Network Operations

An Introspective Analysis: RPKI Deployment Under Scrutiny

Donika Mirdita

• 17 Sep 2024

• 8 min read

When it comes to protecting the Achilles' heel of the Internet, the effectiveness of RPKI hinges on the vigilance and cooperation of the entire Internet community.

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A Dive Into TLD Performance

Arnold Dechamps

• 9 Sep 2024

• 8 min read

DNS is a complex set of protocols with a long history. Some TLD's go as far back as 1985 - but not all of them are built equal. And not all of them have the same performance depending on where the end user is situated in the world. So just how different are they?

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Mikhail Anisimov: Developing the DNS Under Pressure

Anastasiya Pak

• 2 Sep 2024

• 3 min read

Being at the core of the Internet places the DNS under a lot of pressure. New forms of DNS abuse emerge each year, disputes over domain names persist, and all the while, the Internet just keeps getting bigger. Mikhail Anisimov from ICANN talks about the coordinated effort involved in meeting these …

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Roughtime: Securing Time for IoT Devices

Robert Allen

• 2 Sep 2024

• 4 min read

Roughtime is a draft protocol aimed at providing a secure way for IoT devices to obtain time. In this Q&A from Netnod, Marcus Dansarie, Technical Consultant at Netnod and co-author of the IETF draft on Roughtime, answers questions on why secure time is essential, the challenges for IoT devices, and…

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Are Differences in RIR RPKI Implementations Hindering RPKI Adoption?

Sofía Silva Berenguer

• 28 Aug 2024

• 2 min read

The NRO RPKI Program Team is calling on network operators to share what stage of the RPKI adoption journey they are at and what barriers they might have encountered along the way.

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IXP-from-Scratch: Network and Security Design

Thomas Liske

• 26 Aug 2024

• 11 min read

In the second of our “IXP from Scratch” series, we introduce network and security design decisions as well as implementations we made at DD-IX, an Internet Exchange in Dresden, Germany. In principle, an IX consists of a single broadcast domain, but in practice it has to operate several services sec…

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Innovative Approaches to Combating SPAM: Lessons from IP Leasing

Jolita Puzakova

• 14 Aug 2024

• 4 min read

SPAM and abuse remain persistent challenges across various digital platforms, threatening user trust and operational integrity. Jolita Puzakova and colleagues explore how they tackle this persistent threat with a three-fold approach.

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IXP-from-Scratch: Building a New IX

Thomas Liske

• 12 Aug 2024

• 5 min read

In this new series "IXP from Scratch", we report about our endeavor of building DD-IX, an Internet Exchange located in the city of Dresden, Germany. DD-IX is driven by a grassroots community that loves contributing to a resilient and efficient Internet. We start with some basic background and will …

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Putting the MAU Into meowmeow: On Personal ASNs

Tobias Fiebig

• 22 Jul 2024

• 14 min read

Is the use of personal ASNs to gain hands-on operational experience really such a bad idea, or is this one of the ways we make sure the Internet remains a place of equitable participation, expression and learning? In this guest article, Tobias Fiebig shares his views.

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Driving the ASN Truck Without a Licence

Radu Anghel

• 18 Jul 2024

• 16 min read

Natural persons have been registering ASNs for a long time, and for many reasons, from running small businesses to keeping up a hobby. This isn't something wrong that needs to be fixed. ASNs should be assigned based on need. But 'need' should not be defined as “my friends have one so I need one too…

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