Notes from the IEPG meeting at IETF 113
IPv6 extension headers, BGPsec crypto, RPKI beacons, and more.
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Tech matters
DNSSEC algorithms for TLDs (and everyone else)
Guest Post: Has the time come to phase out 1,024-bit RSA from the DNSSEC ecosystem?
Threat hunting with Yara: Dealing with wildcard hexadecimal patterns
Guest Post: Learn how to use Yara’s native hexadecimal pattern definition features to create fast rules with fewer false positives and no alarming nested loops.
What’s going on with certificate revocation?
Does X.509 certificate revocation work as intended, or even work at all?
Identifying Autonomous Systems of state-owned Internet operators
Guest Post: Study notes 17% of the world’s IP addresses are originated by state-owned Autonomous Systems.
Resourcing in 2021
It’s been a busy period for the APNIC Services Team while adjusting to new challenges and complexity.
perfSONAR: Open, extensible, worldwide
Guest Post: perfSONAR is a worldwide network performance monitoring tool that continually collects, archives, and sets alerts for active measurement test results.
Threat hunting with Yara: Measuring distance between any three elements
Guest Post: Learn how to use Yara’s math module and min/max functions to measure distance between patterns.
The parallel lives of Autonomous Systems: ASN allocations vs BGP
Guest Post: First of its kind study shows relationship between ASN allocations and BGP announcements.
The multiple meanings of ’nameserver’ and ’DNS resolver’
Guest Post: There are two types of nameservers, and which one the term ‘nameserver’ refers to depends on the context.