About the International Internet Flow Quantification (IIFQ) Project - Revision history

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	== Problem Statement ==		== Problem Statement ==
	Since the privatization of the Internet in 1992, the international flows of Internet bandwidth have not been visible in the whole. Accordingly, governments have little insight into the volumes and directions of international Internet traffic and no way of quantifying the relative significance of the other nations with which they exchange traffic. As of November 2023, 159 countries both produce and consume Internet bandwidth, while 51 are consumers only. Understanding the balance of trade in Internet bandwidth{{em dash}}which other countries supply your consumers with bandwidth and which countries your IXPs export to{{em dash}}is the goal of the IIFQ project.		Since the privatization of the Internet in 1992, the international flows of Internet bandwidth have not been visible in the whole. Accordingly, governments have little insight into the volumes and directions of international Internet traffic and no way of quantifying the relative significance of the other nations with which they exchange traffic. As of November 2023, 159 countries both produce and consume Internet bandwidth, while 51 are consumers only. Understanding the balance of trade in Internet bandwidth{{Em dash}}which other countries supply your consumers with bandwidth and which countries your IXPs export to{{Em dash}}is the goal of the IIFQ project.

	== Project Goals ==		== Project Goals ==

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	== Data-Handling Safeguards ==		== Data-Handling Safeguards ==
	No packet contents are ever seen by the system, and data is typically sampled at a rate of no more than one header per million flows. Participating IXPs may [[truncation\|truncate IP addresses]] to enclosing blocks to anonymize them prior to submission to the local IIFQ aggregator. In any event, no IP addresses are retained or published; at each location they are counted toward AS-level and country-level statistics and then immediately discarded, before the aggregate statistical data is transmitted to the archive. All data-processing is performed using open-source software, which is available for review and has been analyzed by both engineering and legal teams for compliance with the highest standards of privacy and security.		No packet contents are ever seen by the system, and data is typically sampled at a rate of no more than one header per million flows. Participating IXPs may [[truncation\|truncate IP addresses]] to enclosing blocks to anonymize them prior to submission to the local IIFQ aggregator. In any event, no IP addresses are retained or published; at each location they are counted toward AS-level and country-level statistics and then immediately discarded, before the aggregate statistical data is transmitted to the archive. All data-processing is performed using open-source software, which is available for review and has been analyzed by both engineering and legal teams for compliance with the highest standards of privacy and security.

			== Data ==
			All IIFQ data will be published for public use under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution (cc-by)] license. A [[IIFQ Data Download Selector\|data download selector]] will be made available to allow the downloading of selected portions of the dataset, an index of [[Publications Based on IIFQ Data\|publications which utilize IIFQ data]] will be maintained, and a gallery of [[IIFQ Visualizations\|visualizations]] will be published, showcasing the ways researchers have graphed and charted their analyses.

	== Next Steps ==		== Next Steps ==
	The IIFQ project is currently in alpha testing in South Africa's IXPs. Application for participating in beta testing can be made by communicating with the OECD or [mailto:iifq@pch.net?Subject=IIFQ%20Participation%20Inquiry PCH]. Countries wishing to be represented in the dataset should encourage their IXPs to participate. Packet Clearing House can facilitate IXP participation through its [mailto:iifq@pch.net?Subject=IIFQ%20Participation%20Inquiry usual support channels]. Initial contact by either governments or IXPs can be made by emailing [mailto:iifq@pch.net?Subject=IIFQ%20Participation%20Inquiry iifq@pch.net] or speaking with any of PCH’s outreach personnel.		The IIFQ project is currently in alpha testing in South Africa's IXPs. Application for participating in beta testing can be made by communicating with the OECD or [mailto:iifq@pch.net?Subject=IIFQ%20Participation%20Inquiry PCH]. Countries wishing to be represented in the dataset should encourage their IXPs to participate. Packet Clearing House can facilitate IXP participation through its [mailto:iifq@pch.net?Subject=IIFQ%20Participation%20Inquiry usual support channels]. Initial contact by either governments or IXPs can be made by emailing [mailto:iifq@pch.net?Subject=IIFQ%20Participation%20Inquiry iifq@pch.net] or speaking with any of PCH’s outreach personnel.

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	== Problem Statement ==		== Problem Statement ==
	Since the privatization of the Internet in 1992, the international flows of Internet bandwidth have not been visible in the whole. Accordingly, governments have little insight into the volumes and directions of international Internet traffic and no way of quantifying the relative significance of the other nations with which they exchange traffic.		Since the privatization of the Internet in 1992, the international flows of Internet bandwidth have not been visible in the whole. Accordingly, governments have little insight into the volumes and directions of international Internet traffic and no way of quantifying the relative significance of the other nations with which they exchange traffic. As of November 2023, 159 countries both produce and consume Internet bandwidth, while 51 are consumers only. Understanding the balance of trade in Internet bandwidth{{em dash}}which other countries supply your consumers with bandwidth and which countries your IXPs export to{{em dash}}is the goal of the IIFQ project.

