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Thursday morning began with two parallel sessions – the Regional Interconnection Forum and the Security Forum.

Regional Interconnection Forum

Forum Chair Fabián Mejía opened the session highlighting the goals and resources of this discussion space created by LACNIC.

The following two presentations involved real-life IXP interconnection experiences. Gregorio Manzano of CENIT described the experience of connecting an academic network to IXP in Venezuela. Marco Velepucha of Nettplus gave a motivational explanation of how a small ISP in Ecuador chose to maintain its independence by managing its own ASN and IP address resources.

Then Arturo Servín explained how a content delivery network (CDN) works, as well as the meaning of terms such as private and public peering. Arturo also presented an update on the Peering Forum that had been held earlier during the week.

Participants were able to enjoy a panel on "CDNs at IXPs," where several panelists representing IXPs from three different countries (PTTmetro, NAP Cabase, NAP.EC) and two of the world's largest CDNs (Akamai and Cloudflare) shared their experiences and opinions on the current and future relationship between content delivery networks and Internet exchange points.

Tom Paseka of Cloudflare showed how an Anycast CDN works and analyzed the peering scenario among different regions, as well as the status of routing within the Latin American and Caribbean region, identifying both challenges and best practices.

Osvaldo Pacheco of Cisco explained how the BGP Route Server feature works and where it is implemented.

Security Forum

Meanwhile, the Greco-Dalí Room hosted the LACSEC Forum. This meeting provided an opportunity for the region's operators to share technical information and experiences in network operation and infrastructure development.

Presentation highlights included:

Malware in Mobile Devices - Sebastián Bortnik, ESET Latin America
CSRF Token Bypass in Practice, William Costa
An Analysis about Compliance Management in Critical Systems - Sergio Nunes, Defenda
Running Secure Server Software on Insecure Hardware: Managing SSL Keys on a Global Scale - Joshua Motta, CloudFlare
Two parallel sessions were also scheduled for the afternoon – LACNIC's Public Policy Forum and the Latin American IPv6 Forum (FLIP6).
Public Policy Forum

Several policies were discussed, including:

LAC-2012-08v3 Inter-RIR IPv4 Address Transfers - Edmundo Cázarez-López, NIC.mx
LAC-2013-01 Publishing Information on Reassigned IP Address Blocks via FTP - Jorge Lam, Level 3
The meeting also included presentations by LACNIC staff, such as a presentation on the phases of IPv4 exhaustion and a presentation on LACNIC's new policy management system, as well as updates from the other RIRs, IANA and the NRO. The forum ended on a high note: Bevil Wooding and Ermanno Pietrosemoli were presented with the 2013 and 2014 Lifetime Achievement Awards, respectively.

Since 2009, LACNIC honors those individuals who have permanently and significantly contributed to the development of the Internet and the Information Society in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean. (Links Premio Trayectoria 2013 y 2014)

Latin American IPv6 Forum (FLIP6)

The Latin American IPv6 Forum met today at the Greco Room for its third and final session.

The session's only speaker was Azael Fernandez, who gave two presentations on two very interesting topics.

The first presentation was titled "Effects of IPv6" and showed IPv6 from a perspective different than we are used to hearing, initially providing attendees with numbers, statistics, and predictions on the future of IPv4 and IPv6, then showing how IPv6 affects the environment from a social and operational (cost) point of view. The second presentation was titled "IPv6 and I" and also started by presenting IPv4 and IPv6 numbers and statistics and then spoke of different "things" having IPv6 support, such as cars, light bulbs, buildings, and others.

The daty ended with a tribute to Raúl Echeberría, LACNIC's Executive Director, who will be leaving the organization on June 30th.

Wednesday, May 7th began with the second part of the four parallel activities that had kicked off on Tuesday, May 6th: FLIP 6, the LACTLD meeting, and the CSIRTs meeting.

Latin American IPv6 Forum (FLIP 6)

Renowned international experts were present at the Forum and presented on different topics including IPv6 security, business cases, corporate and government networks, mobile broadband, success stories, and techniques for transitioning to the new protocol.

Opening remarks - Forum Chair Reminder
Jool - Alberto Leiva, NIC.MX
Security in an IPV6 World - Chris Grundemann, ISOC
Microsoft IPv6 on Xbox, David Huberman
LACTLD Meeting

The LACTLD Policy Workshop continued today, with the presence of 30 participants and 20 LACTLD member registries. The group discussed best practices. Presentation highlights included those by Desiree Miloshevic of Afilias and Gabriel Brenta of .AR, whose presentation dealt with the new registration fee policies for .AR domain names and other innovations.

