Subject: [Newsclips] IETF SYN-ACK Newspack 2022-04-11

From: "David Goldstein" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 15:27:35 +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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IAB Seeks Feedback on Candidates for the IETF appointment to the ICANN Root Server System Governance Working Group (GWG)

As previously announced, the IAB is in the process of making an appointment to the ICANN Root Server System Governance Working Group (GWG). The candidates who have accepted nominations are:

< <https://www.iab.org/2022/04/06/iab-seeks-feedback-on-candidates-for-the-ietf-appointments-to-the-icann-root-server-system-governance-working-group-gwg/> https://www.iab.org/2022/04/06/iab-seeks-feedback-on-candidates-for-the-ietf-appointments-to-the-icann-root-server-system-governance-working-group-gwg/>

Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) in next-generation networks

The Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) is a popular authentication framework used in many types of wired and wireless network technologies. Here, we take a detailed look at EAP, describe how it’s used in modern 5G networks and share insights into recent progress. ... EAP is an authentication framework used by networks for authenticating devices (the EAP peers) before they are authorized to access the internet and other network services. EAP itself is not an authentication mechanism – it is a framework that supports a large number of authentication methods. Over the years, many different EAP methods have been standardized, including some vendor-specific methods. EAP is commonly run directly over the link layer before IP connectivity is established. Each link layer defines how it encapsulates EAP packets and each EAP method defines how it is encapsulated in EAP packets. EAP is standardized by the IETF, currently in the EMU working group.

< <https://www.ericsson.com/en/blog/2022/4/extensible-authentication-protocol-eap-networks> https://www.ericsson.com/en/blog/2022/4/extensible-authentication-protocol-eap-networks>

China attempting to influence ‘international standards’ institutions [ANI]

Going forward with Xi Jinping’s goal of making the country a ‘major power with pioneering global influence’ by 2049, China has been leveraging its technological prowess and geopolitical heft to shape the global technological environment and standards to serve its commercial and strategic interests, a media report said. ... Beyond the IEC, ISO, and ITU, Chinese actors are also active in other SSOs including the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) that develops 5G technical specifications, as well as IETF, the report said, adding that the companies such as Alibaba, Baidu, Huawei, Tencent and ZTE are advanced members of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards Association.

< <https://theprint.in/world/china-attempting-to-influence-international-standards-institutions/910021/> https://theprint.in/world/china-attempting-to-influence-international-standards-institutions/910021/>

< <https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/272466612/china-attempting-to-influence-international-standards-institutions> https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/272466612/china-attempting-to-influence-international-standards-institutions>

Double Standards? China’s influence in international standards.

One of the uncontested beneficiaries of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is China. Beijing’s geopolitical moves continue to disguise its larger designs. It is now widely known that Xi Jinping’s assertive foreign policy’s goal is to make China a ‘major power with pioneering global influence’ by 2049, the centenary of the founding of People’s Republic of China. To this end, China has been leveraging its technological prowess and geopolitical heft to shape the global technological environment and standards setting for future technologies to serve its commercial and strategic interests. ... Beyond the IEC, ISO, and ITU, Chinese actors are also active in other SSOs. For example, China has the largest number of individual members within 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), that develops 5G technical specifications. At the IETF, Chinese actors are very active in submitting documents (surpassed only by US representatives). Companies such as Alibaba, Baidu, Huawei, Tencent and ZTE are advanced members of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards Association.

< <https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/double-standards-chinas-influence-in-international-standards/> https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/double-standards-chinas-influence-in-international-standards/>

India's IPv6 progress and benefits

Further, the NIC (National Informatics Centre) which hosts most of the Government websites and applications, Core infrastructure of NICNET is now fully IPv6 compliant and its infrastructure at various Ministries and state centres has also become IPv6 ready. Also, many organizations are now provisioning new IP based services (like cloud computing, data centres etc.) on IPv6. Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) such as the IETF, ETSI and 3GPP through their protocols, standards are also contributing consistently for achieving tremendous progress by various countries which is evident from the fact that IETF no more requires IPv4 compatibility in the new or extended protocols. Also, 3GPP is considering mandating IPv6 in 5G Standalone (SA).

