MINISTRY OF POSTS AND TELEMATICS MPT OF VIETNAM

MINISTRY OF POSTS AND TELEMATICS (MPT) OF VIETNAM INTERNET NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER (VNNIC) VNIX UPDATE VIETNAM NATIONAL INTERNET EXCHANGE (VNIX) Presented at APNIC 20 - 08 Sep, 2005 in Hanoi, Vietnam by Tran Kien 1

Contents w w w Introduction Current status VNIX policy Next steps (planning) Conclusion 2

Introduction w VNIX = Vietnam National Internet Exchange. w 2 VNIX points: n n One in Hanoi formed in 08 Nov, 2003. The second in Ho. Chi. Minh city formed in 10 Mar, 2004. w Established by VNNIC but funded by Goverment budget. w Some main reasons: n n n Quality of services. International Internet bandwidth. Backup connectivity. Domestic contents. New technology R&D…. 3

Current status (Operation) w All 6 IXP members connect directly to VNIX. w 4 multihomed Net connect indirectly to VNIX via above IXPs. w Transmission infrustructure: All optical fiber. w Port speed: 100/1000 Mbps. w Total traffic has been exchanged through VNIX from the beginning to 31 Jul, 2005: ~1700538. 6 Gbytes. w Peak traffic of the bigest IXP: ~560 Mbps. 4

Current status (Availble resources) w Central switching: 2 Cisco 6509, optical and copper ports, speed 100/1000 Mbps. w Routing management (route server): 2 Cisco 2621. w Traffic monitoring: IBM/Sunfire server. w Space room, rack mount; air-conditioner, UPS, helpdesk and monitoring 24/24. w Backup power: Power regenerator. w ASN and reserved IP address block for point-topoint connection. 5

Current status (Connectivity) w VNIX members in Hanoi: n n Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT). Viettel Corporation (Viettel). FPT Communications (FPT). Vietnam Power Telecoms (VPT). w VNIX members in Ho. Chi. Minh city: n n n Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT). Viettel Corporation (Viettel). FPT Communications (FPT). Saigon Postel Corporation (SPT). Vietnam Power Telecoms (VPT). Hanoi Posts and Telecoms (HPT). 6

Current status (VNIX diagram/Vietnam Internet connectivity overview) 7

Current status (VNIX traffic) VNIX in Hanoi: VNIX in Ho. Chi. Minh city: w VNPT (7643) w Viettel (7552) w FPT (18403) w SPT (7602) w VPT (24086) w HPT (24088) 8

VNIX policy w w w w w Neutral Internet e. Xchange point. Forced Multilateral Peering Agreement (F-MLPA). Free of charge. Minimum initial connection: 2 Mbps. Bandwidth use ratio: < 70%. Routing protocol: e. BGP-4. ASN and IP address: Independent. Teminal equipments and transmission: to be built by members. Accepting all domestic routing information. Supporting backdoor connections for backup. 9

Next steps (planning) w Setting up monitor tools: Routing information management server, looking glass, HPOpen. View, netflow, RRdtool…. w ISPs might be considered to connect to VNIX for local Internet exchange. w Supporting IPv 6 R&D. w Supporting Multicast R&D. w Mirroring DNS root server. w Cooperating with International IX in R&D. 10

Conclusion w Bettering quality of service. w Many well-known Vietnamese websites move to local service providers. w Decreasing International Internet bandwidth. w Strengthening the safeness and security of Vietnam Internet as well as national information resources. w Supporting new service providers. w Promoting new Net tech R&D in Vietnam. . 11

MINISTRY OF POSTS AND TELEMATICS (MPT) OF VIETNAM INTERNET NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER (VNNIC) VNIX http: //VNIX. vn (Just only Vietnamese Language). Q & A? Thank you! 12