In addition, Lito Ibarra gave a presentation on the implementation of the Dot Award program in El Salvador, Eduardo Santoyo presented an update on the .CO Internet, and Frederico Neves presented an update on LACTLD's Anycast project.

Latin American and Caribbean Computer Security Incident Response Teams Meeting

The second part of the CSIRTs meeting also took place today, with approximately 30 participants in the room. First, Kathleen Moriarty, Area Director at the IETF, gave a presentation describing the IETF and the IETF working groups. She specifically spoke about the MILE Working Group, which is currently trying to standardize an information sharing format for incident response teams.

Paul Bernal of CSIRT CEDIA (Ecuador) then presented a system for receiving, processing and sending security alerts on which his organization is currently working.

James Pichardo of the Dominican CSIRT gave a presentation about the Dominican Cyber-Observatory, what they are doing, and the results they've achieved so far.

Foy Shiver and Jordi Aguilá, members of the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), gave a presentation explaining what the APWG is and what it does. Finally, Gonzalo Romero of NIC.CO gave a presentation regarding Rogue Pharma at .CO. Before concluding the meeting, participants had the chance to share their own experiences and propose topics for joint cooperation.

Participants then headed to the Public Policy Forum. Held in the Prado Room, this meeting allowed participants to discuss policy proposals and LACNIC staff to present the organization's projects for innovation.

Highlights of this session included:

Election of a LACNIC region representative to the ASO Address Council
LAC-2014-01 - Creation of an IPv4 reserve exclusively for IPv6 deployment - Pedro Torres/Luis Balbinot
LAC-2013-04 - Management of returned Internet resources - Edmundo Cázarez-López, NIC.mx
Presentation IPv6 Project - Alejandro Acosta, LACNIC
Presentation on Security and Stability - Sofía Silva, LACNIC
Presentation on participation requests - Laura Kaplan, LACNIC
Lunch was the perfect time for the fifth edition of Women and IT, a space that promotes networking and dialogue on the participation of women in technology. Edna Samudio (Administrator of Panama's National Academic and Research Network, PANNet) shared her experiences and spoke about her early days in a male-dominated industry.

Alissa Cooper and Mary Barnes of the IETF encouraged women to take on leadership roles and provided some advice on how to do this. They also spoke about the "Sisters" group, a IETF space aimed at promoting the creation of networks for women's participation in ICT.

After lunch, three parallel activities took place: the Network Security Forum (LACSEC), the LACTLD meeting, and the LAC-IX meeting.

LACSEC

Held in the Prado Room, this forum allowed the region's operators to share technical information and experiences relating to network operation and infrastructure development.

Several presentations were made, including:

Opening remarks - Fernando Gont, LACSEC Chair
Where Do You Want To Go Today? Analysis of Malicious Flash Redirectors - Timo Hirvonen, F-Secure
The Impact of Sampling Techniques on Application level DoS Attack Detection - Natalia Stakhanova, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Internet-Scale Security - Marc Eisenbarth, Arbor Networks, ASERT
Keynote Presentation: Security Analysis of the Computer Architecture: What a software researcher can teach you about your computer - Rodrigo Branco, Intel
Mass-exploiting router vulnerabilities - Pedro Joaquin, Websec

LACTLD Meeting (Murillo Room)

The afternoon kicked off with the Panel on Internet Governance in Times of the NTIA Transition from a Regional Perspective made up by Raúl Echeberria, Rodrigo de la Parra, Eduardo Santoyo and Carolina Aguerre. Their presentations were followed by a discussion on various proposals for the transition of oversight of the IANA functions and, later, by the LACTLD General Assembly – a meeting for LACTLD members only.

LAC-IX Meeting

The Picasso Room hosted the meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Association of Internet Exchange Point Operators, where 10 IXPs shared their experiences and new initiatives for strengthening IXPs throughout our region. Participants included IXP operators, Internet service providers' peering contacts, distribution networks, and content providers.

After the assembly, a joint open session was held with the Peering Forum.

Later, from 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm, ISOC members and chapters met to debate various Internet related topics. Kathy Brown, ISOC's new CEO, participated in this meeting.

The evening ended on a high note, with a social event on the beach and the Hotel Paradisus Cancun Resort's pool area.

Tueday, May 6th began at 9.00 am with LACNIC's Pubilc Policy Forum at the Prado Room. This forum is a space for presenting, debating and approving proposed rules or policies to be applied for managing Internet resources in the Latin American and Caribbean region.

Highlights of this first day of the Public Policy Forum included the ratification of Carlos Plasencia of BT-Venezuela, elected Forum Co-Chair during the election held in the month of April. The LACNIC community also recognized the work of Max Larson, outgoing Co-Chair of the Forum, whose term ends with this LACNIC 21 meeting.