< <https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2022/4/10/AK-Tiwari-and-Sachin-RathoreContd-from-previous-issueFurther-the-NIC-National-Informatics-Cent.html> https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2022/4/10/AK-Tiwari-and-Sachin-RathoreContd-from-previous-issueFurther-the-NIC-National-Informatics-Cent.html>

SRv6 Becomes an Industry Consensus and Commercial Use Is Set to Accelerate

On April 5, 2022, the 23rd MPLS, SD & AI Net Network World Congress (also called the MPLS Forum) was successfully held in Paris. ... On the first day of the Congress, Zhenbin Li, Huawei Chief IP Standard Representative and IETF IAB member, delivered a keynote speech titled "APN6 Enables Application and Network Collaboration". He said that the innovation of IPv6 Enhanced technologies oriented towards emerging services such as 5G and cloud is increasingly becoming a consensus in the industry. Innovative IPv6 Enhanced technologies, such as SRv6 and IP network slicing, have been deployed and applied on more than 100 sites worldwide, significantly enhancing the differentiated service capabilities of networks. He also introduced emerging technologies such as application-aware networking (APN) and computing-aware networking (CAN) — developed along with the trend of in-depth convergence between clouds and networks and between computing power and networks — as well as the development of the standards industry. ... Weiqiang Chen, Principal Architect of IP Network from China Mobile, shared insights into the requirements, fundamentals, and progress of SRv6 header compression technology. In his speech, he introduced SRv6 compression requirements, SRv6 compression standardization progress at the IETF, and G-SRv6 industry progress, including interoperability tests, live network trials, and large-scale deployment. He explained that G-SRv6 solves the problem of high overhead of SRv6 headers while retaining the extensibility and programmability of SRv6, making it a key feature to accelerate large-scale SRv6 deployment.

< <https://www.totaltele.com/512979/SRv6-Becomes-an-Industry-Consensus-and-Commercial-Use-Is-Set-to-Accelerate> https://www.totaltele.com/512979/SRv6-Becomes-an-Industry-Consensus-and-Commercial-Use-Is-Set-to-Accelerate>

Most Technology Advanced Countries In Africa 2022: Top 10

... 3. Mauritius: ... The country’s ICi sector contributed 5.76 percent of GDP in 2016. It has now been able to give participants in cyberstorm.mu’s international tournaments. They also hosted the 2016/2017 Google Code-in, which resulted in two finalists and one winner. They worked on SSH, TLS 1.3, and HTTP 451 at an IETF hackathon. Mauritius is home to the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC).

< <https://bscholarly.com/most-technology-advanced-countries-in-africa/> https://bscholarly.com/most-technology-advanced-countries-in-africa/>

IPv4 Vs IPv6: Which Is Faster?

... IPv6 isn't just an upgrade to a new protocol; it takes a fundamentally different approach to how the Internet works, at a core level. On one hand, it's far more scalable, offering infinite opportunities to grow and expand a single network alongside the Internet and its users. But at the same time, it has taken a long time for the IETF to develop and distribute IPv6. It does little to incentivize internet service providers to ditch NAT, or at least introduce dual stacking, which would still take a lot of time, labor, and cash investment to implement in a primarily IPv4-based network.

< <https://www.slashgear.com/821877/ipv4-vs-ipv6-which-is-faster/> https://www.slashgear.com/821877/ipv4-vs-ipv6-which-is-faster/>

How to use OpenID Connect for authentication

... OpenID was good for most community-based mobile applications but not for enterprise ones. OpenID Connect was built on top of OAuth 2.0 to solve that. More than that, it's evolving to have a long life; it has its own OpenID Connect Foundation and also the IETF Working Group for OAuth. It basically addresses most modern use cases.

< <https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/feature/How-to-use-OpenID-Connect-for-authentication> https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/feature/How-to-use-OpenID-Connect-for-authentication>

Test- und Software-Toolkits für die Post-Quantum-Ära: Entrust bereitet auf Sicherheitsrisiken durch Quantencomputing vor [Post-Quantum Era Test and Software Toolkits: Entrust Prepares for Security Risks from Quantum Computing]

... Entrust sei ein Pionier im Bereich der Post-Quantum-Kryptographie. „Wir sind Mitglied der IETF und des NIST PQ-Wettbewerbs. Durch Wachstumsinitiativen und Investitionen in Lösungen wie die heute angekündigten helfen wir unseren Kunden bereits jetzt, sich auf die Zukunft vorzubereiten.“

