IPv6 in 2020
Did the COVID-19 pandemic have any impact on the deployment and use of IPv6?
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Tech matters
BGP, RPKI, and MANRS: 2020 in review
Guest Post: 2020 was a year of reckoning, when many network operators started taking action to protect the global routing table.
How Chromium reduced Root DNS traffic
Guest Post: Chromium is driving a reduction in DNS root server traffic. Let’s put some numbers to it.
The Internet of Trash
Opinion: Who will take responsibility for managing security vulnerabilities in Internet-connected devices?
Reduce requests to critical DNS zones with LocalRoot
Guest Post: When an authoritative DNS name server is temporarily unavailable, the ISP cache helps ride out the DNS bumps. Why not pre-cache important information with LocalRoot?
Network operators cooperate to secure Pakistan’s Internet
Recognizing the need for networks to secure their routes, Pakistan operators worked together towards a common goal.
Discussing the future of RPKI
The recent RIPE NCC Open House discussion on RPKI highlighted global progress and challenges still to solve.
Developing a common interface between transport and application layers
Guest Post: There is a better way to interface between the application and the transport layer that can be consistent across multiple transport protocols.
xBGP: a step toward a fully extensible BGP
Guest post: What if network operators could customize routing protocols deployed in their network, without all the years of standardization?
Open Internet, open standards and why they matter
Guest Post: Competition has obvious benefits, but the history of the Internet shows that collaboration builds value in the long run.