Networking

• Anew paper from Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS)makes a straightforward argument: Internet routing is a critical but under-managed dependency in the enterprise

• LM Link: Use local models on remote devices, powered by Tailscale We’re excited to announceLM Link, a partnership withLM Studio, the app that makes it easy to download, run, and

• TCG069: Viral Predictions, Waterfall’s Comeback, and the SaaSpocalypse Podcast:Download(125 • 3MB) |Embed WilliamCollins EyvonneSharp William and Eyvonne tackle the biggest AI st

• NAN114: Demystifying Automation Tools, Processes, and Culture Gates Podcast:Download(138 • 4MB) |Embed EricChou Eric sits down withDavid Henderson, Principal Architect for NetDev

• This post was co-authored by Peter Thomassen. • The adoption of Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), while steadily rising, is still low after 20 years, at least in t

• PP098: What Goes On Inside a Firewall? • Podcast:Download(52.9MB) |Embed Jennifer (JJ)Minella DrewConry-Murray On today’s show, we pop the lid off of a firewall (figuratively spe

• Ukraine’s Internet has not collapsed under invasion - it has adapted. • This article examines what that reveals about the concept of resilience in the context of Internet infrast

• IT hiring services require deeper background checks for privileged access. • AI era demands more thorough verification of IT professionals. • Podcast discusses criteria for selec

• This article examines a two-rack deployment where ToR instability quietly collapsed redundancy while SLA metrics remained within bounds, revealing how service-level monitoring ca

• The APNICOpen Policy Meeting (OPM)held during the Policy Special Interest Group (Policy SIG) session at APNIC 61 in Jakarta brought together the Asia Pacific Internet community t

• NB563: Palo Alto Networks Nets Koi for AI Security; Quantum Networking Notches Research Wins Podcast:Download(28.3MB) |Embed DrewConry-Murray Johna TillJohnson Take a Network Bre

• Testing IXP Configurations Without Breaking Production: A Digital Twin Approach Tommaso Caiazzi Tommaso Caiazzi is an Assistant Professor (RTDa) at Roma Tre University, Italy. •

• This post was co-authored by John Souter. • Over the past twenty years working in the Internet Exchange Point (IXP) ecosystem, I have seen many cycles of optimism, worry, expansi

• HN815: All About PCE Podcast:Download(139.1MB) |Embed EthanBanks DrewConry-Murray Traditional routing protocols like OSPF simply choose the ‘shortest’ path. • If the shortest pat

• Making infrastructure access lighter, simpler, and smarter Modern infrastructure access has changed. • Teams are cloud-native, workloads are ephemeral, and access is increasingly

• If you want to know how Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) evolved throughout 2025, read on! • 🙂 In this post, I’ll share some RPKI statistics, summarize highlights from t

• N4N049: Understanding Firewalls Podcast:Download(131.9MB) |Embed HollyMetlitzky EthanBanks Today, Ethan and Holly provide an overview of firewalls. • While cybersecurity is a sep

• IPB194: Naval Gazing at NAT in IPv6 Podcast:Download(87.9MB) |Embed EdHorley TomCoffeen NickBuraglio Ed, Nick, and Tom discuss the need for Network Address Translation v6 to v6 (

• IPB194: Navel Gazing at NAT in IPv6 Podcast:Download(87.9MB) |Embed EdHorley TomCoffeen NickBuraglio Ed, Nick, and Tom discuss the need for Network Address Translation v6 to v6 (

• Workload identity federation is generally available Today, we’re excited to announce that workload identity federation is generally available. • Since launchingin beta last fall,

• Tailscale Services is now generally available Today, we’re excited to announce thatTailscale Services is now generally available. • Sincelaunching the beta in October, we’ve work

• To prepare for a future where powerful quantum computers exist, many systems using classical cryptography will need to migrate to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC). • One such syst

• This episode of PING features two members of the Thai academic and research community and was recorded last year atIETF 122in Bangkok. • With a population of more than 70 million

• Stream Tailscale logs to Google Cloud Storage Tailscale log streaming enables you to export logs from your tailnet to the systems you already use for retention, investigation, an

• Huntress device posture integration is now generally available Device risks change constantly. • Access policies should be able to respond. • Today, we’re announcing a new integr

• Tailscale Peer Relays is now generally available When Tailscale works best, it feels effortless, almost boring. • Devices connect directly, packets take the shortest possible pat

• D2DO294: AI in My Vuln Research Workflow Podcast:Download(77.6MB) |Embed NedBellavance KylerMiddleton Kat Traxler, Principal Security Researcher at Vectra AI, returns to the podc

• At the RIPE NCC, engagement happens in many different formats - RIPE Meetings, regional events, Open Houses, training courses, RIPE Labs, and more. • But the questions behind all

• IPv6 scanning has often been compared to finding needles in an impossibly large haystack. • With an address space of 2128, blindly sweeping the entire IPv6 Internet is practicall

• HW071: New iOS Tools for WLAN Pi Podcast:Download(23.4MB) |Embed KeithParsons Adrian Granadosjoins Keith Parsons to discuss new iOS tools available for the WLAN Pi. • These new t

