August 2025 - NANOG-announce

** Trends that are Shaping the Conversation at N95 + MORE!
by Nanog News 29 Aug '25

29 Aug '25

***Tr**ends that are Shaping the Conversation at N95* *------------------------------------------------------------* *Automation, Routing, IPv6/VXLAN Migration, Resilience, Hardware/Optics + More!* *Talk submissions will be open until Sept. 8.* From AI and automation to holistically networked enterprise environments, NANOG consistently reflects the most current and emerging trends in networking. Over 20 proposals have been submitted. *So, what themes are currently trending?* *READ MORE (* https://nanog.org/stories/articles/trends-that-are-shaping-the-conversation… ) *** 2025 NANOG Board Nominations are Open!* ------------------------------------------------------------ *You Must be an NANOG Member to Submit Nominations* The Elections Committee is happy to announce the start of this year’s Board election cycle, where we will continue the use of ranked choice voting! Board Candidate nominations are now open, and the complete election timeline can be found online. *VIEW MORE *(https://nanog.org/members/elections/elections-nominations/) *** Six Flags Over Texas NANOG Social Sponsorship Available!* ------------------------------------------------------------ *Invest in our signature Social, taking place at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington.* *Contact sponsorship(a)nanog.org <sponsorship(a)nanog.org> for more info!* *EMAIL NOW* (mailto:Sponsorship@nanog.org) *** Happy Labor Day, NANOG Community!* ------------------------------------------------------------ This Labor Day, we celebrate the people behind the networks: your innovation, collaboration, and grit keep the world connected. Wishing our NANOG community a safe + meaningful holiday! *** Stay Connected* ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.facebook.com http://www.instagram.com/nanog_org/ http://www.linkedin.com/company/nanog/ https://www.twitter.com/nanog/ http://nanog.org

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** Sneak Peek at N95 Agenda! + More
by Nanog News 22 Aug '25

22 Aug '25

*** Sneak Peek at N95 Agenda!* ------------------------------------------------------------ *Submit by Sept. 8 + Explore Confirmed Talks Today!* Catch a sneak preview of what's to come for our upcoming conference, NANOG 95 (Oct.27-29). Scroll to the bottom of the overview webpage to see confirmed talks. *VIEW NOW* (https://nanog.org/events/nanog-95/) *** “What I Wished I Knew Before Attending NANOG”* ------------------------------------------------------------ *Community Shares Insight on How to be Successful at a NANOG Conference* Even veteran network operators can find their first NANOG intimidating. We tapped our community for advice on making it easier, and more rewarding. *READ MORE* ( https://nanog.org/stories/articles/what-i-wished-i-knew-before-attending-na… ) *** Beer N' Gear Sponsorships Available!* ------------------------------------------------------------ Special Perk for Beer ’N Gear Sponsors 🍻✨ Planning to sponsor Beer ’n Gear at NANOG 95? All BnG sponsors receive complimentary use of a private meeting room for a half-day in Arlington. It’s the perfect way to connect with clients, partners, and colleagues during the conference. *EMAIL NOW* (sponsorship(a)nanog.org) *** Video of the Week—NANOG 94 Recap!* ------------------------------------------------------------ *Experience the Best of NANOG 94 – In Minutes!* Missed NANOG 94 (9-11 June, Denver, CO)? Whether you’re a longtime attendee or curious first-timer, this is your chance to see why NANOG conferences are the premier event for technologists. Watch now and get inspired for NANOG 95! *WATCH NOW* ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfD8ZPC6elE&list=PLO8DR5ZGla8gr-Hw8obs1A0wg… ) *** Stay Connected* ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.facebook.com http://www.instagram.com/nanog_org/ http://www.linkedin.com/company/nanog/ https://www.twitter.com/nanog/ http://nanog.org

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NANOG Mailman 3.0 server location migration
by Valerie Wittkop 16 Aug '25

