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This story started earlier this year, with a posting to the Australian network operators’ mailing list, asking if anyone had more information about why the web site that was operated by an outfit called “Melbourne Free University†was inaccessible through a number of major Australian ISPs. When they asked their…
As many who have worked with computer software would attest, software bugs come in many strange forms. This month I’d like to relate a recent experience I’ve had with one such bug that pulls together aspects of IPv6 standard specifications and interoperability.
Time for another annual roundup from the world of IP addresses. What happened in 2012 and what is likely to happen in 2013? This is an update to the reports prepared at the same time in previous years, so lets see what has changed in the past 12 months in…
APNIC has recently deployed some changes to its RPKI service, and is in the process of continuing developments that will be released across 2013. This article discusses the changes, and what’s on the horizon early next year. Splitting the TAL A highly visible change to the APNIC RPKI system recently…
Back in 2005 we were looking for a way to visualise the history of allocation of IPv4 addresses, and one of the approaches we tried at the time was in the way of a movie. In this visualisation we included the data for the allocation of IPv4 addresses, Autonomous System…
Measuring the Internet for fun and profit Since March 2010 APNIC Research has been engaged in a web based data collection, as part of an ongoing, wide ranging measurement of the Internet, to try and understand how IPv6 deployment is taking shape. This article discusses how we’ve been doing this…
It’s January again, and being the start of another year, it’s as good a time as any to look at the last 12 months and see what the Internet was up to in 2011. So lets see what has changed in the past 12 months in addressing the Internet, and…
