How to Construct a more Decentralized Internet? (DS2025)

This talk reports about Dresden Internet Exchange (DD-IX), how it was build, why it was necessary and lessons that we learned. The infrastructure of the Internet is becoming increasingly centralized by large Internet and content providers and Internet Exchanges. As a result, packets have to travel hundreds of kilometers, even if the sender and receiver are located in the same city. This causes increased latency and makes the Internet more susceptible to disruptions. With DD-IX, we want to do our part to counteract this development. DD-IX is run by an active community of students, network engineers, and volunteers. In this presentation, we will report on our journey and the insights we have gained along the way. Licensed to the public under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/de/ about this event: https://talks.datenspuren.de/ds25/talk/QPRJ3B/