To conclude, Luisa Villa, LACNIC's Customer Manager, made a presentation on LACNIC services during which she invited all attendees to take part in Beta testing the network monitoring application, adding that everyone who downloads the application and correctly answers the trivia questions will participate in the drawing of a Samsung S5 on Friday, May 9th.

LACNIC's Member Assembly met from 11 am to 12.30 pm. The Assembly considered and approved the organization's anual report, balance sheets, inventory, and the Fiscal Commision and External Auditor's reports as at December 31st, 2013.

Elections to appoint new members of the Fiscal and Electoral Commissions were also held. Jorge Luis Legrá Álvarez was elected to the Fiscal Commission for a term of three years, while José Enrique Díaz-Jolly was re-elected and will serve another two-year term. Likewise, Gabriel Adonaylo was re-elected to the Fiscal Commission and will serve another three-year term. http://www.lacnic.net/web/eventos/lacnic21-agenda-detallada

Three parallel activities were scheduled during the afternoon: the FLIP6 meeting, the LACTLD meeting, and the CSIRTs meeting.

Latin American IPv6 Forum (FLIP 6)

Opening remarks - Summary - Alejandro Acosta, FLIP6 Chair
Keynote Presentation: IPv6: Great Value for Money - Lee Howard, Time Warner Cable
IPv6 Fragmentation and IPv6 Extension Header in the Real World – Fernando Gont Si6Networks
CERNET2 IPv6 Experience - Xing Li, CERNET
LACTLD Meeting

The LACTLD Policy Workshop kicked off with the participation of 19 LACTLD member registries and the South Korean ccTLD (.kr). ICANN, IANA, Microsoft, PCH, IntermetX and 36 participants were also present for the group's first working session. After a presentation by IANA Vice-President Elise Gerich, the group discussed different possible IANA functions internationalization scenarios.

Latin American and Caribbean Computer Security Incident Response Teams Meeting

This fifth edition of the CSIRTs meeting was attended by more than 25 participants representing different countries and organizations throughout the region, including governments, academia and ISPs. Different topics of interest to CSIRTs were discussed, including ICANN's security and stability initiatives as well as some of the motivations for deploying a CSIRT within an IXP.

Monday began with the second part of the tutorials, which took place from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm (Cancun time) and were attended by more than 400 participants. Below is a brief description of each of these tutorials.

Tutorial: IPv6 in Fixed and Mobile Access Networks (Part 2)
Instructors: Jaris Aizprúa, Huawei /Alejandro D'Egidio, Telecentro

Presented in the Prado Room, this second part of the tutorial explained different tecnologies and techniques used by fixed and mobile last-mile access providers to deploy IPv6.

Secure Internet Routing with BGP (Part 2)
Instructors: Sofía Silva/Alejandro Acosta/Gerardo Rada, LACNIC

The second part of this tutorial was presented in the Goya Room and introduced some of the new trends in routing security, specifically origin validation using resource certification (RPKI).

DNSSEC Tutorial (Part 2)
Instructors: Richard Lamb, ICANN / Gonzalo Romero, CERT.CO

Various aspects relating to DNS security have led the community to develop DNSSEC, a set of extensions to the base protocol that increase confidence levels in the information contained in the domain name system through the inclusion of digital signatures. This tutorial was presented in the Murillo Room, where participants were introduced to the basics of DNSSEC and conducted hands-on activities that will allow them to become familiar with the operational aspects of this technology.

Security Incident Management for Internet Service Providers (Part 2)
Instructors: Ruben Aquino/Jesús Sánchez, UNAM CERT

Using an interactive methodology, this tutorial presented best practices and methodologies available for managing the most common security incidents and those having the greatest impact on the availability, stability and reliability of Internet systems and networks.

The role of Internet service providers in cyber security issues was discussed, with a focus on different points of view: customers, the community and governments.

IPv6 Workshop for Decision Makers
Instructor: Juan Carlos Alonso, LACNIC

Geared towards decision makers within the ICT sector, this tutorial presented the basics of IPv6, its importance for Internet development, and business cases that showcase why IPv6 is the best solution to the problem of address scarcity from the technical and commercial point of view.

In parallel with the tutorials, the Picasso Room hosted the LAC Governments Working Group Meeting. This is a space provided for government officials, regulators and LACNIC to share information and experiences regarding topics of mutual interest.

At 2.00 pm, participants met in the Prado Room for the LACNIC21 opening ceremony. More than 450 individuals from 36 different countries within and outside LACNIC's service region were present for this activity, including Oscar Messano (President of LACNIC's Board of Directors), Oscar Robles (Director General of NIC.MX), Eduardo Santoyo (President of LACTLD), and Ariel Graziel (LAC-IX).

