Subject: [Newsclips] IETF SYN-ACK Newspack 2021-08-23

From: "David Goldstein" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 21:54:22 +1000

The IETF SYN-ACK Newspack collects IETF-related items from a variety of news outlets and other online publications. They do not represent the views of the IETF and are not checked for factual accuracy.

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IETF IN THE NEWS

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IETF rates itself 'minimally acceptable' on key measures of community, efficacy

The IETF, the open standards organisation that defines and develops internet standards, has surveyed its membership, and found that many of its key efforts are merely "minimally acceptable" – rather than efficient or inclusive.

< <https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/18/ietf_survey_minimally_acceptable_results/> https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/18/ietf_survey_minimally_acceptable_results/>

Running code at IETF by Geoff Huston

There was an interesting discussion about a proposal in a Working Group session at the recent IETF 111 meeting. Not unusual. But this proposal was that the Working Group should require at least two (presumably, independently developed) implementations of a Working Group draft before the Working Group would consider the document ready for submission to the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Before progression to publication as an RFC. What’s going on here?

< <https://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2021-08/runningcode.html> https://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2021-08/runningcode.html>

< <https://blog.apnic.net/2021/08/20/running-code-at-ietf/> https://blog.apnic.net/2021/08/20/running-code-at-ietf/>

Why phone scams are so difficult to tackle

... An international standards body, the US-based IETF has also developed new protocols to prevent robo-calling. In a nod to James Bond, the system is called "Stir and Shaken". US authorities have ordered mobile operators to implement the protocols by the end of 2021, but Ofcom says UK providers can't do so until networks are sufficiently upgraded, by 2025.

< <https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58254354> https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58254354>

What is DNSSEC and Should You Use It?

... To address some of the security challenges with DNS, engineers from the IETF created DNSSEC. With DNSSEC, cryptographic signatures are used to validate the authenticity and integrity of DNS records.

< <https://mediatemple.net/blog/web-development-tech/what-is-dnssec/> https://mediatemple.net/blog/web-development-tech/what-is-dnssec/>

The Best Authenticator Apps for 2021

... The codes are generated by doing some math on a long code transmitted by that QR scan and the current time, using a standard HMAC-Based One-Time Password (HOTP) algorithm, sanctioned by the IETF. These apps don’t have any access to your accounts, and after the initial code transfer, they don’t communicate with the site; they simply and dumbly generate the codes. You don’t even need phone service for them to work.

< <https://uk.pcmag.com/security/133038/the-best-authenticator-apps> https://uk.pcmag.com/security/133038/the-best-authenticator-apps>

O que é e para que serve o IPv6? [What is IPv6 and what is it for?]

... O IETF é a organização responsável por toda engenharia da internet e foi ela a responsável por criar o IPv6, dando maior capacidade, a fim de conseguir acolher todos esses novos dispositivos.

< <https://olhardigital.com.br/2021/08/19/tira-duvidas/o-que-e-e-para-que-serve-o-ipv6/> https://olhardigital.com.br/2021/08/19/tira-duvidas/o-que-e-e-para-que-serve-o-ipv6/>

百度、騰訊、新華社等網站都用上「.中國」域名了！ [Baidu, Tencent, Xinhua News Agency and other websites all use the ".中国" domain name!]

習慣在輸入網址時打入。cn或者。com的網友，或許可以改個方式了。 ... 互聯網名稱與數字地址分配機構（ICANN）ccNSO理事、國際互聯網工程任務組（IETF）EXTRA工作組聯合主席姚健康認為，從安全形度來講，「。中國」頂級域名是我國在互聯網上的中文國家頂級域名，由我國全權管理，安全有保障。

< <https://news.sina.com.tw/article/20210820/39656852.html> https://news.sina.com.tw/article/20210820/39656852.html>

< <https://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/2021-08-20/doc-ikqcfncc3867267.shtml> https://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/2021-08-20/doc-ikqcfncc3867267.shtml>

< <https://news.sina.com.tw/article/20210820/39656852.html> https://news.sina.com.tw/article/20210820/39656852.html>

รู้จักกับ อีเมล เครื่องมือสื่อสารยุคบุกเบิกบนโลกอินเทอร์เน็ต [Get to know e-mail, a pioneering communication tool on the Internet.]

