While the current open nature of DNS queries makes third party monitoring, interception, and substitution incredibly easy, there are now some grounds to be optimistic and start to contemplate a DNS environment that preserves privacy and integrity.
Geoff returns to the subject of IP packet fragmentation, this time looking at how IPv6 has changed the behaviour of packet fragmentation and discussing the concern of whether IPv6 can handle big packets.
Will it make any difference to declare IPv6 an ‘Internet Standard’ within the definition of the IETF’s standards process?
‘Things’ in today’s Internet are not reliant on an IPv6 network, but that won’t always be the case.
After five years of operation, where are we with rolling over the Key Signing Key of the DNS Root Zone?
It seems that some things just never die, and this includes DNS queries.
Geoff Huston shares his observations of some of the presentations at NANOG 66, held recently in San Diego, California.
Geoff Huston uses research to challenge the assumption of the Internet being a place of ‘universal connectivity’.
Geoff Huston discusses why an analysis and forecasting of BGP can be useful for folk in the Internet business, with predictions for IPv4 and IPv6 BGP Tables Sizes for the next 5 years.
Geoff Huston examines IP packet fragmentation in detail looking at the design choices made by IPv4 and IPv6.
