APNIC’s RDAP service now in production
The Registration Data Access Protocol service at APNIC is now out of pilot stage and fully up to date with the specifications.
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Event Wrap: RIPE 70 & DNS-OARC Spring Workshop
A record 673 delegates attended RIPE 70 in Amsterdam from 11-15 May.
The DNS Root Zone Key-Signing Key is changing
ICANN signed the Root Zone of the DNS in 2010. Five years on, it’s time to update the Key-Signing Key – and it isn’t a trivial exercise.
DNSSEC meets end-of-life DLV: turning off is hard @ RIPE 70
Jim Martin, ISC presented on the end-of-life issues of DLV.
Considering an IPv4 transfer? Avoid the potential routing pitfalls
Buyer beware: Dyn’s Jim Cowie has some sensible recommendations for those seeking IPv4 addresses via a transfer.
The Ethics of Experimentation on the Internet: Oxford Internet Institute @ RIPE 70
Bendert Zevenbergen, Oxford Internet Institute presented a very watchable, and extremely interesting talk on the ethics of research in the global Internet. If you have the time, watching the video is well worth the investment in time.
The rise of the federation: Cross registry Authentication @ RIPE 70
A report on the discussions at the RIPE 70 BoF session on Internet Routing Registries.
How should we defend the DNS?
Are we going about protecting ourselves from malicious DNS activity in the right way?
It’s DNS, but not as we know it: DNS-OARC @ RIPE 70
The huge changes which the DNS has had to accommodate were highlighted at the DNS-OARC Workshop on the weekend.
OSPF Topology Database- Design Optimization Principle of ISP IGP Routing
Perhaps every network engineer has got some understanding about OSPF LSDB (Open Shortest Path First Link State Database) but how many can read the topology table on a router and decide which LSAs are necessary and which are not for an ISP network?