Internet network operators' groups (NOGs) are informal, country-based, or regional groups that exist to provide forums for Internet network operators to discuss matters of mutual interest, usually through a combination of mailing lists and annual conferences. Although these groups have no formal power, their members are typically influential members of the Internet service provider (ISP), Internet exchange point (IXP), regional Internet registry (RIR), operational security community, Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) operations, Domain Name System (DNS) and root zone operations, and other network operations communities, and discussions within these groups are often influential in the overall process of ensuring the Internet remains operational, robust, secure, and stable. They also allow networking professionals and other members of the research and technical communities to update each other on their work, share news and updates, exchange best practices, discuss new technologies or protocols, teach and learn from each other, network with other members of the community, and discuss current network- and Internet-related issues and challenges.
List of Internet network operators' groups
Global Scope[lower-alpha 1]
- GNA – Global NOG Alliance
Africa
- Af-IX – African Community for IXPs
- AfNOG – Africa Network Operators' Group
- SAFNOG – Southern African Network Operators' Group
- ZIMNOG – Zimbabwe Network Operators' Group
- KZNNOG – Kwazulu Natal Network Operators' Group
- AONOG Archived 2017-08-15 at the Wayback Machine – Angola Network Operators' Group
- cmNOG – Cameroonian Network Operators' Group[lower-alpha 2]
- CGNOG Archived 2017-08-12 at the Wayback Machine – Congo Network Operators' Group
- ghNOG – Ghana Network Operators' Group
- ngNOG – Nigerian Network Operators' Group
- RWNOG Archived 2017-07-03 at the Wayback Machine – Rwanda Network Operators' Group
- SnNOG - Senegal Network Operations Group
- SdNOG – Sudan Network Operators' Group
- tzNOG Archived 2017-07-14 at the Wayback Machine – Tanzania Network Operators' Group
- SomNOG - Somalia Network Operators' Group
- ugNOG - Uganda Network Operators' Group
- MaliNOG – Malian Network Operators' Group[lower-alpha 3]
- AFRINIC – African Network Information Centre
- AIS (African Internet Summit) & AFRINIC Regional Meetings – AFRINIC Service Region Meetings
The Americas
Latin America and the Caribbean
- CaribNOG – Caribbean Network Operators' Group
- LAC-IX – Latin America & Caribbean Community for IXPs
- LACNOG – Latin American & Caribbean Region Network Operators' Group
- NOG Ecuador – Ecuador Network Operators' Group
- ArNOG – Argentina Network Operators' Group
- NOG Chile Archived 2017-06-26 at the Wayback Machine – Chile Network Operators' Group
- NOG Bolivia – Bolivia Network Operators' Group
- BPF – Brasil Peering Forum
Northern America
Asia and Oceania
Asia-Pacific
- PacNOG – The Pacific Network Operators' Group
- SANOG – South Asia Network Operators' Group
- AusNOG – Australia Network Operators' Group
- BdNOG – Bangladesh Network Operators' Group
- btNOG – Bhutan Network Operators' Group
- CNNOG Archived 2022-05-01 at the Wayback Machine – China Network Operators' Group
- HKNOG – Hong Kong Network Operators' Group
- INNOG – India Network Operators' Group
- IDNOG – Indonesia Network Operators' Group
- JANOG – Japan Network Operators' Group
- LANOG - Lao Network Operators' Group
- LKNOG - Lanka Network Operators' Group
- MyNOG – Malaysia Network Operators' Group
- MMNOG Archived 2017-06-29 at the Wayback Machine – Myanmar Network Operators' Group
- MNNOG – Mongolian Network Operators' Group
- NPNOG – Nepal Network Operators' Group
- PANOG Archived 2017-07-09 at the Wayback Machine – Pakistan Network Operators' Group
- PHNOG – Philippines Network Operators' Group
- SGNOG – Singapore Network Operators' Group
- THNOG – Thailand Network Operators' Group
- NZNOG – New Zealand Network Operators' Group
- AFNOG - Afghanistan Network Operators Group
- Additional Asia-Pacific technical networking and peering communities
Middle East
- MENOG – Middle East Network Operators' Group
Europe
- CSNOG – Czech and Slovak Network Operators Group
- CEE Peering Days – Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Peering Days
- ENOG – Eurasia Network Operators' Group (Russian Federation, CIS, and Eastern Europe)
- European Internet Exchange Association – Euro-IX (the European community for IXPs)
- NORDNOG Archived 2012-08-11 at the Wayback Machine – Nordic Network Operators' Group[lower-alpha 4]
- RIPE – Réseaux IP Européens Network
- SEE – South East Europe / RIPE NCC regional meeting
- ALNOG – Albanian Network Operators' Group
- ATNOG – Austrian Network Operators' Group
- BENOG – Belgium Network Operators' Group
- NOG.BG – Bulgarian Network Operations' Group
- DKNOG – Danish Network Operators' Group
- ESNOG – Spanish Network Operators' Group
- nog.fi – Network Operators' Group of Finland[lower-alpha 5]
- FRnOG – France Network Operators' Group
- DENOG – German Network Operators' Group
- GRnOG – Greece Network Operators' Group
- HUNOG – Hungarian Network Operators' Group
- GTER – Spain Network Operators' Group (Grupo de Operadores de Red Españoles, ESNOG)
- ITNOG – Italian Network Operators' Group
- iNOG – Ireland Network Operators' Group
- LINX[lower-alpha 6]
- NLNOG – Netherlands Network Operators' Group
- NONOG – Norwegian Network Operators' Group
- PLNOG – Polish Network Operators' Group
- PTNOG – Portuguese Network Operators' Group
- RSNOG – Republic of Serbia Network Operators' Group
- RONOG – Romania Network Operators' Group
- SINOG – Slovenia Network Operators' Group
- SOF – Swedish Operators' Forum
- SwiNOG – Swiss Network Operators' Group
- HRNOG – Croatian Network Operators' Group[lower-alpha 7]
- UANOG – Ukraine Network Operators Group[lower-alpha 8]
- UKNOF – United Kingdom Network Operators' Forum
Additional links
- The Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre's (APNIC) list of NOGs in the Asia-Pacific region
- Bugest NOG list
- The Internet Society's (ISOC) development activities
- List of Internet exchange points
- The Network Startup Resource Center's Network Education and Training Calendar of Events, listing NOGs and their meeting dates
- NOG meeting dates and related Internet events
- RIPE NCC's NOG resource page
- Senki NOG list
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ The 'Global Scope' section lists Orgs which support NOGs (Network Operators' Groups) & tech communities around the world; while amplifying the voice of Network Operators, identifying and fixing common operational problems.
- ↑ cmNOG's Mailing List — https://lists.cmnog.cm/mailman/listinfo/cmnog/
- ↑ MaliNOG's Mailing List — https://malinog.ml/mailman/listinfo/list_malinog.ml
- ↑ inactive as of 8 February 2016
- ↑ The NOG's activities, in Finland were previously, unofficially, organised by TREX Workshops; starting in 2009 [1] until 2018. In 2019 these gatherings were renamed nog.fi meetings...
- ↑ The London Internet Exchange is not strictly a NOG, but this IXP also helps coordinate the UK ISP community
- ↑ HRNOG's Mailing List — https://nog.hr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hrnog-members
- ↑ UANOG mailing list archive https://mailman.uanog.kiev.ua/