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Lawful Intercept on the Cheap

Join us as our panel of experts explore the requirements of lawful intercept within the Australian context and demonstrate an open source approach to meeting your obligations.  

During this online session, you will hear about the creation of the OpenLI project, ETSI lawful intercept standards and how they are implemented through OpenLI software, and hear from a leading network consultant as he shares his experience deploying OpenLI in ISPs.  

The session will conclude with an engaging discussion in which the panellists present their current unknowns about the Australian intercept landscape allowing attendees to share their unique intercept challenges.  

Lawful Intercept on the Cheap 
Date: Tuesday, 16 August 2022 
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm AEST / 11:00am – 12:00pm AWST 
Location: Online via Zoom  

Moderator
Narelle Clark – Internet Association of Australia Ltd
Narelle Clark is Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Association of Australia, a not-for-profit telecommunications carrier operating internet exchanges across Australia and New Zealand. Ms Clark has a broad technical and strategic view of Internet scale ICT delivery, having been a user, builder, operator and researcher of Internet networks through her extensive career with major telecommunications companies, research agencies and consumer bodies, as well as a leadership and governance background in the not-for-profit sector. She is an Honorary Fellow with the University of Wollongong and holds a seat on the board of the Public Interest Registry, which operates the .Org top-level domain. Ms Clark was also a Trustee of the global Internet Society from 2010-2016.

Panellists
Dave Mill – SearchLight Ltd
Dave Mill is a Network Consultant at SearchLight Ltd, but also cameos as the token figurehead and industry advocate for the OpenLI project.

Dave has worked in the NZ ISP industry for 20 years. For his main day-to-day role, Dave is a network consultant to ISPs and Enterprises, part of which includes the deployment of OpenLI. Dave has unique experiences to share from deploying intercept software in a variety of different ISPs with unique set-ups and requirements.

Richard Nelson – University of Waikato 
Richard has been a researcher in the networking area for 30 years and led the network research group (WAND) at the University of Waikato. He founded the OpenLI project with funding from NZ ISPs to develop the software. Richard has now left the University and is working on ensuring the long–term success of the OpenLI project, among other things.

Shane Alcock – University of Waikato 
Shane has been the lead developer of the OpenLI software since the project began in 2018. He has been a research programmer with the WAND network research group at the University of Waikato since 2005, specialising in writing open-source software to passively capture, analyse and understand Internet traffic. The software written by Shane is used by a number of highly renowned researchers in the Internet measurement field, including researchers at UCSD/CAIDA, Georgia Tech and ISI/USC. 

Sophia Joo – Internet Association of Australia Ltd 
Sophia Joo is IAA’s Policy Officer, responsible for everything that happens in the advocacy corner. Joining IAA in 2021, she brings previous experience as a paralegal for Yahoo Australia and further experience from an internship with the Environmental Defenders Office. Sophia has a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Political Economy, and is awaiting to receive her degree in Bachelor of Law. She is currently completing her Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice to be admitted as a lawyer. 

Mark Parncutt – Australian Federal Police
Mark is the Officer-in-Charge, Surveillance Integration Delivery, with responsibility for the collection, processing and presentation of lawful intercepts at the AFP. He has a background as a software developer, systems administrator and digital forensic analyst in law enforcement for the past 7½ years and in the private sector prior to that. Mark is passionate about the difference that lawful intercepts make to law enforcement operations and has contributed to innovation in both technology and policy through inter-agency and industry forums.

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WA-IX’s 25th Birthday

Soon after the AGM, founding WAIA members, current members and IAA staff celebrated the 25th birthday of WA-IX.

Starting out in the basement of QV1 in Perth through collaborative efforts of several local businesses, including the donation of hardware and technical personnel, WA-IX continued to grow and improve connectivity in WA. 25 years on, WA-IX is now one of six national exchanges that continues to make Australia’s Internet better.

Details
Date: Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm (AWST)
Location: QV1 Conference Centre, Function Rooms, Level 2, 250 St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA 6000

 

IAASysters 2022

IAASysters is a program designed to support women in the Internet industry by offering ten sponsored attendees the opportunity to attend the IAASysters Workshop and the AusNOG Conference. The one-day workshop equips attendees with a range of soft skills and important career planning advice, so they have the tools they need to have a fulfilling and successful career.   

Attending the AusNOG Conference is an integral part of the program and also contributes to its success. By sending attendees to this event, they build their technical skills and knowledge and can take advantage of all the networking opportunities that arise from it.   

Applications to become a sponsored attendee are closed. Although applications were open to all, we encouraged women to apply as this program is designed to suit their needs due to a waning number of females within our industry. Applicants were required to meet the following eligibility criteria:  

  • Must be an Internet engineer / technician / product specialist / programmer  
  • Have a passion for the Internet and the Internet industry  

Applications demonstrating the most potential for personal growth and passion for the Internet are rated highest.  

