The INOC-DBA (Inter-Network Operations Center Dial-By- ASN)

hotline A hotline is a Point-to-point (telecommunications), point-to-point information transfer, communications Data link, link in which a telephone call, call is automatically directed to the preselected destination without any additional action by t ...

phone system is a global voice telephony network that connects the

network operations center A network operations center (NOC, pronounced like the word ''knock''), also known as a "network management center", is one or more locations from which network monitoring and control, or network management, is exercised over a computer, teleco ...

s and security incident response teams of critical

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infrastructure providers such as backbone carriers,

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s, and Internet exchanges as well as critical individuals within the policy,

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Internet governance Internet governance is the effort by governments, the private sector, civil society, and technical actors to develop and apply shared principles, norms, rules, and decision-making procedures that shape the evolution and use of the Internet. This ...

security Security is protection from, or resilience against, potential harm (or other unwanted coercion). Beneficiaries (technically referents) of security may be persons and social groups, objects and institutions, ecosystems, or any other entity or ...

and

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communities. It was built by

Packet Clearing House Packet Clearing House (PCH) is the international organization responsible for providing operational support and security to critical Internet infrastructure, including Internet exchange points and the core of the Domain Name System. The organiz ...

in 2001, was publicly announced at NANOG in October 2002, and the secretariat function was transferred from PCH to the Brazilian CERT in 2015. INOC-DBA is a closed system, ensuring secure and authenticated communications, and uses a combination of redundant directory services and direct peer-to-peer communications between stations to create a resilient, high-survivability network. It carries both routine operational traffic and emergency-response traffic. The INOC-DBA network uses

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-standard SIP

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protocols to ensure interoperability between thousands of users across more than 2,800 NOCs and CERTs, which use dozens of different varieties of station and switch devices. It was the first production implementation of inter-carrier SIP telephony, when voice over IP had previously consisted exclusively of H.323 gateway-to-gateway call transport. INOC-DBA became the first telephone network of any kind to provide service on all seven continents when Michael Holstine of Raytheon Polar Services installed terminals at the South Pole Station in March 2001.

References

External links

INOC-DBA directory
A directory of the subset of INOC-DBA participants who choose to be publicly listed.
Sobre INOC-DBA
A Portuguese introduction to the INOC-DBA system, maintained by NIC-BR, the Brazilian national Internet registry.
INOC-DBA technical discussion mailing list archives

INOC-DBA announcement presentation in PDF format
* tp://limestone.uoregon.edu/pub/videolab/video/nanog26/nanog26%20-%20102802%20-%20Peering%20phones.mpg INOC-DBA announcement demonstration in QuickTime format* {{cite web, url=http://www.pch.net/about/news/pressreleases/pressrelease10.28.02.html , title=INOC-DBA initial press release , date=October 28, 2002 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20021221072756/http://www.pch.net/about/news/pressreleases/pressrelease10.28.02.html , archivedate=December 21, 2002 The initial press release describing the INOC-DBA system upon its debut.
NANOG 34 update by Gaurab Upadhaya
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