Subject: [Newsclips] IETF SYN-ACK Newspack 2022-03-21

From: "David Goldstein" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:49:00 +1100

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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IAB report to the community for IETF 113

This is the IAB report for the period between IETF 112 and IETF 113. This report presents a summary of activities.

< <https://www.iab.org/2022/03/18/iab-report-to-the-community-for-ietf-113/> https://www.iab.org/2022/03/18/iab-report-to-the-community-for-ietf-113/>

IAB and IESG Search for RFC Series Working Group (RSWG) Chairs

The IAB is in the process of approving draft-iab-rfcefdp-rfced-model, which specifies version 3 of the RFC Editor Model. In this model, policy definition is the joint responsibility of the RFC Series Working Group (RSWG), which produces policy proposals, and the RFC Series Approval Board (RSAB), which approves such proposals. As described in Section 3.1.1.3 of the document:

< <https://www.iab.org/2022/03/14/iab-and-iesg-search-for-rfc-series-working-group-rswg-chairs/> https://www.iab.org/2022/03/14/iab-and-iesg-search-for-rfc-series-working-group-rswg-chairs/>

IPv6: Release Connectivity Potential, Boost Digital Economy

... Vint Cerf, father of the Internet and Internet Hall of Fame pioneer, followed on with a video message. He recalled his tongue-in-cheek forecast of the future when he said that he used to wear a T-shirt with “IP on Everything” in 1992, causing quite a stir at an IETF conference at that time. But today, the IP protocol, which is the foundation of the TCP/IP protocol suite, has indeed become the world standard. With the advent of digital transformation, IPv6-based IP technologies are widely used.

< <https://telecoms.com/intelligence/ipv6-release-connectivity-potential-boost-digital-economy/> https://telecoms.com/intelligence/ipv6-release-connectivity-potential-boost-digital-economy/>

TLS upgrade broke Azure DevOps for some users

... The aim was to comply with the IETF’s March 2021 to deprecate the obsolete TLS versions that didn’t support current cryptographic algorithms.

< <https://www.itnews.com.au/news/tls-upgrade-broke-azure-devops-for-some-users-577405> https://www.itnews.com.au/news/tls-upgrade-broke-azure-devops-for-some-users-577405>

SEI Launches Mothra for Big-Data Network Flow Analysis

... Mothra directly processes the binary IPFIX (Internet Protocol Flow Information Export) format, a standard of the IETF. “Data is laid out in a specific way,” explained Prevost, “so you can efficiently pull out just the pieces you want,” much like the sections of a physical library of books. Analysts can then use the Spark analysis engine on the IPFIX data. “Mothra lets you just drop the data right in without having think ahead about how to transform it,” said Prevost.

< <https://sei.cmu.edu/news-events/news/article.cfm?assetId=875484> https://sei.cmu.edu/news-events/news/article.cfm?assetId=875484>

Wie das Internet funktioniert: Routing, Autonome Systeme, Protokolle [How the Internet Works: Routing, Autonomous Systems, Protocols]

... Warum gibt es lange und kurze AS-Nummern? Die kürzere Nummer der DTAG ist eine 16-Bit-AS-Nummer. Als die DTAG diese bekam, nämlich im Jahr 1995, ging man noch davon aus, dass die damit theoretisch möglichen 65.536 Nummern ausreichen, um alle Netze des Internets durchzunummerieren. Schon im ersten Jahrzehnt des neuen Jahrtausends merkten Netzentwickler und Manager, dass das keineswegs der Fall war. 2016 waren rund 55.000 der vorhandenen Nummern vergeben. Die Entwickler bei der IETF schufen also einen neuen Standard, der die längeren 32-Bit-AS-Nummern vorsah.

< <https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/FAQ-Routing-AS-Protokolle-wie-das-Internet-als-Netz-der-Netze-funktioniert-6549768.html> https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/FAQ-Routing-AS-Protokolle-wie-das-Internet-als-Netz-der-Netze-funktioniert-6549768.html>

La guerre d’Ukraine sonne-t-elle la fin d’Internet tel que nous l’avons connu ? [Is the war in Ukraine the end of the Internet as we have known it?]

... Par ailleurs, nous avons aussi une kyrielle d’organisations qui œuvrent pour la gouvernance d’Internet, chacune dans un registre différent et complémentaire. Ce sont par exemple l’IETF, l’ISOC. Et au-dessus d’Internet nous avons le Web avec le W3C et en devenir une alternative à découvrir, les frogans. Ils constituent une alternative française au Web mais d’emblée intuitive, ergonomique et responsive mais aussi plus économe en énergie. Ceci est très intéressant avec le renchérissement de l’énergie à venir avec la guerre entre l’Ukraine et la Russie, la pénurie des ressources.

< <https://www.atlantico.fr/article/decryptage/la-guerre-d-ukraine-sonne-t-elle-la-fin-de-l-internet-tel-que-nous-l-avons-connu-splinternet-balkanisation-du-reseau-david-fayon> https://www.atlantico.fr/article/decryptage/la-guerre-d-ukraine-sonne-t-elle-la-fin-de-l-internet-tel-que-nous-l-avons-connu-splinternet-balkanisation-du-reseau-david-fayon>

ETRI, 작년 국제표준특허 85건·누적 1017건 확보 [ETRI secured 85 international standard patents and 1017 cumulative patents last year]

... ETRI는 그동안 표준화 결과의 시장 효용성을 극대화하기 위한 전략으로 사실표준화 활동을 대폭 강화해왔다. 인터넷 기술 관련 사실표준기구인 IETF에서 실시간 비디오 스트리밍을 위한 정보중심 네트워킹(ICN) 기술 표준을 승인받는 등의 성과를 거뒀다는 설명이다. 

