[Podcast] The inevitability of centrality
Geoff Huston discusses the possible inevitability of a centralized Internet in the modern online economy.
[Podcast] Robert Kisteleki on RIPE Atlas
Robert Kisteleki from the RIPE NCC discusses the RIPE Atlas system, a network of over 13,000 globally dispersed Internet measurement devices ‘lighting up the Internet’.
[Podcast] A day in the life of BGP
Geoff Huston analyses a single, regular, day of BGP activity to explore what it reveals about the state and stability of global Internet routing.
[Podcast] Kentik’s view of secure BGP in 2025
Doug Madory shares insights from his 2025 analysis of secure BGP deployment around the world, based on Kentik’s internal measurements and global routing data.
Signing the root in public: The foundations of trust
Inside the ceremony that safeguards global DNSSEC, and why community oversight still matters.
Everyone, everywhere, all the time — Nepal’s push for rural broadband inclusion
In his npNOG 11 keynote presentation, WorldLink’s Dileep Agrawal explores the challenges and opportunities in reaching Nepal’s most remote communities with Internet services.
[Podcast] Downloading the root
Geoff Huston discusses the DNS root zone and how query load at the root could be reduced by using trusted local copies of the zone.
Is ‘Postel’s law’ causing protocol ‘ossification’?
A recent routing incident sparks renewed debate on protocol design, error handling, and whether Postel’s law is helping or hurting the Internet’s evolution.
[Podcast] Evolving GCA’s honeynet project
Leslie Daigle discusses AIDE and GCA’s work to analyse malicious traffic collected via honeynets.
[Podcast] DELEG: Changing the DNS engine in flight again
Geoff Huston discusses the new IETF DELEG Working Group activity, which is looking to change how zones are delegated in the DNS protocol.