Event Wrap: btNOG 6
APNIC participated and supported btNOG 6 in Paro, Bhutan, from 3 to 7 June 2019. btNOG 6 also celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Internet in Bhutan.
Shaping the Internet: History and impact of IXP growth
Guest Post: IXPs have had a clear impact in reducing paths and dependence on Tier-1 transit providers.
IPv6 deployment workshop to be held in Brunei this October
Register now and pay before 6 September 2019 to get the early-bird rate.
Event Wrap: APT WTSA20-1
APNIC participated at APT-WTSA20-1 in Tokyo, Japan, on 11 June 2019.
Putting a stop to Internet time shifters
Guest Post: New Network Time Protocol client secures against time shifting by man-in-the-middle attackers.
One in four Google Public DNS requests are being intercepted in China: report
Guest Post: Have you ever considered when you use Google DNS as your resolver, whether your queries may be answered by somebody else?
The drawbacks of blackholing
Guest Post: Study seeks to understand how blackholing is used following DDoS attacks to improve mitigation techniques.
Excessive BGP AS-PATH prepending is a self-inflicted vulnerability
Guest Post: Prepending-to-all is a self-inflicted and needless risk that serves little purpose.
It’s time to consider avoiding IP fragmentation in the DNS
Guest Post: Avoiding the use of IP fragmentation in the DNS can assist with reducing the risk of DNS cache poisoning attacks.
APNIC Foundation reports fund raising successes and major project impacts
The Board of the APNIC Foundation held its second annual meeting in Singapore in May.