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The Week in Internet News: Russia Moves Toward Test of Internet Disconnect
Technology
25 March 2019
The Week in Internet News: Russia Moves Toward Test of Internet Disconnect
A separate Internet: The MIT Technology Review looks at the implications of Russia’s test to cut itself off from...
Internet Resilience Discussions at IETF 104
IETF
22 March 2019
Internet Resilience Discussions at IETF 104
Let’s look at what’s happening in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the upcoming IETF 104 meeting in...
Coming Together for an All-Inclusive and Accessible Internet in South Asia
Connecting the World
20 March 2019
Coming Together for an All-Inclusive and Accessible Internet in South Asia
Last year, at the Internet Society Asia-Pacific and Middle-East Chapters Meeting, I was introduced to the series of easily-digestible...
Join a Local IETF Viewing Hub in Africa
IETF
20 March 2019
Join a Local IETF Viewing Hub in Africa
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is the premier Internet standards body, developing open standards through processes to make the...
Concluding the IETF Rough Guide, Long Live the IETF Blog
IETF
19 March 2019
Concluding the IETF Rough Guide, Long Live the IETF Blog
For many years we have produced a series of blog posts as a Rough Guide to each upcoming IETF...
The Week in Internet News: Four Visions of the Internet
Technology
18 March 2019
The Week in Internet News: Four Visions of the Internet
Competing visions: The World Economic Forum’s blog looks at four competing visions of the Internet that it sees emerging....
Seeking Canadian Feedback: Draft Report on Securing the Internet of Things in Canada
Internet of Things (IoT)
15 March 2019
Seeking Canadian Feedback: Draft Report on Securing the Internet of Things in Canada
Trying to remove cyber security risks from the growing world of connected things is not an easy task. That...
DNS Privacy Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Improving Technical Security
15 March 2019
DNS Privacy Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
We previously posted about how the DNS does not inherently employ any mechanisms to provide confidentiality for DNS transactions,...
Fact or Fiction? With IoT It’s Not Always Clear
Internet of Things (IoT)
15 March 2019
Fact or Fiction? With IoT It’s Not Always Clear
Recently, owners of expensive smart shoes found themselves at loose ends. Unable to pair the shoes to their smart...
Introduction to DNS Privacy
Improving Technical Security
14 March 2019
Introduction to DNS Privacy
Almost every time we use an Internet application, it starts with a DNS (Domain Name System) transaction to map...
IXDO Project: An Internet Exchange Point in the Dominican Republic
Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)
13 March 2019
IXDO Project: An Internet Exchange Point in the Dominican Republic
For more than a decade, different organizations from civil society and the private sector have been involved in efforts...
IPv6 Security for IPv4 Engineers
Improving Technical Security
13 March 2019
IPv6 Security for IPv4 Engineers
It is often argued that IPv4 practices should be forgotten when deploying IPv6, as after all IPv6 is a...