In Russia, create a "backup" Runet

    The authors of this project believe that such a “copy” will ensure the security of the Russian-language segment of the network



    In autumn 2016, the Russian segment of the Internet will have a backup copy of part of the infrastructure, RBC writes . This project was initiated by the autonomous non-profit organization (ANO) "MSK-IX". To work on the backup, a separate structure has been created - the Indata Network Technology Development Fund (Indata FRST). At the first stage, 70 million rubles will be invested in the fund, investments were provided by ANO “MSK-IX”.

    The new organization will be engaged in "macroscopic Internet research." Fund employees will analyze the passage of traffic on the Network, as well as monitor the interaction of autonomous systems. The final result of the project should be a single system that combines the IP registry database of the Dutch registry RIPE NCC (this organization distributes IP addresses between telecom operators, including Russian) and the Internet route information database. There are five such registries in the world.

    The fund will also develop a system for visualizing traffic on the Web to identify problems in routing. It is also planned to create a number of web-tools for domestic specialists. The tools will provide an exchange of information about the status of the network in real-time mode.

    As for the “backup copy” of the Runet, this idea is not new - its domestic officials proposed back in 2014. Then a number of departments worried about the possible disconnection of the Runet from the Global Network. In order to ensure the safe functioning of the Russian part of the Internet, in 2015, the Ministry of Communications prepared a billto create a “state information system for ensuring the integrity, stability and security of functioning of the Russian part of the Internet”. The authors of this project believe that the state system should be a copy of the global system, with the inclusion of databases of IP addresses, routing traffic on the Web and the DNS system (which associates IP addresses with letter site names). The bill of the Ministry of Communications exists in several versions. None have yet been put up for public comment. Nevertheless, the Ministry of Communications promised to make the Runet fully autonomous by 2020. According to the Ministry of Communications, now Russian traffic partially passes through external exchange points, which makes it impossible to guarantee Runet uptime.

    Meanwhile, the head of ANO "MSK-IX" Alexei Platonov claims that the idea of ​​creating a system in MSK-IX appeared a year ago, and it was not connected with the bill of the Ministry of Communications. “A fragmented copy of RIPE NCC has existed, for example, in ROSNIIROS since 2004, but now there is no unified system of IP address registries in Russia,” Platonov says. Now the controlling stake in CVST MSK-IX JSC belongs to Rostelecom.

    What will create such a system?


    According to Aleksandr Stepanov, Executive Director of Indst FRTS, the new system will allow optimizing routing. With its help, it will also be possible to more effectively deal with DDoS attacks. Now operators independently determine traffic routing policies; companies do not share such information with each other. However, routing information is noted by operators in the Internet Routing Registry database. Using the database, operators check against routing tables, creating their own policies. If the entire base, or at least part of it, is destroyed, then the entire Global Network will experience failures.

    According to PIR Center consultant Oleg Demidov, a small market of services is being formed that is related to measuring and monitoring the work of the Internet infrastructure. This work is needed both by the operators themselves, and by Internet companies and regulators. “Backup Runet”, according to Demidov, is a commercial product MSK-IX, which is planned to be marketed.

    According to one of the Big Four operators, one cannot speak of the independence of the created system. The fact is that control over the company that owns the traffic exchange point belongs to Rostelecom. Market participants believe that the project of the Ministry of Communications will nevertheless be implemented on the basis of the system from Indata, despite the current independence of these two projects.

    Representatives of MSK-IX claim that the background will be independent of Rostelecom, and the organization will not be controlled by the state operator. Representatives of Rostelecom also said that the state-owned company has no influence on the work of the Indata Fund.

    Experts point out that the system created by the fund will be incomplete. The fact is that now only 15% of the total inter-operator Internet traffic in Russia passes through MSK-IX. Only small and medium-sized companies work with MSK-IX; large ones exchange traffic directly. Large players, according to experts, will not install the equipment of the fund, which is associated with Rostelecom. If problems with traffic routing nevertheless arise, then a large company will be able to identify such a problem on its own.

    As for protection against DDoS attacks, some large companies have their own security system. MegaFon, for example, has a system of protection against such attacks with a capacity of 80 Gb / s, which "guarantees customers the reflection of the most powerful attacks," says company representative Julia Dorokhina.

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