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What is LACNIC? Internet Numbers?

Internet Week Guyana9/13 October 2017Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown, Guyanakevon@lacnic.net

Internet Numbers (briefly)

Internet numbers• Internet Protocol Numbers: IPv4 & IPv6

• Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs)

Internet numbers

M achines use num bers, but people rem em ber nam es (dom ain nam es)

LACNIC: One of five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs)

What is a regional Internet registry (RIR)?

A regional Internet registry(RIR) isanorganisation thatm anagesthe allocation

and registration of Internet num berresourceswithin a particular region of theworld. Internet num berresourcesincludeIP addressesand autonom oussystem

num bers(ASNs).

Five Regional Internet Registries

Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC)

•Not-for-profit organisation est. In Montevideo, Uruguay (since 2002)

•Distribution and administration ofnumber resources

•Coordination of policy developmentwithin the community for managingresources

•Reverse DNS resolution and othertech services

•Capacity building and outreach

•Cooperation activities

LACNIC Coverage AreaArgentina

Aruba

Belize

Bolivia

Bonaire

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Curaçao

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Falkland Islands

French Guiana

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Saba

St Eustatius

Sint Maarten

South Georgia & South

Sandwich Islands

Suriname

Trinidad and Tobago

Uruguay

Venezuela

Who’s who?Community Members Commissions

•Broad-based

•Anyone or any entity withan interest

•Self-regulating

•Open, transparent, bottom-up processes (e.g.

PDPs)

•6000 approx.

•Often ISPs (allocation) orend-users (assignment)

•Different categories

•Elect Executive Boardamong peers with right to

vote

•Electoral •Fiscal

Who’s who?Board of Directors Staff

•Wardner Maia (BR) – President•Oscar Messano (AR) – Vice President•Hartmut Glaser (BR) – Treasurer•Alejandro Guzman (CO) – Deputy Treasurer•Javier Salazar (MX) – Secretary•Gabriel Adonaylo (AR) – Deputy Secretary•Rafael Ibarra (SV) – Spokesperson•Oscar Robles Garay – Executive Director (ex officio)

•Over 50 professionals

•Three working languages

•Nationals from Uruguay, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Paraguay, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean MembersCountry Code

No. ofMembers

AN 16

AW 3

BQ 2

BZ 21

CU 8

CW 8

DO 38

GF 3

Country Code

No. ofMembers

GY 8

HT 12

SR 5

SX 4

TT 12

=140 Members

Activities

Key services and activities

• Distribution of number resources (registration)• Coordination Policy Development Process

(PDP) for number distribution• Reverse DNS and maintaining the WHOIS

database• Other technical services (resource

certification/RPKI, WARP)• Capacity building and outreach• Development/cooperation projects• Internet Governance

How Internet numbers are distributed globally

How number distribution isgoverned regionally – the

PDP

Mailing lists matter

• Policies (politicas@lacnic.net): https://mail.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/politicas

• Caribbean (caribbean@lacnic.net): https://mail.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/caribbean

• Women in ICT (it-women@lacnic.net): https://mail.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/it-women

• Network Security (seguridad@lacnic.net): http://mail.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/seguridad

• LAC-IX (napla@lacnic.net): http://mail.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/napla

• FLIP6 (IPv6 Task Force – lactf@lacnic.net): https://mail.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/lactf

• LACNOG (lacnog@lacnic.net): https://mail.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/lacnog

Two Annual MeetingsSpring Meeting

Annual General AssemblyTech Tutorials

IG PanelForums

Special Meetings

Fall MeetingCo-located with LACNOG

LACNIC 30 – LACNOG 201824/28 September 2018

TBD

Capacity Building

Main Topics• IPv6 (10)• Security (3)• LACNIC Services

(2)• IoT (2)• IXP• RPKI• Other (3)

(2016)Código País Cantidad de

participantesAR Argentina 299CO Colombia 273VE Venezuela 212CR Costa Rica 188MX México 164EC Ecuador 120PE Perú 109UY Uruguay 96CL Chile 85PY Paraguay 82PA Panamá 64BR Brasil 63CU Cuba 55BO Bolivia 54GT Guatemala 47HN Honduras 44NI Nicaragua 39SV El Salvador 29DO República Dominicana 26ES España 6BZ Belice 4CW Curazao 4US Estados Unidos 4TT Trinidad y Tobago 2

AW Aruba 1CA Canadá 1GF Guayana Francesa 1HT Haití 1TG Togo 1

TOTAL: 2074

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Development Projects -FRIDA

Thematic focus- Technical innovation for internet development and

access- Community impact through the use of ICT

Funding programs- FRIDA Awards, US$5,000- Grants Program, US$ 20,000-US$30,000- Scale-up Program, US$40,000

FRIDA has supported projects from Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Dominica, Dominican Republic and Cuba.

Development Projects -FRIDA

2017 Winning Projects

- FRIDA Awards- Armonia by Universidad de Oriente de Cuba

(US$5,000 + fellowship to IGF2017)- Coding Rights (US$5,000 + fellowship to

IGF2017)

- FRIDA Grants- National Telecommunications Commission of

Dominica Weather Stations using IoT(US$18,500)

Development Projects –Ayitic Goes Global

LACNIC On The Move

Líderes Programme – IG Support

LACNIC Website> Community> Internet Governance

Useful Links

Questions?

Ways to keep in touch!

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