... แต่ในยุคนั้น ระบบ ATPANET ยังมีผู้ใช้งานในวงจำกัดเท่านั้น จึงมีการพัฒนาเครือข่ายขึ้นมาใหม่อย่าง UUCP หรือ VNET ซึ่งช่วยให้สามารถเชื่อมโยงระบบดังกล่าวเข้ากับ ARPANET ผ่านการค้นหาเส้นทางส่งอัตโนมัติ (auto-routing) ที่ทำให้เป็นครั้งแรกที่อีเมลสามารถถูกส่งข้ามเครือข่ายได้ จนในปี ค.ศ.1977 IETF ได้ออกแบบและกำหนดรูปแบบการส่งอีเมลที่เรียกว่า Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) ซึ่งต่อมาได้กลายเป็นมาตรฐานในการส่งอีเมล และรับตั้งแต่นั้นเป็นต้นมา อีเมลก็ถูกใช้งานอย่างแพร่หลายทั่วทั้งอเมริกา กระทั่งในช่วงทศวรรษที่ 1990s ที่มีฟรีอีเมลเกิดขึ้นมากมายเช่น Yahoo, Hotmail และ Gmail

< <https://www.gamingdose.com/feature/รู้จักกับ-อีเมล-เครื่องม/> https://www.gamingdose.com/feature/รู้จักกับ-อีเมล-เครื่องม/>

Експерти розповіли кому насправді належить мережа інтернет [Experts told who actually owns the Internet ]

... Крім них існують Адміністрація адресного простору Інтернет (IANA), Інженерна група Інтернету (IETF), Рада з архітектури Інтернету (IAB), Дослідницька група інтернет-технологій (IRTF) і Асоціація стандартів IEEE. Кожна з цих організацій відіграє роль у розвитку інтернету шляхом розробки стандартів, безпосереднього контролю над ключовими галузями або підтримки баз даних, які важливі для безперебійної роботи інтернету.

< <https://gsminfo.com.ua/54288-eksperty-rozpovily-komu-naspravdi-nalezhyt-merezha-internet.html> https://gsminfo.com.ua/54288-eksperty-rozpovily-komu-naspravdi-nalezhyt-merezha-internet.html>

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SECURITY & PRIVACY

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us: How Much Cybersecurity Can $1.9 Billion Buy?

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, recently passed by the US Senate, could give a $1.9 billion boost to cybersecurity spending to protect critical infrastructure, accelerate incident response, and modernize the digital defenses of state and local governments.

< <https://www.darkreading.com/operations/how-much-cybersecurity-can-1-9-billion-buy-> https://www.darkreading.com/operations/how-much-cybersecurity-can-1-9-billion-buy->

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INTERNET OF THINGS

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Critical Vulnerability Affects Millions of IoT Devices

Mandiant, the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Internet of Things provider ThroughTek have disclosed a critical vulnerability affecting millions of IoT devices that could let attackers spy on video and audio feeds from Web cameras, baby monitors, and other devices.

< <https://www.darkreading.com/iot/critical-vulnerability-affects-millions-of-iot-devices> https://www.darkreading.com/iot/critical-vulnerability-affects-millions-of-iot-devices>

Smart City Market Boom: New eco Study Forecasts Over 17 Percent Annual Growth

The future belongs to Smart Cities, as evidenced by the new joint study by eco Association and the management consultancy ADL. The study forecasts an average annual growth in Germany of over 17 percent, corresponding to an increase in revenues of over 46 billion Euro within five years.

< <https://international.eco.de/presse/smart-city-market-boom-new-eco-study-forecasts-over-17-percent-annual-growth/> https://international.eco.de/presse/smart-city-market-boom-new-eco-study-forecasts-over-17-percent-annual-growth/>

Could making sensors visible build civic trust?

‘Smart cities’ have gradually developed something of an image problem – to some members of the public, the term invokes visions of a dystopian surveillance society and raises concerns about how their data will be used. That’s if people are aware of the concept at all.

< <https://www.itu.int/en/myitu/News/2021/08/16/09/44/Making-sensors-visible-build-civic-trust-Cities-Today> https://www.itu.int/en/myitu/News/2021/08/16/09/44/Making-sensors-visible-build-civic-trust-Cities-Today>

New Air Force secretary voices skepticism over Internet of Things program

The Air Force’s new secretary, Frank Kendall, has cast doubt on the future of the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), the service’s Internet of Things program.

