DNS performance metrics: the logarithmic percentile histogram
Guest Post: Bert Hubert discusses two new tools that provide robust histograms of DNS performance to help monitor for slow performance.
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Why it might make sense to use IPv6 in enterprise infrastructure projects
Guest Post: Are you implementing a network project? You should consider including IPv6 in your plan.
IETF 100, Singapore: DNS over HTTP (DOH!)
There’s three easy ways to get a smile out of an IETF attendee.
IETF 100, Singapore: Testing the IPv6-only waters
The use of IPv6-only networks at IETF 100 is allowing attendees to troubleshoot IPv6 issues during the meeting.
IETF 100, Singapore: How do you use abundant local IPv6 addresses?
An idea has been floated at the IETF 6man working group regarding the customer end of IPv6 addresses.
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.
Google fixes Public DNS Service
Google has fixed an IPv6 fragmentation handling problem in their Public DNS Service.
Verfploeter: Broad and load-aware anycast mapping
Guest Post: Verfploeter is a new, open-source anycast catchment mapping technique that provides almost four million vantage points.
CE vendors share their thoughts on IPv6 support
Guest Post: Three well-known vendors share their thoughts on how to improve support for IPv6 on customer equipment.
Should we trust the geolocation databases to geolocate routers?
Guest Post: Geolocation databases are used by researchers and network operators to learn the real-world location of a given IP address. But how reliable are these in terms of coverage and accuracy at both country- and city-level resolutions?