1 MONTH LATER Contact PC-We should Peer! B hears A’s route ‘for free’ through Peer L CH ISP i.e.Yahoo! AB L G P T T T $ $ $

11. 18) The False Peering Outage tactic involves deceiving an ill-equipped NOC into believing a non-existing peering session is down. A NOC B NOC Peering Point X A NOC : Hey – Emergency! A NOC : Our Peering Session with you Went Down! B NOC : Strange. I don’t see it configured. A NOC : It was. Don’t make me escalate to B NOC : Ah – I bet is was that last config run that trashed it. B NOC : Give me a few minutes to fix it on both ends.

12. 19) The Leverage Broader Business Arrangement takes advantage of other aspects of the relationship between two companies to obtain peering in exchange for something else. A PC BSBS P? AB P AB Other A PC BSBS P? Peering Tied with “Other” +Fiber deal +Dial-in deal +Racks +Transport +Strategic deal : Tied with

13. Motivations for Peering Notable: Cable Cos (formerly behind Excite@Home) Kazaa The most difficult part of Peering… Open Peering Dominates

14. Icons Peering To indicate willingness to peer Goal: Match up Peering Policies Maximize # of Peering Session First run at GPF III in Dallas, TX Second run at NANOG 23 in Oakland, CA Stepwise Evolution…

15. Peering Policy Icons Large Traffic to Exchange Content Heavy Open Peering Peering w/Content OK Access Heavy Contract Required for Peering

16. Large Traffic Flows “We have huge volumes of traffic (lots of users and/or lots of content) (Huge: > 1 Gbps total outbound traffic to peers and transit providers)” Example:

17. Content Peering OK “Peering with Content Players or Content Heavy ISPs is OK by us” Example: GlobalNaps

18. Eyeballs Example: “We are Access-Heavy”

19. Open Peering Policy Example: Open Peering “We will peer with anyone In any single location.”

20. Some Peering PreReqs If not completely open, assume some pre reqs: Common Prereqs: Multiple Geographical Locations Required Traffic Volume Minimums Required Bribe needed

21. Content Heavy “We are Content Heavy”

22. Contract Required “We require written contracts for peering”

23. Just Getting Started with Peering ISP A

24. 2-3 minutes per Peering Coordinator Say a few words about 1) Your Network (incl. AS#) 2) Your Ideal Peer? Why Peer with you? 3) Which IXes are you in? Which IXes are you considering?

25. Run Peering Personals Done Manually Now evolved to Peering Personal Program Simple Rules: Eyeballs love Content Content loves eyeballs Some eyeballs will peer with content Some content will peer with content

26. Peering Personals pg. 1 Large Traffic to Exchange Content Heavy Open Peering Peering w/Content OK Access Heavy Contract Req. Daniel McGillicuddy Nemo Semret Mike Salafia/Tricia Tsai Blake Williams GlobalNaps Karthik Arumugham

27. Peering Personals pg. 2 Large Traffic to Exchange Content Heavy Open Peering Peering w/Content OK Access Heavy Contract Req. Scott Sneddon Alex Ponnath Paul Nguyen Ren Nowlin Jeffrey Papen

28. Peering Personals pg. 3 Large Traffic to Exchange Content Heavy Open Peering Peering w/Content OK Access Heavy Contract Req. Doug Toye Troy Davis Gary James Joe Provo Tatsuo Sato

29. Peering Personals pg. 4 Large Traffic to Exchange Content Heavy Open Peering Peering w/Content OK Access Heavy Contract Req. Mitchell Rose Jeb Linton Phillip Chan Ian Neale Dwight Ringdahl

30. Peering Personals pg. 5 Large Traffic to Exchange Content Heavy Open Peering Peering w/Content OK Access Heavy Contract Req. Glen Larwill