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Geoff Huston AM is the Chief Scientist at APNIC, where he undertakes research on topics associated with Internet infrastructure, IP technologies, and address distribution policies. From 1995 to 2005, Geoff was the Chief Internet Scientist at Telstra, where he provided a leading role in the construction and further development of Telstra's Internet service offerings, both in Australia and as part of Telstra's global operations. Prior to Telstra, Mr Huston worked at the Australian National University, where he led the initial construction of the Internet in Australia in the late 1980s as the Technical Manager of the Australian Academic and Research Network. He has authored a number of books dealing with IP technology, as well as numerous papers and columns. He was a member of the Internet Architecture Board from 1999 until 2005 and served as its Executive Director from 2001 to 2005. He is an active member of the Internet Engineering Task Force, where he currently chairs two Working Groups. He served on the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society from 1992 until 2001 and served a term as Chair of the Board in 1999. He has served on the Board of the Public Internet Registry and also on the Executive Council of APNIC. He chaired the Internet Engineering and Planning Group from 1992 until 2005.

Models of Trust for the RPKI

Models of Trust for the RPKI

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There are five RPKI Trust Anchors, one for each RIR. But if one of these trusted operators were coerced into falsely issuing a certificate, there's no way relying parties could avoid being misled. Geoff Huston talks about the adopted approach to RPKI Trust Anchors and how things might be improved.

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On Internet Centrality and Fragmentation

On Internet Centrality and Fragmentation

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Centrality and fragmentation appear to be two completely opposite problems - and yet today's Internet seems to be in danger of both at the same time. In this guest post, Geoff Huston shares his views on this apparently contradictory state of affairs.

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Content vs Carriage - Who Pays?

Content vs Carriage - Who Pays?

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One way or another, the users of the Internet pay for the Internet. But this doesn't stop various players in the space jostling for relative advantage, claiming others should be paying more while they pay less. Geoff Huston explores the ways this tension is reflected between carriage providers and …

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Internet Economics is a Thing and we Need to Take Note

Internet Economics is a Thing and we Need to Take Note

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In this article I talk about consolidation, the fact that more and more data traffic goes ‘dark’ and the importance of open measurement platforms and open data sets. We need public measurements that are impartial, accurate, comprehensive and of course unbiased as an essential precondition for the f…

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DOH! DNS over HTTPS explained

DOH! DNS over HTTPS explained

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If you had the opportunity to re-imagine the DNS, what might it look like? Normally this would be an idle topic of speculation over a beer or two, but maybe there’s a little more to the question these days. We are walking into an entirely new world of the DNS when we start to think about what exact…

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