Networking

• 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

• Backend Aggregation (BAG) centralizes Ethernet super spine to connect GPUs across regions. • BAG links Disaggregated Schedule Fabric (DSF) and Non-Scheduled Fabric (NSF) for unif

• 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

• IPB193: IPv6 Basics - Troubleshooting Podcast:Download(80.9MB) |Embed EdHorley TomCoffeen NickBuraglio Are you struggling to get IPv6 working, whether in a lab or even a pilot de

• Imagine running a measurement study to understand how an application behaves under different network conditions, or generating data for supervised learning problems that require

• In this episode of PING, APNIC Chief ScientistGeoff Hustonreturns with his annual review of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), reflecting on developments across 2025. • Geoff has

• Internet Coordination in Times of War Hisham Ibrahim Based in Dubai, UAE Hisham Ibrahim is the Chief Community Officer at the RIPE NCC. • He leads the RIPE NCC’s engagement effor

• This post was co-authored by ProfEugenia Georgiades The world is entering a new era of connectivity. • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations have become central to how e

• OT & ICs bridge digital and physical, powering critical infrastructure like nuclear plants and water systems. • Rising attacks target OT/ICS, demanding robust threat awareness an

• NetViews, formerly PingStalker, offers real‑time network performance insights for macOS users. • Bill Bushong explains the motivation behind building a lightweight monitoring too

• Staying secure and simple in a complex world As we grow, more people are building critical systems on top of Tailscale. • We’re under pressure in two directions: support more use

• The RIPE Chair Team Reports - February 2026 Mirjam Kühne I studied Computer Science at the TU Berlin, Germany, and have been a member of the RIPE community for over twenty years.

• A router’s role is divided into three functional planes. • The management plane handles local administration and monitoring tasks, such as maintaining counters and system state.

• NB560: Microsoft Doubles Down on Custom AI Chip; CrowdStrike Brandishes Big Bucks for Browser Security Podcast:Download(30.8MB) |Embed DrewConry-Murray Johna TillJohnson Take a N

• TheNumber Resource Organization Number Council(NRO NC) has completed its qualitative analysis and summary of the community feedback received in response to the second version of

• To understand Internet routing, it is crucial to go beyond the Autonomous System (AS) level to city-level routing, as it reveals the underlying physical locations. • Border Gatew

• TNO054: AI Skills for CCIEs Podcast:Download(118.7MB) |Embed ScottRobohn Let’s talk about AI for NetOps: It’s not just coming, it’s here. • There are tools to use, skills to acqu

• HN812: Nokia EDA: AI Ops You Can Trust (Sponsored) Podcast:Download(95.1MB) |Embed EthanBanks DrewConry-Murray AI is everywhere in networking right now, but most of it feels like

• LIU007: From Track to Tech: Navigating Career Change with Resilience Podcast:Download(134.5MB) |Embed AlexisBertholf KevinNanns Ifeanyi Otuonyewas a decorated track and field ath

• PQC signatures far larger than ECDSA, causing DNSSEC responses to exceed UDP size limits. • Exceeding UDP limits forces more DNS queries to use TCP, increasing server load. • Rea

• Member online voting on the proposed amendments to the APNIC By-laws and for the EC election opens today, Thursday, 29 January 2026 until Thursday, 12 February 2026 at 14:30 (UTC

• APRICOT 2026, in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 4 to 12 February, is shaping up to be the premier network operations summit in the Asia Pacific region. • The diverse program includes w

• CU Boulder’s Network Engineering Master’s Program showcased through graduate podcast interviews. • Sneha Irukuvajjula shares experience as Netflix network engineer in the industr

• TCG067: Progressive Delivery: Shipping Software is Just the Beginning with Adam Zimman Podcast:Download(126.7MB) |Embed WilliamCollins EyvonneSharp In this episode, we sit down w

• Coding agents advanced, now used widely across engineering teams. • Companies struggle to secure AI usage while keeping developer productivity. • Tailscale’s Aperture offers an A

• Traveling engineer needed remote access to North American homelab via Tailscale. • Default Tailscale NAT traversal fails over restrictive networks, falling back to shared DERP re

• Raffaele Sommese discusses Italy’s Piracy Shield rapid-response blocking in practice. • Technical impact and measurement of blocking are explored in depth. • Consequences for con

• Workload identity federation now integrated across API, Go client, and Terraform provider. • India DERP server city name updated to Bengaluru, hosting provider and IPs unchanged.

