The OSI Deprogrammer
Guest Post: OSI is basically unavoidable, even though it’s deeply unsuitable.
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Tech matters
When I use a word it means what I chose it to mean
What does it mean when a given RFC changes the words in the specification? Has the specification changed?
Off-path TCP hijacking in NAT-enabled Wi-Fi networks
Guest Post: New off-path TCP hijacking attack in Wi-Fi networks that exploits vulnerabilities in the NAT mapping strategies of routers discovered.
FreeIX Remote
Guest Post: The FreeIX Remote project offers an outreach infrastructure that connects to IXPs and PNIs, and is entirely free.
RFC 9518 — What can Internet standards do about centralization?
Guest Post: RFC 9518 “Centralization, Decentralization, and Internet Standards” has been published after more than two years of review, discussion, and revision.
[Podcast] The check is in the (e)mail(s)
Philip Paeps from the FreeBSD Cluster Administrators group discusses a simple but powerful approach to measurement: email.
Lessons learned when building my DNS resolver
Guest Post: What I learned building a DNS resolver from scratch without low-level network programming experience.
Routing topics at RIPE 88
Bgpipe, reclaiming class E space, reconsidering RPKI validation, low-latency RPKI validation, and revisiting BCP 194.
E pur si muove: Sometimes steering is virtual
Phased array antennas and their role in model LEO communications.
DNS topics at RIPE 88
DNSSEC bootstrapping, DELEG update, DNS energy consumption, resolver BCP, and more from RIPE 88.