Three of the best: IoT
The top three posts on Internet of Things topics from 2016.
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IoT solutions to help reduce human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka
Guest Post: Simple IoT solutions can protect both lives and livelihoods in Sri Lanka.
The network layer isn’t where the action is right now for IoT
IoT discussions are increasingly focused on application-level standards, exploring how IoT devices can exploit secure reliable byte streams to communicate their capabilities and command/control logic.
IoT over IPv6 just got interesting (for reasons of scale)
Google recently chose to open source the ‘Threads’ protocol. To use it, you’re going to have to learn how to live in an IPv6-only world.
When IoT meets IPv6
Guest Post: When it comes to the network layer, let’s look into how IPv6 could be applied.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the Internet of risks
Billions of devices will be connected to the Internet of Things… but will they be secure?
IPv6 address planning: From ‘bit conservation’ to ‘elegant alignment’
Guest Post: When planning IPv6 addressing schemes, many engineers still carry over habits from the IPv4 era. The instinct is to conserve every possible bit and to compress region, service, and network type information into the smallest space that meets current needs. While this approach once made sense, it is poorly suited to IPv6.
RFC 9958 and the operational reality of PQC
RFC 9958 shifts Post-Quantum Cryptography from theory into operational reality, highlighting how larger payloads, new handshake models, and hybrid deployments will affect real networks. What does this mean for engineers and operators?
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Understanding traceroute by reimplementing it in Rust
What can be learned by reimplementing the common traceroute utility in Rust? The inner workings of traceroute, and the importance of careful interpretation, for a start.