• Tailscale + BlueBubbles brings iMessage to non‑Apple devices via a Mac server. • BlueBubbles is open‑source, enabling read, send, and notifications on Windows, Android, Linux, an

• Tailscale faced shaky uptime during holiday season, prompting transparency. • Public uptime history page offers detailed incident logs and metrics. • Coordination server issues c

• IRR data quality assessed via freshness, DFZ alignment, RPKI conflicts. • Distinguish authoritative RIR-operated IRRs vs third-party registries. • Proxy metrics used because no g

• If you’ve ever provisioned virtual machines (VMs) across a mix of cloud providers, you’ll know that ‘bootstrap time’ is when things tend to fall apart. • Cloud-init is powerful,

• Mendix Cloud Private Connectivity powered by Tailscale now available in public beta Today we are thrilled to welcomeMendixas a Tailscale partner. • Together with the Mendix team,

• We continuously ship updates to make your network more reliable, manageable, and secure. • Each month, we highlight some of the most impactful changes across clients, admin tools

• Becoming a RIPE NCC member is straightforward, but keeping a trusted registry means doing careful checks behind the scenes. • This article explains how we verify members at onboa

• This post was written by Aditya Maru, co-founder of Blacksmith, offering verticalized CI cloud infrastructure. • We found their use case for Tailscale Services clever and instruc

• The RIPE Chair Team Reports - December 2025 Mirjam Kühne I studied Computer Science at the TU Berlin, Germany, and have been a member of the RIPE community for over twenty years.

• Introducing Path Analysis: A New Way to Visualise Traceroute Changes in RIPE Atlas Stephen Suess Based in Amsterdam UX/UI/Frontend Developer with the RIPE NCC since February 2019

• Chat-tails: Throwback terminal chat, built on Tailscale To find a safe space for his kid to chat during Minecraft, Brian Scott had to go back to the future. • The chat went back,

• ASPA is now available in the RIPE NCC RPKI Dashboard, adding a way to express and validate your upstream relationships on top of ROA-based origin validation. • Building on its in

• How Small Industry Labs Can Thrive Through Open Research Giovane Moura Based in Arnhem, The Netherlands Giovane is a Data Scientist with SIDN Labs (.nl registry) and a Assistant

• NRO RPKI Program - 2025 in Review Sofía Silva Berenguer Based in Brisbane NRO RPKI Program Manager, Process and Productivity Engineer for the Registry Value Stream at APNIC, Onto

• ‘It’s a rite of passage to run Tailscale on weird devices.’ So writes Mitanshu Sukhwani on his blog, detailing the steps for getting Tailscale onto a jailbroken Kindle. • Getting

• Amidst all the noise around quantum computing, this article aims to help organisations move beyond the hype and focus on practical steps developers and teams can take to prepare

• 50,000 subscribers (and endless thanks) If 50,000 people stood shoulder to shoulder, that line would be over 15 miles long. • They would require approximately 150 jumbo jets to t

• Tailscale has a unique ability to connect any machine to any machine, and CI/CD pipelines are no exception. • The Tailscale Github Action has, as of this writing, nearly 800 star

• IETF Administration LLC 2026 BudgetA draft budget was shared previously for community consultation and the IETF Administration LLC now has finalised its budget for 2026.Jay Daley

• Games Industry Resources Community Learning Support Development Unity Engine Build 2D and 3D games for any platform Download Plans and pricing Monetization In-App Purchase (IAP)

• IETF Administration LLC 2026 BudgetA draft budget was shared previously for community consultation and the IETF Administration LLC now has finalised its budget for 2026.Jay Daley

• Attend Istio Day co-located event in Salt Lake City, featuring keynotes and networking opportunities. • Join the Maintainers’ Track session ‘Life of a Packet: Ambient Edition’ to