Presto: A match-action TCP stack for the terabit era
Guest Post: Presto is built on the RMT architecture that underlies programmable switches, and addresses RMT’s main constraints.
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The case for open-weight models and why we can’t trust frontier labs
Guest Post: A frontier API can refuse, change, or vanish out from under you. Open weights keep the model you depend on yours.
Community consultation on increasing diversity in APNIC community leadership: Stage 1 report released
The APNIC Executive Council has released the Stage 1 report on APNIC’s community consultation on increasing diversity in APNIC community leadership. The discussion will continue at APNIC 62 in Mumbai, with remote participation available.
Beeline: Enforcing application-layer policies in eBPF
Guest Post: While many L7 protocols are complex to parse, the logic needed to enforce L7 policies tends to be simple. For the vast majority (89%) of L7 policies in the wild, Beeline can eliminate the service proxy from the critical path.
Recommended Draft RIR Governance Document, Rationale report, and next steps
The NRO NC has published the Recommended Draft RIR Governance Document, including a redline version and rationale document.
The invisible heartbeat of our networks
Guest Post: The recent Telstra outage highlighted a critical but often overlooked dependency in modern networks: Accurate time synchronization.
The day after the zero-days
Guest Post: Patching faster cannot keep up with AI-driven discovery. Leverage structural invariants to make bug classes irrelevant.
AI, IPv6, and the future Internet at IETF 126
Guest Post: At IETF 126, discussions highlighted how AI is beginning to shape the future of Internet infrastructure. Participants identified IPv6 as a critical foundation for large-scale AI ecosystems and explored new approaches.
MikroTik as a home router
Guest Post: No homelab can be complete without a proper networking setup. Proceed at your own risk! (… it’s worth it)
Asia Pacific privacy laws are arriving. Your NREN holds more personal data than you think.
Guest Post: Privacy compliance starts with knowing your data. Many NREN services, including federated identity, eduroam, CSIRT operations, and network telemetry, process personal data and may already fall under emerging privacy laws.