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IPv6 Deployment Survey Update

IPv6 Deployment Survey Update

Jordi Palet Martinez

3 min read

Last year, I initiated a small survey to understand what approaches ISPs in Europe are taking to deploy IPv6, eventually expanding it to a global survey.

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When Internet Interconnection Trouble Occurs, Immediate Coordination Kicks in

When Internet Interconnection Trouble Occurs, Immediate Coordination Kicks in

Uta Meier-Hahn

14 min read

For the majority of people in developed countries, the Internet is invisible most of the time. A socket in the wall, a cell site atop a building, a WiFi password written on a restaurant menu – only rarely are we reminded of the fact that Internet connectivity is not just there like a natural resour…

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IoT Turning Evil

IoT Turning Evil

Ivana Tomic

7 min read

Internet of Things (IoT) emerged as a complex cyber-physical system that allows smart devices to sense the environment and modify it accordingly to enhance the way we work and live. The existence of such a large network of interconnected entities poses major security and privacy issues that prevent…

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Dealing with IPv6 Fragmentation in the DNS - Part 2

Dealing with IPv6 Fragmentation in the DNS - Part 2

Geoff Huston

21 min read

The first part of this article looked at what happens when an authoritative DNS server delivers fragmented UDP responses to DNS resolvers using IPv6. Now we measured the packet drop rate when sending fragmented packets to IPv6 end hosts.

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Echoes

Echoes

Stephen Strowes

4 min read

Recently, we spotted a network bug that had precisely the opposite of the intended effect.

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Dealing with IPv6 Fragmentation in the DNS

Dealing with IPv6 Fragmentation in the DNS

Geoff Huston

30 min read

The IPv6 protocol introduced very few changes to its IPv4 predecessor. The major change was of course the expansion of the size of the IP source and destination address fields in the packet header from 32-bits to 128-bits. There were, however, some other changes that apparently were intended to sub…

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Introducing NAT64 Checker

Introducing NAT64 Checker

Jan Zorz

6 min read

There has been much discussion about the need for IPv6 over the past decade and more, but with IPv4 addresses approaching exhaustion, this has seen an upsurge in IPv6 deployments over the past year. In particular, mobile operators are increasingly deploying IPv6-only in their consumer networks, whi…

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When It Comes to Cybercrime, Can the RIPE NCC Help? Of Course We Can!

When It Comes to Cybercrime, Can the RIPE NCC Help? Of Course We Can!

Gerardo Viviers

5 min read

We've been working with law enforcement to help them tackle the ever-growing problem of cybercrime.

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Join the RIPE NCC Hackathon Version 6

Join the RIPE NCC Hackathon Version 6

Vesna Manojlovic

8 min read

Together with Comcast and DKNOG, the RIPE NCC is organising our sixth hackathon, the topic of which will be IPv6! Our goals are to promote IPv6 in Denmark, come up with new and creative ways to visualise IPv6 measurements, and hack together the tools helpful for IPv6 deployment.

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The Secrets of De-Peering

The Secrets of De-Peering

Uta Meier-Hahn

10 min read

There are many resources available to learn about Internet peering. But when it comes to de-peering, networkers are mostly left with their gut feeling.

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