IPv6 anycast possibly done better
Guest Post: After years of being used sparsely for UDP-based services such as DNS, anycasting IP space has become quite a meme in the networking world.
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Six policy proposals: what’s up for discussion at APNIC 44
Managing the remaining IPv4 /8, leasing address space, and IPv6 allocation procedures are among the proposals to be discussed at the three-session Open Policy Meeting at APNIC 44 next month.
Introducing the NAT64 checker
Guest Post: NAT64check can be used to easily check whether sites are reachable and work correctly over IPv6 and NAT64.
Dealing with IPv6 fragmentation in the DNS
Is IPv6 fragmentation a fixable problem in the DNS, and if so, how?
Detecting network outages with RIPE Atlas
Guest Post: A technique to detect bursty TCP disconnections, and how it can be used on RIPE Atlas data to better detect outages in the Internet.
The Internet ecosystem, and the law of unintended consequences
Why the Internet is like an ecosystem and why genuine cooperation is vital in keeping it strong, balanced and healthy as it grows.
FPT Telecom’s IPv6 journey
View an interactive timeline detailing FPT Telecom’s IPv6 deployment and listen to commentary from APNIC experts.
Transitioning to a single trust anchor
APNIC is transitioning from the current set of five Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) trust anchors to a single “all resources” trust anchor in an effort to streamline the RPKI process.
We’re still on whois? What’s holding back RDAP?
The traffic on the public whois service at APNIC continues unabated, but there is a far simpler, better way to query the same information: RDAP.
Successes and challenges of IPv6 transition technologies at APNIC
APNIC has operated its own dual stack network for many years, but recently embarked on two additional IPv6 network projects. This is what we experienced.