Three of the best: Geoff Huston
In 2021, Geoff delivered several insightful posts, here are three of the best.
Category:
Tech matters
A banana for scale: Why people don’t understand big numbers
How can we contextualize the large numbers used in IPv6 address models?
Preparing for the next large-scale IoT botnet attack
Guest Post: Emerging IoT threats are quickly evolving and adapting to current defences.
Notes from ICANN’s DNS Resolver Symposium
Resolver evolution, what users want, DNS tunnelling, and more from the recent Resolver Operator Forum.
How widely adopted is anycast in the DNS?
Guest Post: A handful of large operators have been behind a significant increase in the adoption of anycast in top-level and second-level domains since 2017.
Identifying unexpected Internet services
Guest Post: Study finds that TCP SYN-ACK is not an accurate indicator of service presence because of middlebox responses.
Seven years in the life of Hypergiants’ off-nets
Guest Post: Google, Facebook and Netflix have invested heavily in deploying servers deep inside other networks over the past seven years.
The space between IPv6 allocations: part 2
The second post on IPv6 delegations discusses how addressing policy affects the community. How often do recipients come back, and what comes next for addressing policy?
Opinion: IPv4 address markets
Is IPv4 a commodity? Where is the market going?
Satellite constellations are coming. Are we prepared on Earth to receive all the data?
Guest Post: More satellites doesn’t necessarily mean faster Internet back on Earth.