[dn42] AS4242420263 March 2026 update, FOSDEM talk and POPs

In this post, I’ll update you about the state of my dn42 network in 2026. Many things happened, I’ve lost a few POPs and will create a new one, but mainly, I had the opportunity to present my work on dn42 automation at FOSDEM'26!

FOSDEM'26

As usual, this year’s FOSDEM was great and was once again the occasion to meet old friends, new people, learn new things, and come back with way too many ideas for my available spare time.

This FOSDEM was special to me, since it was the first time I attended as a speaker. I had the pleasure to share my work on dn42 in the Network devroom, in my talk about “Automating BGP peerings in the dn42 environment”.

I’d like to thank the volunteers for the organization, and the devroom chairs for trusting me :)

You can catch up on the stream and read the slides on the FOSDEM website.

POP servers decommissioning

Unfortunately, my friend Gyptazy closed his BoxyBSD service, which means I will lose my POPs in Frankfurt, New York and Toronto. These POPs will stay up for a few more weeks, but will eventually be stopped on the 1st of May 2026. The auto-peering services are already disabled. If you have peered in these locations, please migrate to one of the remaining POPs.

This leaves AS4242420263 with only 3 locations at the moment.

New POP server

Thanks to Grifon (a French local associative ISP), I will probably create a new POP in Rennes (FR) soon, which will support auto-peering. More details coming soon…