All the new things — RouteViews in 2025
Guest Post: New collectors and tools, improved data access, and ongoing behind-the-scenes work to make the platform more stable, sustainable, and useful.
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Tech matters
From spoofing to tunnelling: New Red Team networking techniques for initial access and evasion
Guest Post: In modern network architecture, we often assume that perimeter defences are robust enough to keep internal traffic secure. However, vulnerabilities inherent in the trust mechanisms of fundamental network protocols reveal that unencrypted tunnels can become fatal backdoors in enterprise intranets.
Secure and scalable rerouting in LEO satellite networks
Guest Post: How does the scope of failure awareness affect routing performance and resilience in Low Earth Orbit satellite constellations?
An open letter to future APNIC Fellows from a 2025 Fellow
Guest Post: APNIC 2025 Fellow Rabby prepares future Fellows to make the most of their Fellowship experience by sharing what he learned during his time as an APNIC Fellow.
What we learned from 63,000 attacks in 12 days on APNIC Honeynet sensors at University of Dhaka
Guest Post: After twelve days, and 63,247 attacks later, we are confident recommending some steps you can take to protect your own network.
Three of the best: ‘How to…’
‘How to’ posts are a great way to learn how to use a new tool, troubleshoot problems, or perform advanced tasks. Here are the top three ‘how to’ posts of 2025.
APNIC registry services availability during Q4 2025
The latest measurements on APNIC’s whois, RDAP, RPKI, IRR, and rDNS are now available.
Cloudflare measures TCP
Cloudflare looks at TCP flows as a ‘man-in-the-middle’ on your behalf, using a 1% global traffic sample to reveal session behaviour, congestion control, and surprising quirks of modern Internet connections.
BGP updates in 2025
Geoff Huston explores changes to the stability of the routing system in 2025.
BGP in 2025
Geoff Huston’s annual analysis of BGP routing table growth for 2025 and some projections.