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

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IPv6 in the boardroom

By Terry Sweetser

Guest Post: IPv6 can be seen as an infrastructure refresh, rather than an organizational responsibility tied to governance, risk, and compliance. Reframe it in those terms, and it shifts from a network discussion to a board-level obligation.

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Repairing the RPKIViews H1 2026 archives

By Job Snijders

Guest Post: RPKIViews captures the constantly changing global RPKI dataset without storing wasteful full snapshots. By using CCRs, deduplication, and high-efficiency compression, rpkispools make long-term RPKI research practical at scale.

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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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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.

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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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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.