A first look at the PROXY protocol and its security implications
Guest Post: Studying PROXY protocol usage at Internet scale and the security impact of its misconfigurations.
Tag: measurement
[Podcast] Downloading the root
Geoff Huston discusses the DNS root zone and how query load at the root could be reduced by using trusted local copies of the zone.
The scourge of excessive AS-SETs
Guest Post: Many AS-SETs have grown so large they effectively whitelist most of the routing table, defeating their purpose. How are AS-SETs actually used for filtering, and what can be done when they get too big?
A QUIC progress report
Reviewing QUIC’s design motivations, protocol innovations, and current adoption across the public Internet.
[Podcast] Evolving GCA’s honeynet project
Leslie Daigle discusses AIDE and GCA’s work to analyse malicious traffic collected via honeynets.
Estimating the sweet spot of packets for classifying network flows at scale
Guest Post: Developing FastFlow — a time-series method that efficiently classifies network flows using the fewest packets needed for accurate results.
A day in the life of BGP
What an ordinary Thursday reveals about Internet routing from the edge.
[Podcast] DFOH, MVP, and GILL: New ways of looking at BGP
Professor Cristel Pelsser discusses GILL, a new model for BGP data collection, and the application of Machine Learning to BGP analysis.
How can IXPs help measure the Internet?
Guest Post: IXPs’ unique vantage points can provide local and regional level availability and performance insights that public international measurement projects cannot measure as accurately.
A tree in a tree: Challenges of comprehensive DNS tree exploration
Guest Post: A large-scale DNS study reveals the impact of common measurement limitations on research findings.