The general LACTLD/LACNIC session was the next activity on the program. It began with the panel on NetMundial and the future Internet Governance Ecosystem, which was made up by Raúl Echeberría, Rodrigo de la Parra, Pedro Less y Jandyr Santos and moderated by Demi Getschko.

"The NetMundial meeting was a historic and innovative event," noted Raúl Echeberría. Likewise, he highlighted the work carried out by the Executive Committee during the entire event, the introduction of human rights as a cornerstone of the Internet ecosystem, and the importance of having achieved a multistakeholder mechanism.

Rodrigo de la Parra observed that it was the first time that the global Internet community had come together and started working towards a common good such as Internet development. He added that the construction of a global, inclusive and participative ecosystem is now underway.

Pedro Less highlighted the strong commitment to Internet governance exhibited by many countries of our region at NetMundial, and stressed the importance of having prepared a document which, though not binding, serves as a major reference and includes a set of Internet governance principles.

This session focused on informing the community on the most relevant Internet Governance related debates and proposals. The session also provided an overview of the challenges and major discussion topics that will shape the Internet Governance Forum to be held in September in Istanbul.

Between 4.30 and 6.00 pm, participants attended the panel on The Future of Internet Technical Coordination after the NTIA Announcement, which was moderated by Oscar Robles and the panelists were: Jari Arkko, IETF; Elise Gerich, Vice President of IANA (ICANN); Ernesto Majó, LACNIC and Carolina Aguerre – LACTLD

Later, the Prado Room welcomed sponsored participants, who received a briefing on LACNIC's financial assistance program and what is expected of the program's beneficiaries.

The day ended with a welcome cocktail. At 7.00 pm, all participants were invited to share a pleasant moment at the Golf Course with their Latin American and Caribbean colleagues.

On Sunday 4 May, 2014, over 300 people met at the Cancun Paradisus Hotel to register for the event and participate in the six parallel tutorials scheduled for the day.

BGP and RPKI Hands-On Session – Simulating an IXP
From 9.00 am to 12.30 pm, the Picasso Room hosted this meeting, where Sofía Silva (Senior Security and Stability Specialist at LACNIC) and Alejandro Acosta (R+D Engineer at LACNIC) presented several hands-on exercises on BGP routing and secure routing with RPKI.

Tutorial: IPv6 in Fixed and Mobile Access Networks (Part 1)
Instructors: Jaris Aizprúa, Huawei /Alejandro D'Egidio, Telecentro

This tutorial explained various technologies and techniques used by fixed and mobile last-mile access providers to deploy IPv6. Other topics covered by the tutorial included the use of dual stack vs. NAT vs. tunnels, different methods for assigning IPv6, and IPv6 deployment in fixed and mobile access networks.

Tutorial: Secure Routing with BGP (Part 1)
Instructors: Hans Reyes, CUDI

Held in the Goya Room, the first part of this tutorial presented the basics of the BGP protocol, as well as some basic operational considerations for carrier environments.

DNSSEC Tutorial (Part 1)
Instructors: Richard Lamb, ICANN / Gonzalo Romero, CERT.CO

This tutorial was presented in the Murillo Room, where participants were introduced to the basics of DNSSEC and conducted a series of hands-on activities that will allow them to become familiar with the operational aspects of this technology.

Tutorial: Security Incident Management for Internet Service Providers (Part 1)
Instructors: Rubén Aquino/ Jesús Sanchez, UNAM CERT

Using an interactive methodology, this tutorial introduced best practices and methodologies available for managing the most common security incidents and those having the greatest impact on the availability, stability and reliability of Internet systems and networks.

Internet Numbering Resource Management
Instructors: Sergio Rojas/Gerardo Rada, LACNIC

This tutorial was designed for representatives of organizations that are already LACNIC members. Topics covered included how to use LACNIC's Resource Management System, how to register sub-allocations to third parties, how to use the Whois service, how to update a block's or an organization's contact information, and how to delegate a block's reverse resolution.

The first day of the event came to a close at the Greco and Dalí Room, with a session where Ernesto Majó, LACNIC's Communications Manager, welcomed the more than 80 participants who are attending a LACNIC event for the first time and explained LACNIC events dynamics.

We invite you to join us tomorrow for the second part of the tutorials and our opening ceremony, which is scheduled for 2.00 pm (Mexico time). If you would like to keep up with the latest news, go to the event's website (eventos.lacnic.net/lacnic21), where you will find our live broadcast, pictures and presentations. You can also follow us on twitter with the hashtag #LACNIC21.

Simultaneous interpretation into Portuguese, Spanish and English will be available starting on May 5th.