Three of the best: Security
Here are APNIC Blog’s top three posts related to security for 2021.
Tag: security
Preparing for the next large-scale IoT botnet attack
Guest Post: Emerging IoT threats are quickly evolving and adapting to current defences.
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?
Notes from DNS-OARC 36
Slack’s DNSSEC debacle, NSEC problems, Measuring DNSSEC, and more from DNS-OARC 36.
ICARUS: Beware of flying satellites
Guest Post: How resilient are LEO satellite networks to DDoS attacks?
NPM, encryption, and the challenges ahead: Part 2
Guest Post: Encryption forced NPM vendors to evolve. Part 2 of this series discusses NPM’s evolution, including synthetic testing as one recent advancement.
Notes from RIPE 83
Geoff Huston discusses technical presentations from RIPE 83.
Modern OSes are prone to side-channel-based DNS cache poisoning attacks
Guest Post: Researchers show how SAD DNS attacks allow an off-path attacker to inject malicious DNS records into a DNS cache.
NPM, encryption, and the challenges ahead: Part 1
Guest Post: Encryption and cloud adoption are creating hurdles for network performance monitoring vendors. To survive, solutions must evolve or die.
Adoption of DNS security mechanisms related to ease-of-use, cost
Guest Post: Study shows ease-to-deploy and cost are important factors when it comes to using DNS security mechanisms.