About 90 people met in Manchester at UKNOF49 on Tuesday, 12 April 2022. 21 people participated online and engaged with industry colleagues using our Mattermost server. This was another hybrid event. Most speakers presented in Manchester with some joining over the Internet. Seven speakers presented on a variety of Internet operations topics. We also programmed plenty of time for people to speak with each other.
We will publish recordings of the talks from UKNOF49, so you can review the details of talks you enjoyed or catch up on a talk you missed.
Summary
- The opening talk came from Andrew Campling from 419 Consulting. He updated us on developments in DNS privacy technologies, including the latest encryption and discovery protocols.
- Simon Jackson from A10 Networks then gave a sponsor presentation on providing Internet access to underserved communities despite the lack of IPv4 space, using CGNAT.
- After the break, Gavin Henry of SureVoIP presented SentryPeer. It’s a peer-to-peer fraud detection tool that reduces spam calls by letting users share data.
- Christian Giese from RtBrick then spoke about BNG Blaster. This is an open source network tester with a small resource footprint and a lot of capabilities.
- After lunch, David Huberman from ICANN presented the results of a survey of IPv4 reverse DNS in the UK. He found that about two-thirds of IPv4 blocks allocated to UK networks are both in the DFZ and have a PTR. He also found that about a fifth are not in the DFZ.
- Mariano Juliá from LINX then spoke about their new 400GE ports. He described how they have converted their LON1 from MPLS/VPLS to MPLS/EVPN.
- Robert Carolina from ISC then spoke about Root Server System governance. He focused on the European Union’s proposed NIS2 Directive and how its threat to stability has been avoided – for now.
After the break we recognised the volunteers who have contributed to UKNOF over the years. We recognised 18 former members of the Programme Committee in a small ceremony. And we renewed the call for people to join the Programme Committee throughout the day. If you’re interested in joining, please contact chairs@uknof.org.uk.
UKNOF49 – Volunteer Recognition (PC)
Keith Mitchell then closed the meeting and invited everyone to Pints’n’Packets. Smartoptics and Xantaro kindly sponsored everyone’s drinks. Thanks!
Thanks to Sponsors, Patrons, and Partners!
We are grateful to our Associate Sponsor Axians/Juniper. We are also grateful to our contributor sponsors, DE-CIX, IPv4.Global by Hilco Streambank, smartoptics and Xantaro.
And we are grateful to our 2022 corporate patrons:
- A10 Networks and FLEXOPTIX as PRINCIPAL patrons
- IPv4 Market Group and RIPE NCC as PREMIUM patrons
- Internet Systems Consortium and IPv4.Global by Hilco Streambank as PROMOTER patrons
- We’d also like to thank our partners Bogons and Portfast, and Friends of UKNOF
UKNOF News
UKNOF50 will take place on Thursday, 22 September in London. You can submit proposals for talks and more in our Call for Presentations. The theme is “Security.”
If you are interested in presenting at UKNOF, please submit your proposal or contact any member of the Programme Committee.