Vincentz Petzholtz
My name is Vincentz Petzholtz and I am working in the Network Industry since 2006. I always have been a Network Engineer and Architect through different positions and companies (Interoute/GTT/SysEleven/Inter.link). Main area’s of expertise have been BGP (Routing, Policies etc.), MPLS/Traffic Engineering, Network Security (especially DDoS Detection and Mitigation) and overall network design and architecture (Backbone and DataCenter fabrics).
Since 2017 I moved on to be the Head of Network at SysEleven (now Inter.link). Since 2020, I also spend more time contributing to the Berlin Internet Community for the BCIX (Berlin Internet Exchange) as member of the advisory board. Shortly I will join Arista Networks as Solution Engineer/Architect.
The community needs and is based on participation from its members. I’ve benefited and enjoyed community driven and organized events and services. I want to give as much time as I can to contribute back to the community.
My linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincentz-berlin/
Session
Want to perform the bgp handshake in real life? We got you covered ... in this workshop for beginners and intermediates we will dive into some network basics of bgp driven networks and also explore route filtering best practices (mainly for the DfZ = default free zone).
After some theory every attendee will receive one network node to configure. The fellow participants will be your peers. You will depend on the peers to reach your goals.
Warning: You will have to socialise with the peers around you!
Agenda:
11:00 - 12:00 = Theory Session
12:00 - 12:30 = Lab Intro
12:30 - 13:25 = Lunch
13:30 - 14:45 = Initial Handshakes and Lab Exercise
14:45 - 15:00 = Quiz
Background:
Last year we talked about the basics of carrier and bgp driven networks in our workshop "Network Architecture In Practice". This year we will cover the basics and especially the filtering again BUT we plan to include a hands-on lab which we couldn't supply last year.
Full abstract:
In network engineering there are a lot of rules and best practices, some written and some not. In this workshop we condense the most important knowledge we have accumulated over many years of running different service provider networks. We'll take a look at fundamental architecture decisions, traffic engineering and routing security for data and control plane.
There will be lots of real world config examples and plenty of time for questions and discussion.
Who is this for?
It is intended for people who (want to) run small to medium sized ISP networks. A basic understanding of routing concepts is going to be helpful. If you've configured a bgp session before, this workshop is for you.
Here all materials can be downloaded:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Z86vSptg2qgB88m8gq2lobyGWxn0WYpC?usp=sharing