< <https://www.datacenter-insider.de/entrust-bereitet-auf-sicherheitsrisiken-durch-quantencomputing-vor-a-1107273/> https://www.datacenter-insider.de/entrust-bereitet-auf-sicherheitsrisiken-durch-quantencomputing-vor-a-1107273/>

Da li email verifikacija šteti privatnosti? [Does email verification hurt privacy?] [Washington Post]

... Radimo sa telima za standarde, kao što je IETF, i drugim email provajderima na poboljšanju ovih standarda. Ove promene se ne mogu izvršiti jednostrano i zahtevaju promenu industrije kako bi se osiguralo da bezbednost emaila nije ugrožena“, rekla je portparol Googla, misleći na IETF, organizaciju koja pomaže u postavljanju tehnoloških standarda.

< <https://pcpress.rs/da-li-email-verifikacija-steti-privatnosti/> https://pcpress.rs/da-li-email-verifikacija-steti-privatnosti/>

Resiliencia en el ciberespacio [Resilience in cyberspace]

... Ha publicado más de 200 artículos internacionales y es miembro de varios comités de programa. También ha participado en varias estandarizaciones para IETF, ISO y ETSI y ha sido nominado como IPv6 Forum Fellow. Dr. Skarmeta es propietario de varias patentes sobre soluciones IoT basadas en telemonitorización. También es CTO de la spin-off Odin Solution S.L. (OdinS) en el área de IoT e Infraestructura Inteligente.

< <https://www.esglobal.org/resiliencia-en-el-ciberespacio/> https://www.esglobal.org/resiliencia-en-el-ciberespacio/>

홍남기 "IETF 참여, 긍정검토…CPTPP 현 정부내 가입신청" [Nam-ki Hong "Participation in IETF, positive review… Application for membership in the CPTPP government"]

홍남기 부총리 겸 기획재정부 장관이 "IETF에 참여할 것을 긍정적인 방향으로 논의할 것"이라며 "CPTPP는 이번 정부내 가입신청을 할 것"이라고 말했다.

< <https://news.mtn.co.kr/news-detail/2022040810570397146> https://news.mtn.co.kr/news-detail/2022040810570397146>

JPRS、年次報告書「JPドメイン名レジストリレポート2021」公開、JPドメイン名は168万件超 [JPRS releases annual report "JP Domain Name Registry Report 2021", more than 1.68 million JP domain names]

... また、国内のイベント「Interop Tokyo 2001」「Internet Week」への参加、IETFなどの標準化団体やICANNでの活動、DNSに関するソフトウェアの脆弱性に関する注意喚起を行っていることが報告されている。

< <https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/e49c6855edbab5e878a5e15c384f49750cc8b84a> https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/e49c6855edbab5e878a5e15c384f49750cc8b84a>

【历史上的今天】4 月 7 日：IBM System/360 问世；以太网的发明者诞生；第一个 RFC 文档发布 [April 7: IBM System/360; the inventor of Ethernet; the first RFC document is released]

... Request for Comments，简称 RFC，常见的翻译有“请求意见稿”或“意见征求”，“意见请求”，“请求评论”等等，它是由互联网工程任务组（IETF）发布的一系列备忘录。文件收集了有关互联网相关信息，以及 UNIX 和互联网社群的软件文件，以编号排定。目前 RFC 文件是由互联网协会（ISOC）赞助发行。

< <https://blog.csdn.net/Byeweiyang/article/details/124003990> https://blog.csdn.net/Byeweiyang/article/details/124003990>

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SECURITY & PRIVACY

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us: CISA Declares April as Emergency Communications Month

April is Emergency Communications Month! Throughout the month, we’ll be recognizing the important work of both CISA and the emergency response community. The 911 operating system only begins to scratch the surface of emergency communications. This is a broad, complex, and strategically critical field that includes everything from radio communications systems, broadband and narrowband data systems, to alerts and warning systems, and so much more. It’s only because of this communications backbone that our emergency response community can be operational, collaborative, secure and resilient at the most critical moments.

