Research & Insights
APNIC is deeply involved in research and development initiatives. These are designed to inform the basis of APNIC's operational and policy activities and to assist community members to better understand the operation of the global Internet.
Activities include data collection and analysis, speculative research, and standards development with both a short and long term focus.
The Asia Pacific region leads the world in terms of the rate of Internet deployment, with the strongest demand for IP resources stemming from the cutting-edge technological developments of the region's maturing societies. APNIC conducts extensive research into the depletion of the free pool of IPv4 addresses to predict timelines for IPv6 transition.
In order to guide the development of the Internet, accurate measurement and analysis of network activity is essential. APNIC participates in research initiatives such as the Day In The Life of the Internet project to provide the raw data for discussions of the operational future of the Internet.
APNIC also develops new and important technologies such as the APNIC Resource Certification project, whereby the rightful owners of Internet number resources can be unequivocally verified.
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It is through these initiatives that APNIC contributes to the technological development of the Internet in the Asia Pacific region. |
Current activities
Secure Inter-Domain Routing |
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| Internet draft |
A Profile for Resource Certificate Repository Structure This document defines a profile for the structure of repository publication points that contain x.509 / PKIX Resource Certificates. |
| Internet draft |
A Profile for x.509 PKIX Resource Certificates This document defines a standard profile for x.509 certificates for the purposes of supporting validation of assertions of "right-of-use". |
| Internet draft |
A Protocol for Provisioning Resource Certificates This document defines a framework for certificate management interactions between a resource issuer ("Internet Registry" or "IR") and a resource recipient ("Internet Service Provider" or ISP") through the specification of a protocol for interaction between the two parties. |
| Internet draft |
Validation of Route Origination in BGP using the Resource Certificate PKI and ROAs This document defines an application of the Resource Public Key Infrastructure to validate the origination of routes advertised in the Border Gateway Protocol. |
| Internet draft |
A Profile for Algorithms and Key Sizes for use in the Resource Public Key Infrastructure This document defines a profile for the algorithm and key sizes to be used for signatures applied to certificates, Certificate Revocation Lists, and signed objects in the context of the Resource Public Key Infrastructure. |
| Internet draft |
Manifests for the Resource Public Key Infrastructure This document defines a "manifest" for use in the Resource Public Key Infrastructure. A manifest is a signed object that contains a listing of all the signed objects in the repository publication point associated with an authority responsible for publishing in the repository. |
| Internet draft |
A Profile for Trust Anchor Material for the Resource Certificate PKI This document defines a standard profile for the publication of Trust Anchor material for the Resource Certificate Public Key Infrastructure. |
Reports and updates
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Chief Scientist
- Geoff Huston
Speaker Biography
As Chief Scientist at APNIC, Geoff Huston acts in an advisory role and undertakes research on a variety of infrastructure, IP technology, and policy-related subjects.
Senior R&D Officer
- George Michaelson
Speaker Biography
George Michaelson is the senior research and development scientist at APNIC and has recently been working on long-baseline DNS statistics, services log audit and analysis, and designing the Resource Certification framework.