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The Hidden Geography of the Borderless Internet

Speakers:
Emile Aben, RIPE NCC
James Cowie, Fellow, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard
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Plenary
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10 min
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Abstract

RIRs have long realized that resources allocated to a holder in one country may be used in entirely different countries.  This is normal and expected; the Internet was not designed to respect national boundaries.  We examined the many ways that the registrant and the routing origin of an IPv4 prefix can differ, and developed a descriptive taxonomy to help understand the most common scenarios.  Colonial history, local market competition, and IP address transfer markets and leasing are just some of the primary explanations that emerge from the data to explain cross-border Internet operations

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Emile Aben

Emile Aben

James Cowie

James Cowie

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