| Abbreviation | NANOG |
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| Founded | February 1994; 30 years ago (1994-02) |
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| Website | www |
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Merging the networks and creating the Internet:
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The North American Network Operators' Group (NANOG) is a forum for the coordination and dissemination of information to backbone/enterprise networking technologies and operational practices. It runs meetings, talks, surveys, and a mailing list for Internet service providers. The main method of communication is the NANOG mailing list (known informally as NANOG-l), a free mailing list to which anyone may subscribe or post.
History
NANOG evolved from the NSFNET "Regional-Techs" meetings, where technical staff from the regional networks met to discuss operational issues. At the February 1994 regional tech meeting in San Diego, the group revised its charter to include a broader base of network service providers and subsequently adopted NANOG as its new name. NANOG was organized by Merit Network, a non-profit Michigan organization, from 1994 through 2011, when it was transferred to NewNOG.
Funding
Funding for NANOG originally came from the National Science Foundation as part of two projects Merit undertook in partnership with NSF and other organizations: the NSFNET Backbone Service and the Routing Arbiter project. All NANOG funds came from conference registration fees and donations from vendors, and starting in 2011, membership dues.
Meetings
NANOG meetings are held three times each year and include presentations, tutorials, and BOFs (Birds of a Feather meetings). There are also lightning talks, where speakers can submit brief presentations (no longer than 10 minutes) on a very short term. Conference participants typically include senior engineering staff from tier 1 and tier 2 ISPs. In addition to the conferences, NANOG On the Road events offer single-day networking events.
NANOG meetings are organized by NewNOG, Inc., a Delaware non-profit organization, which took over responsibility for NANOG from the Merit Network in February 2011. Meetings are hosted by NewNOG and other organizations from the U.S. and Canada. Overall leadership is provided by the NANOG Steering Committee, established in 2005, and a Program Committee.
See also
References
- "NANOG, ICANN Wiki, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
- NANOG Survey Results
- "The NANOG Archives". mailman.nanog.org. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- "Mail List Charter and Policy". Archived from the original on January 23, 2016.
- ^ "Original 1994 NANOG charter". Archived from the original on December 23, 2008.
- "North American Network Operators Group to formally organize", Internet Governance Project (IGP), 17 April 2010
- "Financial Information". NANOG. Archived from the original on August 4, 2012.
- Membership Policy Statement, NewNANOG
- "What is NANOG On The Road? | North American Network Operators Group". www.nanog.org. Archived from the original on August 5, 2013.
- NewNOG corporate documents Archived 2011-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, including Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws
- New Agreement Transfers NANOG Trademark and Resources, press release, Merit Network, Inc., February 1, 2011.
- "Important NANOG/NewNOG Changes", American Registry for Internet Numbers, 7 February 2011
- NANOG Steering Committee page on the NANOG Web site
- NANOG Program Committee page on the NANOG Web site.