An Italian case study: Collateral damage from live-event site blocking with Piracy Shield
Guest Post: Italy’s Piracy Shield blocks IPs and domains within minutes, but measurements show broad collateral damage to legitimate services.
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Understanding stealthy BGP hijacking risk in the ROV era
Guest Post: Analysing the mechanics of stealthy BGP hijacking with a topology-aware risk assessment and long-term monitoring.
[Podcast] Geolocation and Starlink
Geoff Huston discusses the problem of Geolocation and Starlink, with mis-attribution of traffic to economies an increasing concern.
Principles of flow control: Part 1 — Notes on flow control
Guest Post: Flow control is a fundamental concept in the design of high-performance networks. In part one of this three-part deep dive series, we look at the principles of flow control.
Analysing ccTLD anycast
Guest Post: How ccTLDs handle global traffic and DDoS risks.
‘Shine a light’ — ending the exile of being too far from Main Street
Free-air laser communications could overcome path problems confronting network infrastructure and help address the ‘last mile’ delivery problem.
Autocast: Automatic anycast site optimization
Guest Post: Automatically selecting the optimal anycast locations for fast .nl response times worldwide.
Analysing the state of Happy Eyeballs implementations
Guest Post: The Happy Eyeballs algorithm supports IPv6 deployment by giving clients the ability to prefer IPv6, quickly fall back to IPv4 when necessary, and protect the user experience in either case. But how widely is it implemented?
Cyber risk is business risk: Lessons from the recent airport cyberattack
Guest Post: Cross-disciplinary efforts lead to sharper decisions and stronger outcomes during disruptions.
The quantum Internet: A new frontier for networking
Guest Post: We stand at the brink of another revolution shaping itself in the form of the quantum Internet. This post shares highlights from a paper surveying the fundamental concepts of the quantum Internet.