< <https://www.fedscoop.com/frank-kendall-abms-skepticism/> https://www.fedscoop.com/frank-kendall-abms-skepticism/>

Magnifying retail supply chain visibility with the Internet of Things

How can IoT help e-sellers optimize their retail supply chain to capitalize on the global e-commerce boom?

< <https://techhq.com/2021/08/magnifying-retail-supply-chain-visibility-with-the-internet-of-things/> https://techhq.com/2021/08/magnifying-retail-supply-chain-visibility-with-the-internet-of-things/>

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OTHERWISE NOTEWORTHY

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ETSI launches new White Paper titled Fibre Development Index: Driving Towards an F5G Gigabit Society

Fibre and fibre-based optical networks are the key technical enablers of our society's twin transitions (green and digital), providing sustainable and cost-effective communication with high bandwidth, stability, reliability, and improved latency. In addition, the fibre evolution enables sustainable economic growth through advanced services and applications for users, businesses, and industries.

< <https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/press-releases/1961-etsi-launches-new-white-paper-titled-fibre-development-index-driving-towards-an-f5g-gigabit-society> https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/press-releases/1961-etsi-launches-new-white-paper-titled-fibre-development-index-driving-towards-an-f5g-gigabit-society>

Q&A: Why the Metaverse Needs to Be Open: Making virtual worlds as interconnected as the internet will be tough

A vast digital mirror world accessible through virtual reality is just around the corner, if you believe the latest pronouncements coming out of Silicon Valley. This so-called metaverse has captured the tech zeitgeist and is attracting billions in investments. Last month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg even announced plans to turn his trillion-dollar social network into "a metaverse company".

< <https://spectrum.ieee.org/open-metaverse> https://spectrum.ieee.org/open-metaverse>

Up to 8 Gbit/s broadband with new ITU standard MGfast

ITU standards experts have achieved another leap forward in broadband access over telephone wires and coaxial cable with MGfast, a new access technology capable of transmission at an aggregate bit rate up to 8 Gbit/s if in Full Duplex (FDX) mode, and up to 4 Gbit/s if in Time Division Duplexing (TDD) mode.

< <https://www.itu.int/en/myitu/News/2021/08/18/11/54/Up-to-8-Gbps-broadband-with-new-ITU-standard-MGfast> https://www.itu.int/en/myitu/News/2021/08/18/11/54/Up-to-8-Gbps-broadband-with-new-ITU-standard-MGfast>

W3C/SMPTE Workshop on Professional Media Production on the Web

Timeline photo by Jacob Miller on UnsplashW3C announced today the joint W3C/SMPTE Workshop on Professional Media Production on the Web, which is being organized as a virtual event during SMPTE’s annual ATC event, 9-18 November 2021.

< <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/9212> https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/9212>

Five ways that Open Source Software shapes AI policy

Open-source software (OSS), which is free to access, use, and change without restrictions, plays a central role in the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI). An AI algorithm can be thought of as a set of instructions—that is, what calculations must be done and in what order; developers then write software which contains these conceptual instructions as actual code. If that software is subsequently published in an open-source manner—where the underlying code publicly available for anyone to use and modify—any data scientist can quickly use that algorithm with little effort.

< <https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/08/18/five-ways-that-open-source-software-shapes-ai-policy/> https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/08/18/five-ways-that-open-source-software-shapes-ai-policy/>

ETSI launches new White Paper titled Fibre Development Index: Driving Towards an F5G Gigabit Society

Fibre and fibre-based optical networks are the key technical enablers of our society's twin transitions (green and digital), providing sustainable and cost-effective communication with high bandwidth, stability, reliability, and improved latency. In addition, the fibre evolution enables sustainable economic growth through advanced services and applications for users, businesses, and industries.

< <https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/press-releases/1961-etsi-launches-new-white-paper-titled-fibre-development-index-driving-towards-an-f5g-gigabit-society> https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/press-releases/1961-etsi-launches-new-white-paper-titled-fibre-development-index-driving-towards-an-f5g-gigabit-society>

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