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Fragmentation, Truncation, and Timeouts: Are Large DNS Messages Falling to Bits?

Fragmentation, Truncation, and Timeouts: Are Large DNS Messages Falling to Bits?

Giovane Moura

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How much of a problem are large DNS responses over UDP in the wild?

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IPv6 Adoption in 2021

IPv6 Adoption in 2021

Stephen Strowes

8 min read

As part of our ongoing efforts to chart the rise and rise of IPv6, we’ve been looking into the difference between average IPv6 capability per country over a few days in June 2020 versus the most recent similar averages for 2021.

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Securing the Future of IPv6

Securing the Future of IPv6

Alvaro Vives

6 min read

As the Internet moves into the inevitable age of IPv6, new kinds of security challenges calling for new kinds of solutions await. In this article, we look at how our IPv6 security course is helping people and organisations get prepared to keep the future Internet secure.

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Six on IPv6

Six on IPv6

Alun Davies

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This Sunday marks nine years since the World IPv6 Launch took place, an event coordinated by ISOC. To celebrate, to reminisce, to look back at how we thought and felt about IPv6 over the years, here are six RIPE Labs articles championing adoption, flagging blockers, quashing misconceptions, evaluat…

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Future Internet at Terabit Speeds: SCION in P4

Future Internet at Terabit Speeds: SCION in P4

Joeri de Ruiter

10 min read

As part of the 2STiC programme, we’ve been evaluating and experimenting with future Internet architectures at SIDN Labs. One of these architectures is SCION, which aims to provide a secure, stable, transparent Internet through secure inter-domain routing and path-aware networking. In this article, …

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Of Donkeys, Mules and Horses - Store and Retrieve IP Prefixes Efficiently

Of Donkeys, Mules and Horses - Store and Retrieve IP Prefixes Efficiently

Jasper den Hertog

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Store and retrieve a full table of IP Prefixes while maintaining hierarchical relations. Jasper den Hertog from NLnet Labs talks about the best data-structure for the job, implemented in Rust.

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RIPE NCC Anti-Abuse Support - What to Do if It Happens to You

RIPE NCC Anti-Abuse Support - What to Do if It Happens to You

Angela Dall'Ara

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At the RIPE NCC, we get lots of requests for assistance from people dealing with online abuse. In this article, we clarify how you can use our tools to help resolve abuse issues, but also what you can do when further steps need to be taken.

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SCION - A Novel Internet Architecture

SCION - A Novel Internet Architecture

David Hausheer

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At RIPE 81, a group of enthusiastic researchers and practitioners from industry and academia discussed with the RIPE community what role RIRs and LIRs could take on in the SCION next-generation Internet architecture. More than 80 BoF participants discussed this question, wanting to learn more about…

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Remote Attestation Enabling Posture Assessment for Automated GRC

Remote Attestation Enabling Posture Assessment for Automated GRC

Kathleen Moriarty

5 min read

Attestation…simplified! This post explains how attestation can provide system-level remediation and resiliency. It can be conducted remotely and at scale, ensuring transparency of compliance with industry security controls and benchmarks.

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Understanding the European Resolver Policy

Understanding the European Resolver Policy

Andrew Campling

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The European Resolver Policy is intended to provide reassurance to end-users and other stakeholders that personal data gained in the operation of DNS resolution services will not be misused. In this guest article, Andrew Campling talks about the aims and benefits of the policy.

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