MDNOG 1, Day 1: Moldova’s First Network Operators Conference
Today we closed day 1 of MDNOG 1, the first network operators conference in Moldova, which ITcare co-founded together with Trabia.
300+ registered participants for the two days, a full day of technical talks, and a room full of people who build and run the networks this country depends on.
When we started MDNOG, the goal was simple: give Moldovan operators a neutral place to share what works, what breaks, and what’s next. Seeing the room today, it feels like that place now exists.
What day 1 of the network operators conference covered
The programme opened with a welcome from Sven Wiese for MDNOG and a greeting from Sergiu Gaibu of ARCOM, then went straight into routing.
BGP security and routing
- Oleksiy Semenyaka (RIPE NCC) on what comes after ROA: ASPA, BGP Roles and the next layer of BGP security
- Oleg Andronic (Noction) on practical inbound BGP engineering, and why you control the announcement but not the decision
For more on the routing side, see our notes on BGP route leaks from RONOG 11.
Resilience and DDoS
- Olena Lutsenko (RETN) on keeping a network running when disruption hits
- Virgil Truica (FastNetMon) on DDoS trends, new records and practical mitigation in 2026
- Chase Clowser (Recorded Future) on DDoS botnets that use public cryptocurrency blockchains as command and control infrastructure
- Serkan Gencel (Nokia) on current DDoS trends and how to mitigate them
- Paul Berger (Corero) on how regional conflict is shaping the DDoS threat
Interconnection
- Vladimir Filatov (Trabia) with a lightning talk on KIVIX, the Chișinău Internet Exchange: status, members and roadmap
- Eric Andrei Băleanu (InterLAN) on InterLAN-IX as a regional platform connecting Moldova to the Romanian internet ecosystem
Optical and fibre
- Thomas Weible (FLEXOPTIX) on DWDM topologies that stay flexible on the way to 1.6T
- Paco Cabeza Lopez (Fujikura) on SpiderWeb Ribbon for fast deployment of telecom networks
The day closed with a social at Digital Park.
Thank you
Thank you to the speakers, sponsors, partners, and to our team and the Trabia team who made it happen.
On to day 2.