< <https://www.ddaily.co.kr/m/m_article/?no=233372> https://www.ddaily.co.kr/m/m_article/?no=233372>

< <https://mobile.newsis.com/view.html?ar_id=NISX20220316_0001795324> https://mobile.newsis.com/view.html?ar_id=NISX20220316_0001795324>

< <http://www.econovill.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=568778> http://www.econovill.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=568778>

< <https://www.issuevalley.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=18276> https://www.issuevalley.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=18276>

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SECURITY & PRIVACY

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FCC Needs Information on Border Gateway Protocol Cyber Vulnerabilities

The Federal Communications Commission asks the public for more information on cyber vulnerabilities that are potentially present in the Border Gateway Protocol, a central component of the Internet’s global routing system.

< <https://executivegov.com/2022/03/fcc-needs-information-on-border-gateway-protocol-cyber-vulnerabilities/> https://executivegov.com/2022/03/fcc-needs-information-on-border-gateway-protocol-cyber-vulnerabilities/>

Standardisation conference explores EU cybersecurity legislation

On 15 March, the European Standards Organisations (ESOs), CEN, CENELEC and ETSI, joined forces with ENISA, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, to organise their 6th annual conference.

< <https://www.enisa.europa.eu/news/enisa-news/standardisation-conference-explores-eu-cybersecurity-legislation> https://www.enisa.europa.eu/news/enisa-news/standardisation-conference-explores-eu-cybersecurity-legislation>

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INTERNET OF THINGS

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A Roadmap for the Next-Generation IoT in Europe

The Next-Generation Internet of Things (NGIoT) coordination and support action (CSA) has published a roadmap containing projections and priorities for research and deployment in IoT and edge computing from 2021 to 2027 across Europe and beyond.

< <https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/roadmap-next-generation-iot-europe> https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/roadmap-next-generation-iot-europe>

Internet of Things is the way for technological innovation

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers. They have the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. ... Africa being a developing continent has shown great promise in the past decade that can be seen in the continent’s eagerness to transcend into the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

< <https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/opinion/article/2001440803/internet-of-things-is-the-way-for-technological-innovation> https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/opinion/article/2001440803/internet-of-things-is-the-way-for-technological-innovation>

Internet of things hiring levels in the military industry rose in February 2022

The proportion of military equipment and technologies companies hiring for internet of things related positions rose in February 2022 compared with the equivalent month last year, with 58.8% of the companies included in our analysis recruiting for at least one such position.

< <https://www.army-technology.com/features/internet-of-things-hiring-levels-in-the-military-industry-rose-in-february-2022/> https://www.army-technology.com/features/internet-of-things-hiring-levels-in-the-military-industry-rose-in-february-2022/>

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OTHERWISE NOTEWORTHY

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Latest from ICANN: Quantum Computers are "Interesting"… But Don't Lose your Head

In a recent publication, written by ICANN, distinguished technologist Paul Hoffman discussed the hot topic of Quantum Computing and the DNS. NANOG had the opportunity to talk to Hoffman to better understand the current status + future of quantum computing.

< <https://www.nanog.org/stories/latest-from-icann-quantum-computers-are-interesting-but-dont-lose-your-head/> https://www.nanog.org/stories/latest-from-icann-quantum-computers-are-interesting-but-dont-lose-your-head/>

Breaking the bias: Why gender matters in standards by Anjana Susarla, Omura-Saxena Professor of Responsible AI, Michigan State University

Readers of this blog may be familiar with the term digital divide: the gap between those who can access computers and the Internet, and those who cannot. Now, with algorithms influencing almost every part of our lives, we must turn our attention to the new algorithmic divide.

< <https://www.itu.int/hub/2022/03/breaking-bias-gender-standards-anjana-susarla-ai-keynote/> https://www.itu.int/hub/2022/03/breaking-bias-gender-standards-anjana-susarla-ai-keynote/>

The cost of side-lining women in standardization

Despite visible progress in recent years, the role of women in the global digital economy still trails that of men by a considerable margin. While fewer women are online globally, the digital gender gap remains widest in the poorest economies.

< <https://www.itu.int/hub/2022/03/women-in-standardization-wise/> https://www.itu.int/hub/2022/03/women-in-standardization-wise/>

Standards are coming. Are education technology companies prepared?

In this blog, LSE Visiting Fellow Dr Velislava Hillman asserts that the newly proposed IEEE standards for an Age-Appropriate Digital Services Framework should be seen as a stepping stone towards the development of meaningful frameworks and standards for governing and regulating the edtech sector.

< <https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/2022/03/16/standards/> https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/2022/03/16/standards/>

Russia is risking the creation of a “splinternet”—and it could be irreversible

Russia’s disconnection from the online services of the West has been as abrupt and complete as its disconnection from real-world global trade routes.

< <https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/03/17/1047352/russia-splinternet-risk/> https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/03/17/1047352/russia-splinternet-risk/>

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