16 Aug '25

Hello NANOGers, During the evening on Friday August 15, 2025 between 8 pm to 12 am EDT (Saturday August 16, 0000 to 0400 UTC), NANOG will perform a migration of our Mailman 3.0 server. During this time, all mailing lists will be unavailable, including the ability to make changes to your subscription options. We expect this migration to be completed in three hours time or backed out. Detailed notes: NANOG will be migrating the hosted location of Mailman 3.0 during this time. This migration will include new IP addresses. Please note the new IP addresses will be 104.197.34.15 and 2600:1900:4001:5d2:0:0:0:0 Sincerely, NANOG Staff ------------------------- *Valerie Wittkop* Program Directorvwittkop(a)nanog.org | +1 734-730-0225 <+17347300225> (mobile) | www.nanog.org NANOG | 305 E. Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite 100 | Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA ASN 19230

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Bosack on the IP Evolution: Keynote Q&A + More!
by Nanog News 15 Aug '25

15 Aug '25

*** Bosack on the IP Evolution: How Physics, Economics, and Ingenuity Are Shaping the Network’s Next Era* ------------------------------------------------------------ *Q&A with a NANOG 95 Keynote Speaker* Cisco co-founder and N95 keynote speaker Len Bosack sits down with NANOG to explore the forces driving the “IP evolution” from fiber and 5G to satellite and beyond. In this candid conversation, he shares lessons from decades of innovation, the realities behind industry hype, and where network capabilities are headed next. READ MORE ( https://nanog.org/stories/articles/bosack-on-the-ip-evolution-how-physics-e… ) *** Birds of a Feather (BoFs) Meet-Ups are Back! And So Are Big NOG Conversations* ------------------------------------------------------------ If you run a Network Operators Group (NOG) or you’ve been thinking about starting one, don’t miss the NOG BoF at NANOG 95. We’ll swap stories, share lessons learned, and talk about what’s working (and what we wish we’d known) in building successful NOGs. Have a great BoF idea for a future meeting? Submit it anytime via the link below. SUBMIT PRESENTATION (https://nanog.org/meetings/submit-presentation/) *** What's New on the NANOG Discord Channel?* ------------------------------------------------------------ *Engage with the Community in Real-Time About Automation to BGP, Peering, RPKI, + More!* #general "Does anyone have a recommendation for a site that helps build very attractive looking workflows/design docs within the context of epic scoping (Jira/agile)? chatgpt produces good enough sort of templates but I need that wow factor also for formatting, style, graphs, etc." *JOIN NOW* (http://discord.NANOG.org) *** Video of the Week—Analyzing Network Reliability up to 800G* ------------------------------------------------------------ In one of our most viewed Talks from N94, this presentation investigates the proximity to a low Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) threshold that can still maintain a tolerable Bit Error Rate (BER) in 100G/400G/800G network links. *Speakers: *Thomas Weible, Flexoptix GmbH + Gerhard Stein, Flexoptix GmbH WATCH NOW ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLYr3Cv92zI&list=PLO8DR5ZGla8gr-Hw8obs1A0wg… ) *** Stay Connected* ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.facebook.com http://www.instagram.com/nanog_org/ http://www.linkedin.com/company/nanog/ https://www.twitter.com/nanog/ http://nanog.org

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The NANOG 95 CFP is open through 08-September-2025
by NANOG Program 13 Aug '25

