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Hong Kong Internet eXchange (HKIX; ) is an internet exchange point in Hong Kong. The cooperative project is initiated, coordinated and operated by the Information Technology Services Centre of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The aim of the HKIX is to connect the Internet Access Providers (IAPs) in Hong Kong so that intra-Hong Kong traffic can be exchanged locally without routing through the US. In fact, the concept of an "Internet Exchange" is very important after the NSFNet Backbone faded away because IAPs had to be interconnected to maintain full connectivity to the entire Internet. In Hong Kong, the situation is a little bit different. Many of the IAPs in Hong Kong have their own links to the US. They have to connect to each other locally only in order to have faster and less expensive access to local sites. In addition, there are some commercial Internet Exchanges in Hong Kong for routing traffic within the city. Every internet interaction in Hong Kong goes through the centre, which is Hong Kong's network backbone.〔Lee, Danny. "(Hong Kong's internet exchange offers snoopers rich pickings )." (print title: "Web hub offers snoopers rich pickings") ''South China Morning Post''. Thursday 27 June 2013. Retrieved on 27 June 2013.〕 ==History== It was founded in April 1995 by Chinese University of Hong Kong. It reduced Hong Kong's reliance on US web servers and therefore made internet performance in Hong Kong faster.〔 In 2004, the HKIX2 back-up mirror site was created, which is located at CITIC Telecom Tower.〔(HKIX - Contact Us )〕 CITIC's major shareholders and directors are appointed by the PRC Government. As of 2013 the exchange handles 280 gigabits of information per second during its peak times every day. Chinese University stated that the amount of information is equivalent to 17,000 five megapixel photographs. In 2013 Edward Snowden said that the National Security Agency gained access to the backbone and took data from it. Chinese University said that it did not find evidence of hacking.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hong Kong Internet Exchange」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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