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BEREC Report on the IP Interconnection Ecosystem

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Christoph Mertens

4 min read

Following on from their earlier call for input, BEREC have now released a draft report on the IP interconnection ecosystem. Take a look at their findings and contribute by sending your feedback.

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Whose CIDR Is It Anyway?

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Jan Schaumann

22 min read

IP address space wasn't divided evenly, and after years of re-allocation and re-assigment, the question that comes to mind is: who owns what parts of it? In the latest in a series of articles on the centralisation of the Internet, Jan Schaumann digs into the data to try to get a clearer view.

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Authenticated DNSSEC Bootstrapping: From Hackathon Project to Useful Software

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Peter Thomassen

7 min read

At the RIPE DNS Hackathon 2023, a group of DNS enthusiasts started writing implementations of the Authenticated DNSSEC Bootstrapping protocol. After the event, the work continued, culminating in the completion of a module for Knot DNS. So what problem does the new feature address, and how can you u…

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Collaborative DDoS Mitigation: From Research to Operational Practice

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Thijs van den Hout

11 min read

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks continue to plague the Internet and pose a risk to the availability of critical digital systems that we increasingly depend on in our daily lives. Thijs van den Hout and his colleagues outline their contributions and lessons learned from 5 years of resea…

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Bert Hubert: Internet Privacy and the Cost of Losing Control

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Alun Davies

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Internet users, the companies who sell us our devices, and governments are all caught up in the struggle for online privacy. In this episode, Bert Hubert explains how outsourcing and other market forces determine the flow of control over personal data and why we need to understand the consequences.

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Cloudy with a Chance of Cyberattacks - Dangling Resource Abuse on Cloud Platforms

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Haya Schulmann

7 min read

Dangling DNS records are a target for bad actors, but distinguishing malicious from legitimate changes in resources isn't always easy. The team from ATHENE report on the main findings of their research into the abuse of dangling resources in the cloud.

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Geoff Huston: Starlink and the Future of Low-Orbit Internet

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Anastasiya Pak

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Starlink's megaconstellations deliver broadband Internet to customers around the globe. But while the tech promises to democratise Internet access, it's not always clear how existing protocols and regulations apply beyond the clouds. In this episode, Geoff Huston talks about the future of low-orbit…

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Internet Sanctions on Russian Media: Diverging Actions and Mixed Effects

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Moritz Müller

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EU sanctions on Russian controlled content require ISPs in member states to block access to websites. But our research reveals that their implementation varies widely, both between and within individual EU member states, raising important questions about their effectiveness.

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NTP Pool - The Internet Timekeeper

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Giovane Moura

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The NTP Pool is a network of volunteer-run servers providing time synchronisation services to millions of computers over the Internet using the Network Time Protocol (NTP). But how does it map clients to NTP servers? And why are some clients more equal than others? The team at SIDN Labs investigate…

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Measuring NAT64 Usage in the Wild

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Elizabeth Boswell

7 min read

With IPv4 address space depleted, it's increasingly important to transition to IPv6. IPv6 transition mechanisms, which allow the two protocols to interoperate, can help. One such mechanism is NAT64. We use RIPE Atlas to measure the usage of NAT64, and compare NAT64 paths to native IPv4 paths.

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