APNIC Annual Member Meeting 2000

Special Interest Groups

During APRICOT 2000 APNIC hosted a series of Special Interest Groups (SIGs). The SIGs were designed to provide an open public forum to discuss topics of interest to APNIC and the Internet community in the Asia Pacific region.

The SIG topics were:

Address policy
Routing
DNS Security
PGP and the RIPE database
IPv6
Discussion papers on most agenda items were published before the meeting and the SIG chairs were asked to seek recommendations that could to be presented at the AMM, where appropriate.

APNIC Address Policy SIG

Thursday 2 March 11:00-12:30, 14:00-15:30

Chair: Takashi Arano

This session will examine current issues in the management of address space in the Asia Pacific region.

Agenda	Speakers
IP allocation issues for large scale permanent connection consumer networks, such as CATV, ADSL and Wireless Internet access	Yoshihiro Obata
Proposal for simple assignment procedure of length /29 or longer prefix	Yoshiyuki Ezura
Handling of personal information on the APNIC Database	Akinori Maemura
A proposal for registry evaluation principles	Ruri Hiromi
Implementation of allocations from Network 61	Shamsul Hamzah
Implementation of Internet resource leasing policy	Paul Wilson
Should APNIC lower the size of the minimum practical allocation from a /19 to a /20?	Anne Lord
Under what circumstances should APNIC make provider independent assignments?	Son Tran
The future of ISP confederations	Anne Lord
Should it be mandatory to use name-based web hosting where technically feasible?	Fabrina Hossain
Re-claiming (historically assigned) not-routed address space	James Spenceley

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Routing SIG

Wednesday 1 March 11:00-12:30

Chair: Philip Smith

This special interest group will investigate some of the hot topics regarding Internet routing today. These will include Routing Registry use, Internet stability, the size of Internet routing table, etc. Also, we will explore whether any of this really matters today, and what the major issues might really be.

Agenda	Speakers
RPSL in Operation	Mark Prior
The problem with BGP convergence	Abha Ahuja
Routing reports and AP analysis	Philip Smith
The RIPE-NCC Routing Information Service	Ripe NCC
IRR scalability	Kuniaki Kondo
ARIN Traffic Measurement Group	Richard Jimmerson

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DNS SIG

Thursday 2 March 16:00-17:50

Chair: Mathias Koerber

APNIC has recently introduced new and improved procedures for requesting in-addr.arpa delegations based on the use of the domain object in the APNIC database. In addition, an overview of DNSSec will be given, with particular attention paid to reverse DNS.

Agenda	Speakers
APNIC reverse DNS in operation	Bruce Campbell
DNSSec update	Mathias Koerber

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APNIC PGP and the RIPE database SIG

Wednesday 1 March 16:00-17:30

Chair: Joao Damas

Authentication and authorisation of address space registrations is fundamental to the operation of the Internet. This SIG session will take a look at security in the context of the APNIC database. In particular the use of PGP by the RIPE NCC is examined, together with issues of key management. An update on APNICs certification authority project will also be presented and finally an overview of cryptography software regulatations and availability in the AP region.

Agenda	Speakers
Authorisation (PGP) and the RIPE database	Joao Damas
PGP Key Management	Bruce Campbell
Update of the certification authority project	Paul Wilson
Overview of cryptography software regulatations and availability in the AP region.	Joao Damas

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IPv6 SIG

Wednesday 1 March 14:00-15:30

Chair: Akira Kato

This special interest group will look at a number of practical issues surrounding the development and deployment of IPv6.

Agenda	Speakers
IPv6 protocol update	Steve Deering
IPv6 implementations/projects	Kazu Yamamoto
Status of IPv6 allocations	Fabrina Hossain
IPv6 activities in China	Xing Li
IPv6 activities in WIDE	Akira Kato
Call for comments - IPv6 Allocation and Assignment policy document	APNIC / audience

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