[Podcast] What does ‘BCP’ really mean?
A conversation with Geoff Huston on what ‘best’ and ‘current’ mean in BCP. Is it a reflection of what is deployed today, or an expression of what the community aims to achieve?
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The potential of erroneous outbound traffic
Guest Post: Network monitoring has traditionally been built around a simple assumption: Most problems come from outside. What can we learn by observing the traffic that leaves our networks — especially when it does not receive a reply?
RPKI vs social engineering: A case study in route hijacking
Guest Post: A short BGP hijack in 2025 showed how routing security can fail when attackers exploit weaknesses in provider onboarding.
The last time
Understanding how different platforms count time — and when those counters expire — is essential for operators preparing their systems for the next wave of rollover milestones.
Make this one change to prevent IPv6 routing loops in your network
Guest Post: Routing loops cause packets to circulate between routers. This can congest links, enable DDoS attacks, and ultimately reduce the stability and reliability of the Internet. The good news is that IPv6 routing loops are easy to prevent.
Demystifying performance of eBPF network applications
Guest Post: eBPF has been widely leveraged to improve network function performance. Can similar benefits be achieved for web servers and microservices?
The why and what of the CIDR Report
Geoff Huston explains the reasons for the CIDR Report, what’s in it, and shares some thoughts as to its usefulness to the Internet routing community today.
Routing security in APAC: Trends from the APNIC region
RPKI deployment continues to strengthen across the Asia Pacific region. The data shows real progress, but also where operators can make the biggest impact next.
[Podcast] bgproutes.io: A next-generation BGP data collection platform
Thomas Alfroy and Thomas Holterbach from the University of Strasbourg talk about bgproutes.io — a new approach to sharing BGP data with the community.
Refreshed IPv6 Deployment Workshop at APRICOT 2026
The IPv6 Deployment Workshop at APRICOT 2026 introduced refreshed content and lab topologies, giving participants confidence to implement IPv6 in their enterprise networks.