NANOG 98 - North American Network Operators' Group 2026

Key Topics

• Interconnections
  intra-building, IXes, metro-wide connections, MMR, transit purchasing tactics and strategies and peering
• Power and facilities
  green power, power reliability and engineering, cooling, power efficiency and facilities management
• DNS
  botnet discovery, using DNS data for network metrics and geolocation
• Security
  route filtering of large peers/customers, routing security, inter-AS security and cooperation
• Content
  content payment models, Distribution, storage/archiving, content distribution technologies and networks
• IPv6
  Carrier Grade NAT, real-world deployment challenges, allocation strategies, NAT-PT implementations that work and scale
• Disaster recovery
  training, risk analysis, planning methods, agencies, key tools, hardware portability and transport audits

Who should Attend

Senior engineering staff from tier 1 and tier 2 ISPs (Internet Service Providers) and researchers.