Event Wrap: DINR 2021 Virtual Workshop
APNIC’s Geoff Huston presented on active vs passive DNS measurements at the DINR 2021 Virtual Workshop, held online from 16 to 17 November 2021.
ARP problems in EVPN
Guest Post: Why you should always set ARP timeout to less than five minutes in L3 EVPN and beware potential ARP suppression issues in L2 EVPN.
Modern OSes are prone to side-channel-based DNS cache poisoning attacks
Guest Post: Researchers show how SAD DNS attacks allow an off-path attacker to inject malicious DNS records into a DNS cache.
Event Wrap: IETF 112
Geoff Huston presented on Internet centrality at IETF 112, held online from 6 to 12 November 2021.
NPM, encryption, and the challenges ahead: Part 1
Guest Post: Encryption and cloud adoption are creating hurdles for network performance monitoring vendors. To survive, solutions must evolve or die.
Should you update your Route Flap Damping parameters?
Guest Post: Network operators should regularly check their RFD configurations for harmful vendor defaults.
The impact of Private Relay on network operators and ISPs
Guest Post: Private Relay is likely to cause some operational challenges to network operators and ISPs
Adoption of DNS security mechanisms related to ease-of-use, cost
Guest Post: Study shows ease-to-deploy and cost are important factors when it comes to using DNS security mechanisms.
Event Wrap: Peering Asia 2021v
APNIC participated in Peering Asia 2021v, held online on 9 November 2021.
Meta-Peering: Towards automated ISP peering
Guest Post: New tool automates the peer selection process and suggests possible Points of Presence according to ISP specific criteria.