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Stéphane Bortzmeyer

Based in Paris (France)

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I work at AFNIC (the registry of .fr domain names), in the R&D department, on, among other things, DNS, security, statistics.

Internet Network Shutdowns in Russia

Internet Network Shutdowns in Russia

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There have been several calls for Russian Internet networks to be shut down in one way or another and announcements that Russia is going to make such cuts. In this article, Stéphane Bortzmeyer explores the issue from a technical point of view.

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Orange Blacklisting: A Case for Measuring Censorship

Orange Blacklisting: A Case for Measuring Censorship

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On 17 October 2016, a website hosted by the French Ministry of the Interior went offline when a large number of customers of the Internet service provider, Orange, were redirected to the site. The problem occurred after Google, Wikipedia and cloud provider OVH were mistakenly placed on a terrorism …

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The Many Instances of the L-root Name Server

The Many Instances of the L-root Name Server

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The techniques used by the L-root DNS server are documented in RFC 7108 "A Summary of Various Mechanisms Deployed at L-Root for the Identification of Anycast Nodes". These techniques can be used by the RIPE Atlas probes to find the instance of L-root they are talking to.

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How Many RIPE Atlas Probes Can Resolve IPv6-only Domain Names?

How Many RIPE Atlas Probes Can Resolve IPv6-only Domain Names?

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Each RIPE Atlas probe has at least one DNS resolver, indicated by a DHCP reply on the local network of the probe. Irrespective of the IP address of the resolver, this server may have IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity or only IPv4 connectivity. What is the percentage among RIPE Atlas probes?

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