APNIC is the Regional Internet Registry administering IP addresses for the Asia Pacific

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The invisible hand: Regaining control of service quality from outsourced satellite networks

By Lixin Liu

Guest Post: MNOs lease LEO satellites from SNOs as a cost-effective way for to expand coverage, but cannot guarantee service quality without control over the satellites. Ripple is a competition-driven framework that directly links SNOs' revenue to the service quality they deliver.

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SCION: The overlay network for bankers

By George Michaelson

SCION has both supporters and critics, but it faces a major challenge: Replacing BGP while competing in an environment where network decisions are driven more by carrier costs than by strategic priorities.

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RPKI@APNIC
Secure your routing with RPKI. Find out how you can take advantage of RPKI and how it helps secure Internet routing.
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Direct‑to‑device and the return of LEO ambitions

By Geoff Huston

LEO satellite networks are returning to the mobile market, this time shaped by lower launch costs and changing industry economics, with lessons from Iridium still looming.

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Rolling the root key

By Geoff Huston

Have DNSSEC-validating recursive resolvers updated their Trust Anchor sets to include KSK-2024, and how can we measure whether this transition has been successfully adopted?

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Your elected leaders: Bikram Shrestha, Policy SIG Chair

By Dan Fidler

From early ISP deployment in Nepal to leading regional policy discussions, Bikram Shrestha connects global policy with local realities.

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ReAct: Reflection attack mitigation for asymmetric routing

By Mary Hogan

Guest Post: DDoS attacks continue to be a destructive force on the Internet. ReAct was created to provide efficient and effective mitigation against AR-DDoS attacks, when routing is either symmetric or asymmetric.

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[Podcast] CIDR inside

By George Michaelson

Geoff Huston discusses the CIDR Report, a 30-year-long series of data about who is sending excess data in BGP. Does the CIDR Report still hold value?

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Pacific routing security sets a deadline

By Terry Sweetser

Guest Post: PITA 30 showed both the risks of insecure routing and the opportunities for rapid improvement in the Pacific, with PITA 31 set as an implementation target.