[apnic-talk] Best of the APNIC Blog digest - November 2020
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Best of the APNIC Blog digest - November 2020
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To help apnic-talk subscribers stay abreast of what the community is
reading on the APNIC Blog, we're sharing three of the most popular posts
from the previous month. We hope you find the articles informative and
useful.
TCP path brokenness and transport layer evolution
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By Korian Edeline on 3 November 2020
The end-to-end principle means that routing devices should only care
about the network layer and not packet data. Middleboxes change this,
and insert intelligence into the network, with repercussions for
network operators.
We know very little about how common middleboxes are, but new research
is shedding light on their prevalence.
https://s.apnic.net/tcppathbrokenness
PCE, SDN, and their entanglement: A personal journey!
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By Dhruv Dhody on 6 November 2020
Ever wondered what it's like getting involved with the IETF? Dhruv
Dhody describes a decade of IETF experience, detailing how he went
from working groups on path computation through to segment routing
and software defined networking, as well as the process of making
RFCs.
https://s.apnic.net/personaljourney
DNSBLs for email filtering: an introduction
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By Matt Stith on 12 November 2020
In a series of three posts, the Spamhaus team break down the benefits
and drawbacks of running your own email server. In the second entry,
they begin to touch on why Domain Name System Blocklists (DNSBLs) are
a simple, efficient way to deal with spam before it even reaches your
inbox.
https://s.apnic.net/dnsbl
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