IETF 99, Prague: IEPG — always a worthwhile conversation
IEPG has moved to a new day in the IETF agenda, but it’s still a very useful conversation between the operations and engineering community.
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Tech matters
APNIC and FIRST cement security collaboration
New agreement to benefit APNIC Members by expanding cooperation around security training, fellowships and events.
Heads-up: Changing default EBGP route handling behaviour
Guest Post: The networking industry has a long history of improving default behaviour. With the publication of RFC8212 it’s time to do it again.
The Internet was built on trust — but what does it run on?
Guest Post: One of the most noble narratives about the Internet is that it is built on trust. Does that still hold true?
Local packet filtering with IPv6
Guest Post: How should you approach local packet filtering of IPv6 when configuring firewalls?
Towards a fully connected IPv6 network in China
Guest Post: Beijing Internet Institute’s Linjian Song analyses China’s IPv6 deployment challenges and the path forward.
ISPs: Simplifying customer IPv6 addressing (Part 2)
Guest Post: Should ISPs assign a /48 or a /56 to customers in their IPv6 address plans? Jordi Palet Martinez answers this question and more in part two of his IPv6 addressing article.
ISPs: Simplifying customer IPv6 addressing (Part 1)
Guest Post: In the first part of a two-part article, Jordi Palet Martinez suggests IPv6 addressing plan considerations for ISPs serving residential and SOHO customers.
5G and Internet technology — a work in progress
Guest Post: Jari Arkko and Jeff Tantsura discuss the latest collaboration between the IETF and 3GPP on 5G technology.
Implementing security as a set of services
Guest Post: In the third in a series of security posts, Hinne Hettema focuses on the implementation of core security services in terms of an ITIL-type framework.