< <https://www.cisa.gov/blog/2022/04/08/cisa-declares-april-emergency-communications-month> https://www.cisa.gov/blog/2022/04/08/cisa-declares-april-emergency-communications-month>

us: NIST Seeks Input on International Aspects of the Cybersecurity Framework, Other Resources

Addressing global needs is a critical part of NIST’s work in the evolution of the Cybersecurity Framework, especially as we continue to see international adaptions and use cases to address emerging risks. Recently translated into French and Ukrainian, the Framework is now available in 10 languages, and additional translations are in the works. With a growing user base around the world, the Framework is primed for an update that draws more deeply on international viewpoints.

< <https://www.nist.gov/blogs/cybersecurity-insights/nist-seeks-input-international-aspects-cybersecurity-framework-other> https://www.nist.gov/blogs/cybersecurity-insights/nist-seeks-input-international-aspects-cybersecurity-framework-other>

DNSAI Response to a Letter from the GNSO Small Team on DNS Abuse by Graeme Bunton, Executive Director of the DNS Abuse Institute

In early March the DNSAI received a letter requesting input from the ICANN GNSO on behalf of their ‘Small Team on DNS Abuse’. The small team asked for responses on two questions, roughly: ‘Is there a role for the GNSO policy development process to play regarding DNS Abuse?’, and ‘If so, what would that be?’.

< <https://dnsabuseinstitute.org/dnsai-response-gnso-small-team-dns-abuse/> https://dnsabuseinstitute.org/dnsai-response-gnso-small-team-dns-abuse/>

Automaker Cybersecurity Lagging Behind Tech Adoption, Experts Warn

A bug in Honda is indicative of the sprawling car-attack surface that could give cyberattackers easy access to victims, as global use of ‘smart car tech’ and EVs surges.

< <https://threatpost.com/automaker-cybersecurity-lagging-tech-adoption/179204/> https://threatpost.com/automaker-cybersecurity-lagging-tech-adoption/179204/>

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INTERNET OF THINGS

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How Can Blockchain And Digital Payments Reinvent The Internet Of Things? by Dr. Xinxin Fan, IoTeX, a startup empowering the future machine economy with blockchain and IoT.

The convergence of artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, edge computing, Internet of Things (IoT), 5G, computer vision and augmented/virtual reality is taking society on a journey through the next wave of the digital revolution and toward the metaverse.

< <https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2022/04/05/how-can-blockchain-and-digital-payments-reinvent-the-internet-of-things/> https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2022/04/05/how-can-blockchain-and-digital-payments-reinvent-the-internet-of-things/>

What is the future for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)?

The Internet of Things (IoT) has changed the world as we know it. As a global community, we are more connected than ever – and perhaps more than we realize. Through the Internet of Things, we now have a vast network of internet-connected devices gathering, analyzing, and storing data, running the gamut from smart home products to driverless vehicles.

< <https://www.todaysmedicaldevelopments.com/article/future-industrial-internet-of-things-medical-more/> https://www.todaysmedicaldevelopments.com/article/future-industrial-internet-of-things-medical-more/>

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NEW TRANSPORT PROTOCOLS

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Wie Windows Server 2022 die Netzwerksicherheit verbessert

Cyberattacken auf Data Center kommen aus allen erdenklichen Richtungen. Doch mehrere neue und verbesserte Funktionen für die Netzwerksicherheit von Windows Server 2022 sollen diese Angriffsversuche vereiteln. ... HTTP/3 befindet sich derzeit in der Entwicklung, wird aber bereits von Google und Facebook verwendet. HTTP/3 verwendet das Transportprotokoll QUIC, das auf dem User Datagram Protocol (UDP) basiert. Außer einer besseren Performance nutzt HTTP/3 standardmäßig Verschlüsselung, um eine sichere Verbindung zu gewährleisten.

< <https://www.computerweekly.com/de/tipp/Wie-Windows-Server-2022-die-Netzwerksicherheit-verbessert> https://www.computerweekly.com/de/tipp/Wie-Windows-Server-2022-die-Netzwerksicherheit-verbessert>

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OTHERWISE NOTEWORTHY

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The risk of fragmentation for international standards

The EU’s standardisation strategy is trying to prevent the lagging of European companies but might open the door for the regionalisation of international standards. Earlier this year, the European Commission presented its standardisation strategy which aims to regain its leading position in the setting of international standards, a strategic objective in terms of digital sovereignty.

< <https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/the-risk-of-fragmentation-for-international-standards/> https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/the-risk-of-fragmentation-for-international-standards/>

Jack Dorsey regrets his role in creating a centralized internet

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey would like you to know he too misses the early days of the internet when protocols like IRC made the web seem like a place of boundless possibility. He also knows he’s partly to blame for the current state of things.

