IETF 100, Singapore: IPv6 the time is now, ISOC Fellows
The ISOC Fellowship to the IETF introduces representatives from a diverse range of fields to the growing need to consider IPv6 in their planning and decision-making processes.
DNS OARC 27: The fast and furious
Topics discussed at day two of DNS OARC 27 included the risks to the DNS associated with IPv6 and a project to reduce unnecessary traffic on the roots.
NANOG 71: The merit of big, fat, dumb pipes
Dave Schaeffer’s NANOG 71 keynote recognizes that the future of the Internet transmission will be in the form of larger pipes.
APNIC 44: Examining satellite communication
Jon Brewer and Ulrich Speidel present two informative and futuristic talks about satellite communication at APNIC 44.
We’re still on whois? What’s holding back RDAP?
The traffic on the public whois service at APNIC continues unabated, but there is a far simpler, better way to query the same information: RDAP.
The CASM of API needs
Discussions around Coordinated Address Space Management (CASM) continued during IETF 99 and the RIRs are participating.
IETF 99, Prague: DNSOP considers client (and server) signalling and privacy
Security of the Domain Name System, and privacy, was a topic of much discussion during the recent DNS operations Working Group.
IETF 99, Prague: 6MAN re-visits the /64 boundary
Should there be a hard limit for the /64 boundary? A question hotly debated during the 6MAN working group at IETF 99.
IETF 99, Prague: Microsoft looks down the barrel of the v6-only gun
Microsoft’s IPv6 efforts on its corporate network are uncovering issues relevant to all IPv6 users.
IETF 99, Prague: homenet tries to solve the naming problem
The current state of naming models in the Home Networking (homenet) WG is quite a complex problem because there are at least two goals, and they may not entirely converge.