• PP097: How and Why to Turn the Browser into a Universal Security Agent (Sponsored) Podcast:Download(40.6MB) |Embed Jennifer (JJ)Minella DrewConry-Murray With the rise of cloud se

• Tech Bytes: We Need More Network Engineers; Here’s Ideas to Make It Happen (Sponsored) Podcast:Download(17.1MB) |Embed DrewConry-Murray EthanBanks Where are all the network engin

• NB562: Cisco Challenges Broadcom With 102.4Tb ASIC; Arista Reaches Record Revenues Podcast:Download(38.5MB) |Embed DrewConry-Murray Johna TillJohnson Take a Network Break! • We s

• Aperture: Stop choosing between safe AI and fast AI ‘Building a gateway is the obvious choice’ is something a tech founder said offhand to me last summer. • We were talking about

• With WSIS+20 concluded and the Global Digital Compact adopted, digital policy is moving into an implementation phase. • This article traces what changed, what was delivered, and

• If I learned one thing at NANOG 96, it’s how to build an up-to-date state of the art AI data centre! • As I now understand it, the process is quite simple. • Take everything that

• Christophe Brocaspublished an articlethat looks at the irresistible rise of Let’s Encrypt - the free public key infrastructure (PKI) certification model that has swept over the I

• TNO055: Testing as a Service for Telco Network Services Podcast:Download(118.0MB) |Embed ScottRobohn Scott talks withMark Gebertfrom Verizon about something that sits at the hear

• HN814: Automating Your Network with Cisco Crosswork Workflow Manager (Sponsored) Podcast:Download(90.3MB) |Embed EthanBanks DrewConry-Murray Our topic today is building and runn

• Built for momentum: Tailscale Winter Update Week Starting on Tuesday next week, we’re rolling out a set of updates that reflect how quickly the world around secure connectivity i

• During the APRICOT 2026Closing Plenary, APNOG Executive Director Philip Smith gave an update on APRICOT 2027 / APNIC 63, and later, during the APNIC Annual General Meeting (AGM),

• Melissa Brooks transitioned from waitress to Senior Cloud Engineer, illustrating career reinvention. • She pursued a diploma in network security, balancing 18‑hour workdays and s

• Terima kasih to everyone who participated in person and remotelyinAPRICOT 2026, held alongside APNIC 61in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 4 to 12 February 2026. • The conference brought

• The Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure is infamous for facilitating reflective amplification attacks. • Countermeasures such as server shielding, access control, rate limiti

• The Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure is infamous for facilitating reflective amplification attacks. • Countermeasures such as server shielding, access control, rate limiti

• TCG068: Agents and Identity - Navigating What We Can’t Predict Podcast:Download(130.0MB) |Embed WilliamCollins EyvonneSharp We’ve spent a decade figuring out how to (more or less

• NAN113: What Works, and What Doesn’t, in Network Automation Projects Podcast:Download(137.7MB) |Embed EricChou Today we are joined byMatt Remke, who has spent years in the trench

• PP096: Taking Note of a Notepad++ Attack; Telnet and NTLM Are Still a Thing? • Podcast:Download(47.0MB) |Embed Jennifer (JJ)Minella DrewConry-Murray Everything old is new again i

• HS124: Administration DDoS on AI Regulation Podcast:Download(99.8MB) |Embed Johna TillJohnson JohnBurke The recent U.S. • Executive Order 14365, Ensuring a National Policy Framew

• Peering Market at a Glance: Trends, Transformations, and the Regional Dynamics of Internet Interconnection Flavio Luciani Flavio Luciani was born in Rome in 1981 and graduated in

• The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) ratified the specifications for the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) a decade ago, in March 2015, with the clear intent of repl

• NB561: Kubernetes Retires Ingress NGINX; Are Data Centers Headed for Orbit? • Podcast:Download(31.9MB) |Embed DrewConry-Murray Johna TillJohnson Take a Network Break! • We start

• RIRs maintain databases mapping IPs and ASNs, queryable via whois. • Team Cymru offers DNS-based IP-to-ASN lookup, requiring reversed octets for queries. • IPv4 query example: di

• Selamat datang di APRICOT 2026 di Jakarta, Indonesia! • Join us for anexciting lineupof technical conference sessions covering all aspects of Internet operations. • APRICOT 2026

• The2025 APNIC Annual Reportand thedraft financial reportare now available. • TheAnnual Reportprovides an overview of APNIC’s performance in 2025, and records the work undertaken

• HN813: What Should Networkers Know About Software Development (and Vice Versa)? • Podcast:Download(131.7MB) |Embed EthanBanks DrewConry-Murray What should network engineers know

• TheNumber Resource Organization Number Council(NRO NC) has compiled astatus reporton the outstanding topics related to comments received during the consultation onthe second vers

• Disasters rarely announce themselves through collapsed buildings alone. • They are also felt through absence, the sudden silence that follows when communication networks fail. •

• Outlined in the 2026 Activity Plan, the APNIC Blog is featuring an ongoing series of posts highlighting economies across the Asia Pacific region. • These articles, available via

• N4N048: QoS Fundamentals Podcast:Download(192.0MB) |Embed HollyMetlitzky EthanBanks Quality of Service (QoS) is a huge topic with a punishingly large group of acronyms. • Join Et