An Italian case study: Collateral damage from live-event site blocking with Piracy Shield
Guest Post: Italy’s Piracy Shield blocks IPs and domains within minutes, but measurements show broad collateral damage to legitimate services.
Tag: measurement
Understanding stealthy BGP hijacking risk in the ROV era
Guest Post: Analysing the mechanics of stealthy BGP hijacking with a topology-aware risk assessment and long-term monitoring.
[Podcast] Geolocation and Starlink
Geoff Huston discusses the problem of Geolocation and Starlink, with mis-attribution of traffic to economies an increasing concern.
Analysing ccTLD anycast
Guest Post: How ccTLDs handle global traffic and DDoS risks.
Analysing the state of Happy Eyeballs implementations
Guest Post: The Happy Eyeballs algorithm supports IPv6 deployment by giving clients the ability to prefer IPv6, quickly fall back to IPv4 when necessary, and protect the user experience in either case. But how widely is it implemented?
[Podcast] Measuring RSSAC047 Conformance
Measuring the measurements: Duane Wessels (Verisign) and Moritz Mullër (SIDN Labs) examine the effectiveness of ICANN’s RSSAC047 metrics for the DNS Root.
Geolocation and Starlink
The challenges of mapping IP addresses in the era of satellites.
Mapping ASNs to organizations with ASINT
Guest Post: A new research tool helps map ASNs to their real operating organizations, reducing false positives in BGP hijack detection and improving operational visibility.
[Podcast] Faster Network design with simpler hardware: TCP Flow control and ECN
Geoff Huston discusses AusNOG 2025, and his measurement of ECN
Measuring the OneWeb satellite network
Guest Post: Measuring real-world latency, handover, and performance of the OneWeb satellite network.