IXP from scratch: Part 2 — Network and security design
Guest Post: In principle, an IXP consists of a single broadcast domain, but in practice it has to operate several services securely to provide reliable peering services to its members.
Tag: IXPs
IXP from scratch: Part 1 — Building a new IXP
Guest Post: How to build an IPv6-only IXP from grassroots including technical design decisions.
The IXP — a privileged observation point, the airport of the Internet
Guest Post: How has traffic changed over the years?
Olympeaks: The impact of the Paris 2024 Olympics on Internet traffic
Guest Post: The ‘Olympeaks Observatory’ tracked record-breaking peaks in Internet traffic during the 2024 Olympics.
Revisiting IXP peering LAN security in the light of new threats and technology evolution
Guest Post: Revisiting and suggesting improvements to peering LAN recommendations, based on several years of traffic statistics from a large IXP.
FreeIX Remote
Guest Post: The FreeIX Remote project offers an outreach infrastructure that connects to IXPs and PNIs, and is entirely free.
Event Wrap: IPv6, IXP, Data centre — Policy and Regulation International Trends Forum, Mongolia
Che-Hoo Cheng presented on peering and connectivity at the Communications Regulatory Commission of Mongolia’s IPv6, IXP, Data centre – Policy and Regulation International Trends Forum held on 7 March 2024 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
How broadcasting a major event affects Internet traffic from an IXP’s perspective
Guest Post: Internet traffic trends during the Sanremo Festival in Italy paint an interesting picture.
The edge on speed: Infrastructure for the immersive Internet
Guest Post: What will be needed to power the immersive tactile Internet? Dr Thomas King looks at the challenges and the tasks for infrastructure providers to build the foundations for the future Internet.
A hop away from everywhere — long-haul links in today’s Internet
Guest Post: Researchers analyse infrastructure from a network-layer perspective and develop a method to identify long-haul links in extensive traceroute datasets.