Even network engineers can learn Git
Guest Post: Network automation means managing some code. Github makes it easier than you might think.
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Tech matters
Why don’t we have DNS-security policy for context-full threat protection?
Guest Post: Expecting firewalls and gateways to secure DNS traffic is folly in today’s Internet. Instead, we need a more resilient approach.
Testing transition mechanisms in IPv6-only networks
Guest Post: Knowing the potential roadblocks associated with IPv6 transition mechanisms helps network operators avoid them.
IPv6 security on the stack level
Guest Post: What does a ‘secure’ IPv6 stack look like/incorporate?
Opinion: Defining Cyber Governance
Opinion: It’s challenging to apply governance concepts to the vague and insubstantive digital environment, especially given its deregulation-born origins.
Reducing latency at CDNs with Bidirectional Anycast/Unicast Probing
Guest Post: A major CDN reduced its median latency by more than half during study into use of Bidirectional Anycast/Unicast Probing.
Retrofitting Internet Exchange Points with Software Defined Networking
Retrofitting existing IXPs with SDN could provide benefits for smaller IXPs in emerging economies
Characterizing CNAME cloaking-based tracking
Guest Post: Canonical Name (CNAME) cloaking is a new measurement technique to circumvent third-party browser extensions.
APNIC launches vulnerability reporting program
APNIC now has a formal process for security researchers to notify us of any bugs or weaknesses.
IPv4, IPv6, and a sudden change in attitude
Guest Post: The Internet has never spoken just one protocol; it has always been a hairy mess of routers, bridges, and gateways, running many protocols at many layers. IPv6 is one of them.