John Gilmore on ARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, and Sun
John Gilmore was at the heart of a precious moment in time in the history of Internet Protocols.
DOA: Using RPKI to drive out bad traffic
DOA is a new proposal to improve on the RPKI model by providing clear, authenticated proof of the intent by address delegates.
The fragility of transient identifiers
Let’s talk about the ‘Unfortunate History of Transient Numeric Identifiers’.
The end of ISDN
It’s the end of the line for one of the first widely deployed high-speed networks worldwide.
Mesh networks and semantic routing
Will either affect current addressing models?
Tonga and fragility of long-haul networks
What is happening to Tonga’s Internet connection?
A banana for scale: Why people don’t understand big numbers
How can we contextualize the large numbers used in IPv6 address models?
The space between IPv6 allocations: part 2
The second post on IPv6 delegations discusses how addressing policy affects the community. How often do recipients come back, and what comes next for addressing policy?
The space between IPv6 allocations: part 1
How big is the world of IPv6 when compared to IPv4? How does APNIC distribute this address space?
The who’s who of whois clients
There are many different clients you can use for whois lookups. Are they any good?