Another busy quarter is in the books, and now we turn our attention to the Steering Committee election and a lot of industry events coming up. Three (3) members of our Steering Committee are finishing their terms and need to step aside. So, before we go ahead with our quarterly summary, a reminder that nominations to run are open until 5 November, and voting will take place 11-13 November.?Learn how to check your voting representative, nominate yourself, and more here.
And now, our brief catch-up of activities over the last couple of months:
- 33 new participants have joined this quarter— 30 network operators, 1 CDN, and 2 IXPs. Together, they represent 21 countries from all RIR regions, which, once again, proves the global reach of our initiative. Welcome!
- This brings the current total up to 1,157 participants (79 more from the beginning of the year).
- The regulatory conversation was not as intense as last quarter, but there has been an important development from the United States— meet the?White House’s Roadmap to Enhancing Routing Security.
- On the technical side, RPKI implementation has kept us busy again, with (1) an open call to join the Number Resource Organization (NRO)’s?global survey?on the matter (closed on September 12) and?(2) an?in-depth analysis?of the challenges of measuring RPKI implementation with a too optimistic approach
- Surprisingly, we do not have any major incident to report… or maybe we missed something? If you have a routing security incident or issue to share with the community, please tell us!
Got a story you’d like to share with the MANRS Community or a topic or research project you’d like us to cover on the MANRS Blog??Contact us.
MANRS in the Community
- On August 20–22, in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo ????), MANRS was at the?African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF)?thanks to a presentation by Amreesh Phokeer (Internet Society).
- On August 22, Andrei Robachevsky (GCA) presented MANRS virtually at the?GFCE Internet Infrastructure Initiative (Triple-I)?workshop for the Caribbean region.
- Back to Africa, on September 2, Andrei Robachevsky participated in an online training on Peering and Interconnection in the East African region, organized by ISOC and the?East African Communications Organisation (EACO), headquartered in Kigali (Rwanda ????).
- On September 30, Andrei Robachevsky gave one more virtual presentation of MANRS, this time for the?GFCE Internet Infrastructure Initiative (Triple-I)workshop in Bangalore (India ????).
- Finally, on September 30, the?MANRS Steering Committee?held its 23rd regular meeting, and the fourth for 2024. Once they are reviewed, you will be able to find the minutes for this and previous meetings?in this link.
- We attended the?LACNIC-LACNOG conference?in Asunción (Paraguay ????), from October 7-11. There,?Andrei Robachevsky offered an update of the initiative at the LAC-IX Technical Meeting?and?Pablo López-Aguilar (GCA) presented it again —?en espa?ol!— at the main LACNIC conference.
- Last week, from October 21 through 23, Leslie Daigle (GCA) and Andrei Robachevsky represented MANRS at?NANOG 92?in Toronto (Canada ????). On Wednesday, October 23 (13:30–15:00 EDT), Andrei moderated the panel ‘Routing Security: Fostering continuous improvement,’ where an amazing line-up of routing security experts participated.
- This week, from October 28 through November 1, you will be able to meet some of the members of GCA’s MANRS team at the?RIPE 89 conference?in Prague (Czech Republic ????).
Upcoming MANRS Community Meetings
The second MANRS Community Meeting is coming up on November 13. We will again hold it in two virtual sessions, one for the Eastern Hemisphere and one for the Western.
- 2nd MANRS Community Meeting 2024, session East: November 13, 8:00–10:00 am UTC
- 2nd MANRS Community Meeting 2024, session West: November 13, 8:00–10:00 pm UTC
Registration is mandatory and participation is restricted to MANRS participants and partners. Check your email for Zoom registration links and please contact us if you cannot find your invitation.
We are planning our activities for the rest of 2024 and welcome ideas on MANRS Community Events and other events to attend.?Get in touch.
Can We Help?
We always welcome feedback on the MANRS initiative, the community, the Actions, and our partners. You can email?[email protected]?or submit feedback via the?form?on our website.
In the meantime, follow us on social media?@RoutingMANRS?for all the day-to-day updates. And if you know of another organization that should join us, send them here!?
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Also, please help us reach further by trying to?bring as many peers and clients as possible to the initiative. Good routing security can only be achieved collectively!
We’ll see you next quarter!
