7th Edition – April 2011

Closer to our Customers, Providing Better Services

LACNIC - Más y mejores servicios

During our latest strategic planning process we decided that one of our main lines of work would be the strengthening of LACNIC's customer-orientation approach. Although LACNIC is a membership-based, non-profit organization mandated by its members, these members receive services from LACNIC and are therefore also our customers.

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New Tool for Managing Internet Resources

At the beginning of the year LACNIC launched a new automated system for managing Internet resources (SARA) that was developed in response to an existing demand on the part of our members and which is part of the continuous improvement of our services. ...

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RPKI: Answers to all Your Resource Certification Questions

Arturo Servin - Carlos Martinez

This year LACNIC launched an Internet resource certification program that allows regional organizations to digitally prove that they have the right to use the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and ASNs they have been assigned. This program, a part of a global initiative by the Number Resource Organization (NRO), seeks to significantly improve the reliability and security of the Internet routing system.

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RPKI application and practice

The Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) security framework has emerged as the most secure way to secure IP address allocations and their related announcements via the BGP routing protocol. All five regional Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) either already have working prototypes in production or intend to roll them out within the next year.

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The contribution of industry to Resource Certification

At Cisco Systems we believe that the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) is a key element for a new generation of security enhancements to inter-domain routing. Cisco Systems has supported the standardization efforts and the outreach activities taken by Regional Internet Registries

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LACNIC XV, the First Major Internet Event of the Year

LACNIC XV

Major stakeholders and professionals working on Internet issues in Latin America and the Caribbean will meet from 15 to 20 May in Cancun, Mexico, to debate what are currently the most relevant topics relating to the Internet and its future growth within the region.

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World IPv6 Day, a Test Flight Day around the World

IPv6 Day, un día de prueba en todo el mundo

Wednesday 8 June will be a day of Internet experiments. Among other major organizations and providers, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Bing, Akamai and Limelight Networks, will offer their content over IPv6 during a 24-hour test. The motivation for this e...

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Amparo Project: Committee Recommends Continuity and Strengthening Actions

Proyecto Amparo

On 7 and 8 April, the Amparo Project Steering Committee met at the LACNIC office with the aim of reflecting on and generating proposals regarding the current and future development of this LACNIC initiative.

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