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.
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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.
NOGs are not just for network operators working for large ISPs
Guest Post: Network Operator Group meetings are as much about connecting with your peers as they are the presentations.
Long chopsticks in heaven: the importance of cooperating when it comes to ROAs
Guest Post: It’s important for those wanting to deploy ROAs that they know how to do it and maintain them correctly.
Whither DANE?
Guest Post: DANE has reached an impasse in web deployment – so where to from here?
Forcing attackers to be 100% right
Guest Post: With some tweaks to how we approach network security, we can tip the balance back in the favour of defenders.