IP Addressing: Where’s the “root”?
With the stewardship of IANA’s naming and addressing responsibilities under discussion, Paul Wilson explains the important, fundamental differences between these critical Internet resources.
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Cybersecurity in 2016
Our security specialist, Adli Wahid, looks ahead to the activities that APNIC is planning with the security community in 2016.
Change of paradigm with IPv6 : no global addresses on router interfaces
Guest Post: Eric Vyncke discusses his IETF document RFC 7404 – Using Only Link-Local Addressing inside an IPv6 Network which describes the use of LLAs for links between routers in an IPv6 network.
Cybersecurity at APRICOT 2016
The security response community will gather at the FIRST TC being held on Sunday at APRICOT 2016.
Happy Safer Internet Day 2016!
What is Safer Internet Day, and why is it an important event to promote Internet safety?
BGP in 2015
Geoff Huston discusses why an analysis and forecasting of BGP can be useful for folk in the Internet business, with predictions for IPv4 and IPv6 BGP Tables Sizes for the next 5 years.
PhNOG, a real ISP community in action
George Michaelson shares his thoughts on the recent PhNOG 2016 event in Manila.
Evaluating IPv4 and IPv6 packet fragmentation
Geoff Huston examines IP packet fragmentation in detail looking at the design choices made by IPv4 and IPv6.
Smart cities love IPv6
Adam Gosling reports on ITU’s recent ‘Forum on Internet of Things in Smart Sustainable Cities: A New Age of Smarter Living’, held in Singapore.
Addressing 2015 – Last One Standing!
Let’s see what has changed in the past 12 months in addressing the Internet, and look at how IP address allocation information can inform us of the changing nature of the network itself.