A Message to the AFRINIC Community from the RIRs
A message to the AFRINIC community from the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).
Tag: RIRs
The Hijackers Guide to the Galaxy: Off-path taking over Internet resources
Guest Post: Are current practices of managing IP addresses, domains, certificates, and virtual platforms insecure?
Improving the resiliency of RPKI Relying Party software
Guest Post: Is it possible to disrupt RPKI Relying Party software by introducing a malicious CA/repository into the tree?
The who’s who of whois clients
There are many different clients you can use for whois lookups. Are they any good?
Event Wrap: RIPE 82
Geoff Huston gave three presentations at RIPE 82, held online from 17 to 21 May 2021.
Event Wrap: ARIN 47
Sanjaya provided an update of APNIC’s key activities at ARIN 47, held online from 12 to 14 April 2021.
Geofeeds and shepherding: Where is that network?
Opinion: Plans to register the locations of networks using geofeeds could improve accuracy.
RIPE’s RPKI Validator is being phased out, so what are the other options?
There are plenty of alternatives for RPKI validation.
New RDAP profile to improve cross-RIR consistency
The NRO recently registered an RDAP profile with IANA for the RIR community.
A comprehensive audit of the AFRINIC Whois Database
Guest Post: AFRINIC has completed an audit of its whois database, following a misappropriation of IP number resources in 2019.