13 Aug '25

NANOG Community at large, The NANOG Program Committee (PC) would like to remind you that we are accepting proposals through Monday, 08 September 2025, for in-person or live remote presentations at all sessions of NANOG 95 taking place in Arlington, TX on 27-29 October 2025. Sometimes, we deal with our own projects so regularly that they no longer seem cool or interesting to us - but they are to other people! Sometimes you want to present, but don’t know what other people want to learn about. During every NANOG Conference we ask everyone to answer the surveys and tell us what they want to hear about at a future conference. Some of the most recent answers are below. If you have a presentation on any of these general or specific topic areas, your community would love to hear from you! AI / Automation Topics - AI vs “traditional” datacenter networks - Automation approaches - Designing networks for AI traffic - Details on how to define and build AI agents - Network automation technologies - Early-career Professional Development topics - Basic hands-on tutorial track - More career development topics - Emerging technologies topics - More on net infra evolution and the drivers around it - New protocols, technologies, IETF work, etc. - Enterprise Topics - Enterprises interacting with ISPs and the Internet - Overlays - Performance - Open source/freely available tools to move data quickly and efficiently - More information about how to measure and improve network performance from hosts. - Routing / BGP Topics - BGP Route Maps - Integrating IPv6 - Interplanetary networking - More on BGP in data centers like the "lightweight traffic engineering" talk - RPKI, Routing - Peering - Residential Broadband - Segment routing - Researcher / Student Topics - Opportunity for students to network - Researcher / operator BoF / forum - Security Topics - AI-driven botnets and residential proxies - DDoS mitigation topics - Security and IOT - Soft skills - Attracting software developers to network development/engineering - Career development - Computing and internet history - Intro to NANOG mailing list and other operational communities - Risk-based financial decision making - Transitioning from technical roles to management - Troubleshooting and best practices - Layer 2 ethernet best practices - Network architecture or on-prem troubleshooting - Provisioning, troubleshooting - Workshops and How-Tos - More in-depth how-tos / more in-depth seminars - Physical hands on labs - Other - Edge computing - Hardware topics such as ASIC or specific software oriented network engineering - How to start an ISP from scratch - More cloud network specific topics - Starlink - - Submit your presentation proposal and abstract via the Program Committee Tool at: https://www.nanog.org/meetings/submit-presentation/ - Sign in with your Profile Account - Select the type of talk you propose to present, and complete the form Timeline for submission and proposal review: NANOG 95 Calendar of Events Date Event/Deadline September 08, 2025 DRAFT Presentation Slides Due September 22, 2025 Meeting Agenda Published October 20, 2025 FINAL Slides Due If you have any questions, please email the PC (nanogpc(a)nanog.org) and a representative will respond to you in a timely manner. Otherwise, submit your talk, tutorial, track, or panel proposal to the Program Committee Tool at your earliest convenience. We look forward to reviewing your submission! Sincerely, Adair Thaxton Program Committee Chair Sent on behalf of the NANOG PC

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N95 Keynote Announced! + Watch One of Our Most-Viewed Talks + Welcome to the...
by Nanog News 11 Aug '25

11 Aug '25

*** N95 Welcomes XKL CEO, Cisco Co-Founder Len Bosack as a Keynote* ------------------------------------------------------------ *He Will Present: "5G, Fiber, and Wifi. The IP Takeover is (Almost) Complete"* Len Bosack's talk offers both a historical lens and a forward-looking deep dive into how technologies like private 5G, mobile edge computing, and satellite can be layered with fiber and Ethernet to meet modern demands. *LEARN MORE* (https://nanog.org/events/nanog-95/) *** Welcome to the Silicon Prairie: Why Arlington + Dallas Belong on Every Network Builder’s Radar* ------------------------------------------------------------ *And the Best Part? You get to Experience it all Live at N95 in Arlington, TX (Oct 27–29)* Arlington, TX may be famous for stadiums and thrill rides, but just West of Dallas it’s quietly transforming into a next-gen tech powerhouse. In the heart of the “Silicon Prairie,” it’s where affordability, blazing fiber, and future-ready infrastructure collide. *READ MORE *( https://nanog.org/stories/welcome-to-the-silicon-prairie-why-arlington-dall… ) *** Make an Impact. Educate Your Community. Become a N95 Speaker!* ------------------------------------------------------------ Talk submissions will be accepted until Sept. 8. Don't wait! *MORE INFO* (https://nanog.org/program/call-presentations/) *** Video of the Week—A Not So Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Port 22* ------------------------------------------------------------ *Presented by Joel Jaeggli, **Fastly, * In one of our most viewed videos from N94, this two-part presentation recounts an incident in which the control and forwarding planes became misaligned. *WATCH NOW* ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxPgy_wTD14&list=PLO8DR5ZGla8gr-Hw8obs1A0wg… ) *** Stay Connected* ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.facebook.com http://www.instagram.com/nanog_org/ http://www.linkedin.com/company/nanog/ https://www.twitter.com/nanog/ http://nanog.org Elizabeth Drolet Multimedia Content Director

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