[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.
[Podcast] DFOH, MVP, and GILL: New ways of looking at BGP
Professor Cristel Pelsser discusses GILL, a new model for BGP data collection, and the application of Machine Learning to BGP analysis.
Certificate lifetimes are getting shorter, and that’s a good thing!
Digicert now issues 47-day certificates, while Let’s Encrypt has dropped to just six. What’s behind the shift?
[Podcast] The multiple ways of multiple paths
Geoff Huston discusses how to get more bandwidth by adding together smaller chunks, in links or in the protocol.
40 years of .com — from HOSTS.TXT to global infrastructure
The evolution of domain name services and Verisign’s role in shaping the modern Internet.
[Podcast] Pulse Internet Measurement Forum at APRICOT 2025: Part 2
The second PING recording from the first Pulse Internet Measurement Forum held during APRICOT 2025, featuring Amreesh Phokeer, Beau Geiskens, Doug Madory, and Lia Hestina.
The rise and rise of fibre
Fibre is now the most common means of fixed broadband connectivity worldwide. What questions does this raise?