This is Takeshi GOTO. From July 30 to August 1, 2025, JANOG56 was held over three days in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture. Three members of our organization - Yamaguchi, Goto, and Yoshikawa - participated, organizing a “BoF session for discussing AS operations by individuals and small circles” as a casual BoF event on July 31.
This marks the sixth BoF session at JANOG, following JANOG55. Last time, we invited several organizations that operate amateur ASs to present their operational methods and challenges, facilitating a discussion about improving AS operations. This time, we focused on sharing experiences, challenges, and best practices among individuals and small circles operating ASs, engaging in a discussion about optimal AS operation models.
The BoF session followed the following schedule:
- Yuka Mori, The Human-life Information Platforms Institute(Japanese: 生活情報基盤研究機構): “Menhera.org AS63806 Updates” (10 minutes)
- Presented on network architecture, management system design, and future plans.
- Discussion focused on challenges related to member recruitment.
- Juo Kumada, Service Operations Department, Shimane Data Center Club: “SDCC ONWv3 Operation Introduction (First Half of 2025 Edition)” (7 minutes)
- Presented on automation initiatives and the use of extended next-hop capability to efficiently utilize IP address.
- Discussion covered efforts to assist university circles in obtaining AS and PI assignments.
- BBIX Corporation: “The GoldenGate Concept—’The Ultimate Playground for Students’—Now Launching” (10 minutes)
- Introduced the “GoldenGate concept,” which provides free BGP operation training and IX/transit services to students.
- Tomoki Yoshikawa, Home NOC Operators’ Group: “Establishing Philippine POP and the Significance (and Challenges) of Maintaining International Backbones” (10 minutes)
- Presented on the establishment process of the POP built in the Philippines and encountered issues.
- Wataru Mito, Japan Community IX: “JCIX Update” (5 minutes)
- Introduced JCIX, a community-based IX, and shared future planning initiatives.
Six speakers from five organizations participated in this event. We sincerely appreciate their participation. The presentation slides are available via the link below:
https://speakerdeck.com/as59105/ge-ren-yasakurudenoasyun-yong-woyi-lun-surubof-janog56
BoF session overview