	== Project Goals ==		== Project Goals ==

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	== Next Steps ==		== Next Steps ==
	The IIFQ project is currently in alpha testing in South Africa's IXPs. Application for participating in beta testing can be made by communicating with the OECD or PCH. Countries wishing to be represented in the dataset should encourage their IXPs to participate. Packet Clearing House can facilitate IXP participation through its usual support channels. Initial contact by either governments or IXPs can be made by emailing iifq@pch.net or speaking with any of PCH’s outreach personnel.		The IIFQ project is currently in alpha testing in South Africa's IXPs. Application for participating in beta testing can be made by communicating with the OECD or [mailto:iifq@pch.net?Subject=IIFQ%20Participation%20Inquiry PCH]. Countries wishing to be represented in the dataset should encourage their IXPs to participate. Packet Clearing House can facilitate IXP participation through its [mailto:iifq@pch.net?Subject=IIFQ%20Participation%20Inquiry usual support channels]. Initial contact by either governments or IXPs can be made by emailing [mailto:iifq@pch.net?Subject=IIFQ%20Participation%20Inquiry iifq@pch.net] or speaking with any of PCH’s outreach personnel.

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	== Data-Handling Safeguards ==		== Data-Handling Safeguards ==
	No packet contents are ever seen by the system, and data is typically sampled at a rate of no more than one header per million flows. No IP addresses are retained or published; at each location they are counted toward AS-level and country-level statistics and then immediately discarded, before the aggregate statistical data is transmitted to the archive. All data-processing is performed using open-source software, which is available for review and has been analyzed by both engineering and legal teams for compliance with the highest standards of privacy and security.		No packet contents are ever seen by the system, and data is typically sampled at a rate of no more than one header per million flows. Participating IXPs may [[truncation\|truncate IP addresses]] to enclosing blocks to anonymize them prior to submission to the local IIFQ aggregator. In any event, no IP addresses are retained or published; at each location they are counted toward AS-level and country-level statistics and then immediately discarded, before the aggregate statistical data is transmitted to the archive. All data-processing is performed using open-source software, which is available for review and has been analyzed by both engineering and legal teams for compliance with the highest standards of privacy and security.

	== Next Steps ==		== Next Steps ==
	The IIFQ project is currently in alpha testing in South Africa's IXPs. Application for participating in beta testing can be made by communicating with the OECD or PCH. Countries wishing to be represented in the dataset should encourage their IXPs to participate. Packet Clearing House can facilitate IXP participation through its usual support channels. Initial contact by either governments or IXPs can be made by emailing iifq@pch.net or speaking with any of PCH’s outreach personnel.		The IIFQ project is currently in alpha testing in South Africa's IXPs. Application for participating in beta testing can be made by communicating with the OECD or PCH. Countries wishing to be represented in the dataset should encourage their IXPs to participate. Packet Clearing House can facilitate IXP participation through its usual support channels. Initial contact by either governments or IXPs can be made by emailing iifq@pch.net or speaking with any of PCH’s outreach personnel.

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	== Next Steps ==		== Next Steps ==
	The IIFQ project ~~will~~ be ~~formally announced and open for general participation on 19 May 2023~~. Countries wishing to be represented in the dataset should encourage their IXPs to participate. Packet Clearing House can facilitate IXP participation through its usual support channels. Initial contact by either governments or IXPs can be made by emailing iifq@pch.net or speaking with any of PCH’s outreach personnel.		The IIFQ project is currently in alpha testing in South Africa's IXPs. Application for participating in beta testing can be made by communicating with the OECD or PCH. Countries wishing to be represented in the dataset should encourage their IXPs to participate. Packet Clearing House can facilitate IXP participation through its usual support channels. Initial contact by either governments or IXPs can be made by emailing iifq@pch.net or speaking with any of PCH’s outreach personnel.

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	== Mechanism ==		== Mechanism ==
	The OECD’s IIFQ project is implemented in partnership with SWITCH, the Swiss Research and Education Network, and Packet Clearing House (PCH), the ~~international~~ organization responsible for supporting critical Internet infrastructure. The project utilizes open-source software written and maintained by SWITCH to receive standardized flow data produced by the Internet exchange points (IXPs) within each country. These national aggregation points, operated by PCH at IXPs, will reduce the data to national-level statistics and upload it at five-minute resolution to three permanent archives maintained and published for public access independently by the sponsoring organizations.		The OECD’s IIFQ project is implemented in partnership with [https://switch.ch SWITCH, the Swiss Research and Education Network], and [https://pch.net Packet Clearing House (PCH)], the intergovernmental treaty organization responsible for supporting critical Internet infrastructure. The project utilizes open-source software written and maintained by SWITCH to receive standardized flow data produced by the Internet exchange points (IXPs) within each country. These national aggregation points, operated by PCH at IXPs, will reduce the data to national-level statistics and upload it at five-minute resolution to three permanent archives maintained and published for public access independently by the sponsoring organizations.

	== Data-Handling Safeguards ==		== Data-Handling Safeguards ==

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			= About the International Internet Flow Quantification (IIFQ) Project =
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	== Problem Statement ==		== Problem Statement ==
	Since the privatization of the Internet in 1992, the international flows of Internet bandwidth have not been visible in the whole. Accordingly, governments have little insight into the volumes and directions of international Internet traffic and no way of quantifying the relative significance of the other nations with which they exchange traffic.		Since the privatization of the Internet in 1992, the international flows of Internet bandwidth have not been visible in the whole. Accordingly, governments have little insight into the volumes and directions of international Internet traffic and no way of quantifying the relative significance of the other nations with which they exchange traffic.