Three of the best: Guest Posts
Thanks to the 100+ guest bloggers who contributed stories to the APNIC Blog in 2019. Here’s three of the best!
Tag: networking
Sizing the buffer
If buffers are generally good and improve data throughput, then more (or larger) buffers are better, right?
Opinion: autonomic, automated and reality
Guest Post: Network engineers need to get their heads out of configuration and features, and into solving business problems.
Why is securing BGP just so damn hard?
Why are some Internet issues so challenging to solve, while others seem to be effortless and appear to solve themselves?
Lessons learned from the robustness principle
A recent IETF draft challenges the robustness principle.
When should you use IPv6 PA space?
Guest Post: Renumbering is not the only problem to solve when renumbering a network.
Broadcast storms in service provider networks
Guest Post: Broadcast storms are common in developing economies, such as Bangladesh, where large parts of many networks consist of switches instead of routers.
Simplicity is key to network redesign for LINE
Guest Post: How the engineers behind one of Asia’s most popular messaging apps redesigned its network from scratch with a focus on simplicity and capacity for growth.
How to: Designing a mission-critical network
Guest Post: Get a behind the scenes look into the design considerations for an aviation network.
BGP LLGR: Robust and reactive BGP sessions
Guest Post: The need for quick remediation of failures and high reliability in BGP networks can be hard to reconcile.