Sponsored attendees receive: 

  • Ticket to attend the IAASysters@AusNOG (31 August 2022) 
  • Ticket to the AusNOG Conference (1-2 September 2022) 
  • Economy airfares to Melbourne and accommodation (if required) 
  • One-year complimentary Professional membership to IAA (subject to Board approval) 

For more information about this event, please head over to the IAASysters page on our website or get in touch with us at events@internet.asn.au 

 

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Privacy Awareness Week

Privacy Awareness Week (PAW) is an annual event to promote and raise awareness of the importance of protecting personal information led by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) in partnership with state and territory privacy regulators and Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities.  This year, the event is highlighting privacy as the foundation of trust and will focus on simple foundations we can put in place to protect our personal information.  

We will be promoting the material through our social media accounts and will provide tips for individuals to build a solid foundation of privacy and set a challenge for you to see how well your privacy practices stack up. For more information on PAW2022, please visit their website for more detail https://education.oaic.gov.au/paw2022/  

Inaugural Systers Program – A Massive hit!

The IAASysters@AusNOG program finally took place! After being postponed twice last year, we were relieved that it happened in line with AusNOG this year as planned. The workshop was a full day of career planning, presentation and technical skills training delivered by prominent industry professionals. The vibe in the room was incredible, with participants actively engaging in all sessions and getting to know each other.   

The feedback from attendees has been excellent, with one participant reporting they took what they learned in the workshop and at the networking opportunities that came from AusNOG, they made new contacts and practised pitching themselves to strangers!   

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors once again. Thank you, AusNOG, Vocus and Amazon Web Services, for your contributions to this fantastic program and supporting our efforts in supporting women in the Internet industry. If you are interested in opportunities to sponsor this program or would like to nominate a participant, please email events@internet.asn.au for more information. We are currently evaluating the program and considering future options. 

AusNOG

Tickets are sold out for the annual AusNOG Conference happening next week! The programme has been released so you can start planning for the sessions you would like to attend. This year, our engineers will be taking part in the RPKI Deployathon, where they will be guided by the facilitators and will discuss/debate and work on properly signing ROAs for your address space, installing and configuring different RPKI validators, connecting routers to the validators, configure infrastructure to implement ROV and more.   

We have a booth again this year, so please stop by for a chat and pick up some swag while you’re there! With a couple of fun things to do at our booth, it should be a nice break for you all between sessions.   

RPKI Deployathon

This year’s RPKI Deployathon builds on the previous Deployathons held at APNIC48 (Chiangmai) and APRICOT2020 (Melbourne).  

Event details
Date: Tuesday 5th April
Time: 9.00am – 5.00pm AEST
Location: Cliftons Sydney, 13/60 Margaret Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 

This event will be face-to-face guided by facilitators; participants will discuss/debate and work on: 

  • properly signing ROAs for your address space (based on what you announce/accept in BGP);  
  • install and configure different RPKI validators (diff the validated outputs and under the hood defaults?);  
  • connect routers to the validators (multi-vendor infra);  
  • configure infrastructure to implement ROV (to drop or not to drop?). 

Participants will analyse the outcomes of each step and summarise any improvements in operational processes to achieve these outcomes. The summaries/findings of each activity will be presented as a lightning talk at AusNOG (PC and time permitting). 

Participants will work with different validators, including Routinator, FORT, rpki-client, and rpki-prover, with accompanying routing implementations for IOS-XE/XR, JunOS, SR-OS, EOS, and others (BIRD, FRR). 

Participants must meet the pre-requisites to join, and there is a maximum number of 50 attendees, so don’t delay your registration! For more information, please see the APNIC Academy Events page.  

End of Year Celebrations

It was great to see all the members who attended our end of year celebrations in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

Although staff were only able to attend events in their hometown, board members did a fantastic job welcoming and taking care of members in our place.

If you attended an event, we would love to hear your feedback and ideas on future events you would like us to run. Please get in touch at events@internet.asn.au

NetThing – Round Table Recap

We proudly sponsored the NetThing event this year and hosted a round table, Internet as an Essential Service. Alongside representatives from across the internet industry, civil society and government, we discussed the nature and implications of the internet as an essential service.

The discussion began with participants unpacking the definition of ‘essential service’, with various understandings raised, including a minimum level of guaranteed connectivity, specific data service obligations for internet providers and retailers and consumer safeguard provisions. We then discussed the necessity of broadband services for Australians today, especially in a post-COVID-19 world, and the wider implications for ISPs and RSPs. Overall, it was noted that the definition of essential services varies, and varies from state to state, which in turn changes the conversation, both for industry obligations and consumer rights.

As the roundtable ended, participants shared their perspectives on the importance of regulation throughout this process, especially when addressing market failures and facilitating equity.

We would like to thank all who watched our round table and would like to further extend our thanks to the incredible participants. Your knowledge and insights made the round table constructive, meaningful and interesting.

If you missed out, please head over to the NetThing YouTube channel to catch up. Feel free to jump forward to 2 hours and 30 minutes to our session. Enjoy!

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