The ENOG-2 (Eurasia Network Operators’ Group) international meeting kicked off in the World Trade Center in Moscow on 29 November 2011. The event is sponsored by the Technical Center of Internet.
Opening the plenary session, Paul Rendek, Head of External Relations and Communications, RIPE NCC, noted that that was the second time the event was held in Moscow and gathered experts of different levels. Thus, ENOG meetings are becoming one of major events for regional network operators.
Elena Voronina, Technical Director, CJSC “TCI” and the head of the Moscow Internet Exchange (MSK-IX) emphasized that this year ENOG-2 combined two events – the 7th Peering Forum MSK-IX, which opened on 28 November, and the traditional RIPE NCC Regional Meeting. “This format promotes the Russian and international communities’ keenness to further operators’ interaction, introduction of IPv6 and network security on the dynamically developing modern market,” – said Voronina. She briefed the audience on the MSK-IX project’s current performance: “This year, we have launched a new platform for connection in Moscow, and put into service two new access points in St Petersburg and Novosibirsk, which will improve accessibility of Russian national domains .RU and .РФ for providers.” A total of 560 Russian providers use the MSK-IX services.”
Igor Milashevsky, Director of the Department of Public Policy in Information Technologies and Coordination of Information Systems of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Media, thanked RIPE NCC and MSK-IX for organizing the conference. He noted that the holding of the conference in Moscow allows attraction of a large number of participants from Russia and promotion of international cooperation. Igor Milashevsky believes that today the Web is changing its nature and turning into a global medium.
The last speaker at the session, Paul Vixie, Head of ISC, briefed the conference participants on the background of neutral commercial peering and PAIX experience in that sphere.
On 30 November, participants in the round table under the provocative name “DNS filtering: Does might make right?” will be able to discuss various aspects of content filtering, exchange opinions on the issues and know experts and practitioners’ stand on the matter.
