Pacific routing security sets a deadline
Guest Post: PITA 30 showed both the risks of insecure routing and the opportunities for rapid improvement in the Pacific, with PITA 31 set as an implementation target.
Tag: routing
Noisy routers: Investigating the make-up of route collector data
Guest Post: An analysis of more than 80 billion updates reveals how ‘noisy’ BGP updates inflate MRT archives, bias measurements, and highlights the need for more careful interpretation of BGP data.
Exploring the blind spot of IXPs Route Servers
Guest Post: IRR-based filtering at IXPs often breaks the link between prefixes and their legitimate AS, allowing invalid announcements to slip through. This study measures the issue across many IXPs and offers actionable fixes.
Make this one change to prevent IPv6 routing loops in your network
Guest Post: Routing loops cause packets to circulate between routers. This can congest links, enable DDoS attacks, and ultimately reduce the stability and reliability of the Internet. The good news is that IPv6 routing loops are easy to prevent.
The why and what of the CIDR Report
Geoff Huston explains the reasons for the CIDR Report, what’s in it, and shares some thoughts as to its usefulness to the Internet routing community today.
Internet routing as supply chain risk
A new paper from MANRS suggests enterprise demand may be the missing driver for stronger routing security.
Notes from NANOG 96
Geoff Huston shares his notes from attending NANOG 96.
[Podcast] BGP in review for 2025
Geoff Huston discusses BGP trends in 2025 and how they may reshape our understanding of BGP’s place in the Internet’s technology adoption curve.
Centralized or distributed? Understanding modern router and AI fabric architectures
Guest Post: How distributed forwarding and modern data plane architectures enable routers and AI fabrics to scale reliably and handle massive workloads without single points of failure.
Upcoming keynotes and program highlights at APRICOT 2026
Gain new operational skills and insights, meet like-minded peers, and help shape the Internet at APRICOT 2026. Here’s some of what you can look forward to.