APNIC is the Regional Internet Registry administering IP addresses for the Asia Pacific
APNIC is the Regional Internet Registry administering IP addresses for the Asia Pacific
RIR Governance Document Version 2: Status Report May 2026 now available
By Hervé Clément
The NRO NC has updated the status report related to comments received during the consultation on the second version of the RIR Governance Document.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
[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?