Last week, FastNetMon joined the Nordic network operator community in Oslo for NONOG-8 / NIX-2026, held on September 9 at Oslo Handelsstands Forening.
Representing FastNetMon was our founder, Pavel Odintsov, who spent the day catching up with network engineers, operators and friends from across the region — and took to the stage to talk about FastNetMon Community Edition and open-source DDoS detection.
NONOG is exactly the kind of event we enjoy attending. It brings together people who are actually building and operating networks, and the conversations tend to stay firmly grounded in the practical realities of keeping Internet infrastructure running.
FastNetMon Community: open source DDoS detection
Just before lunch, Pavel presented “FastNetMon Community: open source tool for DDoS Detection.”
The FastNetMon Community project has been at the centre of our story from the beginning, so it is always good to have an opportunity to get back to the open-source side of what we do and discuss it directly with network operators.
The presentation looked at FastNetMon Community and how it can be used for DDoS detection, with a focus on the practical requirements of detecting attacks in real networks.
For anyone who could not make it to Oslo, you can also watch Pavel's presentation below.
As usual, some of the most useful discussions happened after the presentation. We had a chance to talk about DDoS detection and mitigation, network telemetry, BGP, traffic visibility and the operational challenges engineers are dealing with in production.
A very operational agenda
The rest of the NONOG programme covered a broad range of topics, but there was a clear focus on technologies and problems that matter to network operators today.
The morning included updates from NIX and the regional Internet exchange community, followed by Luca Deri from ntop discussing AS/IXP traffic observability. Patrik Fältström from Netnod then looked at infrastructure resilience in an increasingly adversarial environment, before Pavel closed the morning programme with his FastNetMon Community presentation.
Routing security was another important theme. After lunch, Per Thorsheim discussed Norway's adoption of RPKI ROAs and ASPA, while later sessions moved across network automation, optical infrastructure and open-access networks.
The day finished on another topic close to us: BGP. Donatas Abraitis presented “A Dietary Plan for BGP (FRRouting)”, rounding out a programme that had moved from Internet exchanges and observability through resilience, routing security and automation to the protocols underneath it all.
That mix is one of the things we appreciate about NOG meetings. The agenda can move across very different layers of Internet infrastructure, but the common thread is usually the same: engineers sharing what they have learned from operating real networks.
An unusual day in Oslo
This particular NONOG also took place on a significant and sombre day for Norway.
September 9 was the day of the state funeral of His Majesty King Harald V at Oslo Cathedral. With the ceremonial procession passing through central Oslo, including along Karl Johans gate, the city around the conference was understandably very different from a normal Wednesday.
We would like to respectfully acknowledge the significance of the day for our Norwegian hosts and the wider community.
Thank you, Oslo
A big thank you to the NONOG and NIX organisers, the event sponsors, speakers and everyone who made the meeting possible.
And, as always, thank you to everyone who came over to say hello to Pavel, joined the discussions around the presentation, or simply spent some time talking networks with us during the day.
Network operator groups remain some of our favourite events because they are built around knowledge sharing rather than sales pitches. They give engineers space to compare notes, discuss what is actually happening in production, and learn from people solving similar problems elsewhere.
It was great to spend the day with the Nordic networking community, and we hope to see many of you again soon — at another NOG, another conference, or somewhere on the Internet!
