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IPv6 Addresses, Security and Privacy

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Johanna Ullrich

10 min read

The choice of the IPv6 address format impacts a host's security and privacy. This article discusses this impact, highlights how current address formats deal with matters of security and privacy, and pinpoints shortcomings in today's addressing mechanisms.

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Join APNIC's IPv6 Hackathon

Join APNIC's IPv6 Hackathon

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Vesna Manojlovic

4 min read

APNIC is hosting its first hackathon event on 23 - 25 February 2018, in Kathmandu, Nepal, co-located with the APRICOT conference. Participants will work together on finding creative new ways to help promote IPv6 adoption and deployment.

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DNS TTL Violations in the Wild - Measured with RIPE Atlas

DNS TTL Violations in the Wild - Measured with RIPE Atlas

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Giovane Moura

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DNS TTL violations is a controversial topic. It basically means a resolver overrides a TTL value provided by an authoritative server, and then serving its clients with this value. In this post, we analyse if this is happening in the wild.

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Results of the RIPE NCC Hackathon Version 6

Results of the RIPE NCC Hackathon Version 6

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Vesna Manojlovic

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During a weekend of coding and fun, we have achieved our goal to hack together a set of tools that can help with IPv6 adoption and to visualise IPv6 deployment. Join us in celebrating the results of the sixth RIPE NCC hackathon, with links to documentation, pictures and stories.

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IPv6 Week Denmark

IPv6 Week Denmark

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Nathalie Trenaman

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An IPv6 week is an opportunity to raise awareness and stimulate IPv6 deployment on a national level. It brings a wide variety of stakeholders, knowledge and experience to a country where deployment of IPv6 is low. One of the key factors affecting the success of a national IPv6 week is support from …

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Quad9, a Public DNS Resolver - with Security

Quad9, a Public DNS Resolver - with Security

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Stéphane Bortzmeyer

12 min read

Quad9 is a public DNS resolver, with promises of better privacy, and a DNS-over-TLS access.

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IPv6-only? IPv4-as-a-service?

IPv6-only? IPv4-as-a-service?

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Jordi Palet Martinez

6 min read

We are starting to hear “IPv6-only” more often. However, it doesn't seem to be clear what exactly this means. I will attempt to explain it in this article.

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IPv6 Address Planning in GavleNet

IPv6 Address Planning in GavleNet

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Torbjorn Eklov

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About a year ago I started to discuss with GavleNet in Sweden about how they can best deploy native IPv6 for their fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) customers. GavleNet is a city network that operates in the municipalities of Gävle and Ockelbo. In this article, I discuss how we designed GavleNet's FTTH IPv6…

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