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DNSSEC and PQC: Practical Impact of Increased TCP in DNS

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Eline Stehouwer

17 min read

Post-quantum cryptography could make DNSSEC responses bigger, pushing more DNS traffic from UDP to TCP. In this guest post, Eline Stehouwer (SIDN Labs) explores what that means for authoritative name servers, replaying real .nl traffic across NSD, Knot, BIND and PowerDNS.

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Raffaele Sommese - The Technical Impact of Rapid-Response Blocking: Italy’s Piracy Shield

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Alun Davies

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In our latest episode, Raffaele Sommese of the University of Twente shares insights from him and his colleagues on Italy’s Piracy Shield and how rapid-response blocking works in practice. We get into the technical impact, how it can be measured, and the consequences for connectivity.

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The IRR Landscape: Data Quality - the Good, the Bad, and the Outdated

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Tobias Striffler

21 min read

In the second of our IRR landscape series, we focus squarely on data quality: how accurate, current, and usable IRR routing data really is. Using freshness, DFZ alignment and RPKI conflicts, we spotlight where third-party IRRs drift and why cleanup matters.

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ASPA in the RPKI Dashboard: A New Layer of Routing Security

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Tim Bruijnzeels

10 min read

ASPA is now available in the RIPE NCC RPKI Dashboard, adding a way to express and validate your upstream relationships on top of ROA-based origin validation. Building on its introduction at RIPE 91, this article explains what ASPA does, why it matters, and how to start thinking about deployment.

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NRO RPKI Program - 2025 in Review

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Sofía Silva Berenguer

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2025 is coming to an end, and we want to pause to reflect on our achievements this year as part of the NRO RPKI Program.

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Enterprise and SaaS Providers Prepare for Quantum Computing

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Kathleen Moriarty

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Amidst all the noise around quantum computing, this article aims to help organisations move beyond the hype and focus on practical steps developers and teams can take to prepare for what’s ahead.

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IPv4 Transfer Policies and Market Dynamics: Observations Across the RIR System

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Paulius Judickas

5 min read

The exhaustion of IPv4 address space continues to influence how Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) operate and how network operators plan their strategies. While IPv6 adoption advances, IPv4 remains essential for connectivity, particularly in commercial and large-scale deployments. As scarcity gro…

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Still Smart, Still Insecure: Why Our IoT Devices Keep Failing Basic Security Tests

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Anna Maria Mandalari

3 min read

When you plug in that shiny new smart bulb or connect your Chromecast to the network, you probably assume it’s secure. After all, these are well-known brands, some even boasting compliance labels or “secure by design” marketing claims. Yet, our latest assessment paints a more troubling picture, one…

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A First Look at the Adoption of BGP-based DDoS Scrubbing Services

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Shyam Krishna Khadka

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We present a first look at the adoption of BGP-based DDoS scrubbing, developing a methodology that sheds light on use of the global top five scrubbers. By identifying protected ASes and prefixes via four BGP AS-path patterns in RIS/RouteViews, we provide an initial overview of adoption across the I…

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A Solution to Concerns on the Current RPKI Trust Anchor Configuration

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Sofía Silva Berenguer

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Representatives of the five RIRs propose RPKI Trust Anchor constraints - a draft RPKI protocol that binds each trust anchor to its rightful resources, enabling safe inter-RIR transfers and so closing a long-standing validation gap.

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