Reflecting on 10 years in open source network security: Lessons from FastNetMon
Guest Post: How DDoS attacks have evolved over the last decade, and how the FastNetMon Community project has grown in response.
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Research. Impact. APAC — Introducing the APNIC Foundation Research Fellowship
The APNIC Foundation is awarding five grants of USD 10,000 to support four-month research projects that connect technical understanding with actionable policy insights. Apply by 23:59 (UTC+10) on 30 August 2025.
DNS at IETF 123
DS automation, Domain Control Validation, .internal and delegation, and more from the DELEG and DNSOP Working Groups at IETF 123.
Congestion control at IETF 123
How evolving traffic patterns, adaptive bitrate streaming, and modern pacing techniques are reshaping transport protocols and network performance.
China’s steady progress on road to IPv6
Mid-2025 data shows sustained IPv6 growth in China, backed by coordinated policy, infrastructure upgrades, and rising application-level adoption.
Gotta catch ‘em all! IPv4 Turf War
IPv4 Turf War is a simple game about claiming blocks of IP addresses, with potential measurement applications.
[Podcast] Robert Kisteleki on RIPE Atlas
Robert Kisteleki from the RIPE NCC discusses the RIPE Atlas system, a network of over 13,000 globally dispersed Internet measurement devices ‘lighting up the Internet’.
Serving Indigenous communities with high-speed Internet through monsoons and desert
Guest Post: Connecting remote Indigenous communities through desert and monsoonal rains required adaptations and improvements to battery-and-solar-powered Internet infrastructure.
SIEVE — a better algorithm than LRU?
Guest Post: Introducing SIEVE — a simpler algorithm than LRU that delivers better efficiency and scalability for web cache workloads.
Experimental support for AF_XDP sockets in NSD
Guest Post: Exploring the promise of fast-path DNS delivery through XDP, and the pain points that come with it.