< <https://www.engadget.com/jack-dorsey-regrets-centralized-internet-164519243.html> https://www.engadget.com/jack-dorsey-regrets-centralized-internet-164519243.html>

< <https://au.news.yahoo.com/jack-dorsey-regrets-centralized-internet-164519243.html> https://au.news.yahoo.com/jack-dorsey-regrets-centralized-internet-164519243.html>

Jack Dorsey regrets that he’s ‘partially to blame’ for the state of the internet today

Jack Dorsey says he has regrets about the social media giant he co-founded. Dorsey, who announced plans to leave Twitter in November, recently tweeted that he feels guilty about the role the company has played in creating a centralized internet, where a small handful of companies and platforms claim an outsized proportion of users and their data. With 217 million daily users, Twitter certainly qualifies as one of those platforms, along with other tech giants like Meta, Alphabet and Amazon.

< <https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/06/jack-dorsey-im-partially-to-blame-for-the-state-of-the-internet.html> https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/06/jack-dorsey-im-partially-to-blame-for-the-state-of-the-internet.html>

IAB comment on Mandated Browser Root Certificates in the European Union’s eIDAS Regulation on the Internet

On 8 April 2022, the IAB published the statement “IAB comment on Mandated Browser Root Certificates in the European Union’s eIDAS Regulation on the Internet.”

< <https://www.iab.org/2022/04/08/iab-comment-on-mandated-browser-root-certificates-in-the-european-unions-eidas-regulation-on-the-internet/> https://www.iab.org/2022/04/08/iab-comment-on-mandated-browser-root-certificates-in-the-european-unions-eidas-regulation-on-the-internet/>

IAB Responds to Federal Communications Commission Request for Comments on Secure Internet Routing

On 8 April 2022, the IAB responded to the FCC’s request for comments on Secure Internet Routing:

< <https://www.iab.org/2022/04/08/iab-responds-to-federal-communications-commission-request-for-comments-on-secure-internet-routing/> https://www.iab.org/2022/04/08/iab-responds-to-federal-communications-commission-request-for-comments-on-secure-internet-routing/>

Cisco Internet Protocol Journal Volume 25, Number 1, April 2022

In This Issue: From the Editor, Securing Inter-Domain Routing, Part 2, Fragments, Thank You!, Call for Papers and Supporters and Sponsors

< <https://ipj.dreamhosters.com/internet-protocol-journal/issues/current-issue/> https://ipj.dreamhosters.com/internet-protocol-journal/issues/current-issue/>

Web 3.0: The Future Architecture of the Internet?

Abstract: Pursuant to two broad “iterations” of the world wide web, the first relegating the user to a rudimentary read-only role, and the second to that of a content-creator bound by an architecture of oligopolistic entities, a third iteration (Web 3.0) is posited as one wherein the user is incarnated as the ultimate arbiter and primary agent of value creation and exchange. To attain such decentralized ownership for a new internet architecture, Web 3.0’s proponents argue for a blockchain-oriented structuring of the internet, with the onus of participation and possession relegated to the user at the centre. The aim of this paper, then, is to gauge the merits of such a decentralized manifestation of the internet as Web 3.0 using social, economic, and cultural lenses.

< <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4037693> https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4037693>

Remembering Tadao Takahashi

Today we mourn the passing of Tadao Takahashi on 6 April 2022 at the age of 71. Inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2017, Tadao was a critical Internet pioneer in Brazil, working for over 30 years on expanding Internet access in Brazil and beyond. He was one of the co-founders of the Internet Society Brazil Chapter in 1998 and worked tirelessly to advance the organization’s mission.

< <https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/04/remembering-tadao-takahashi/> https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/04/remembering-tadao-takahashi/>

Skillsets required for digital transformation by Gedeon Hakizimana, Senior Engineer, Rwanda Broadcasting Agency

Advances in technology – from the invention of the transistor to the fourth industrial revolution – propel substantial shifts in the skills needed on the labour market.

< <https://www.itu.int/hub/2022/04/digital-skills-insights-digital-transformation/> https://www.itu.int/hub/2022/04/digital-skills-insights-digital-transformation/>

us: NTIA’s Institute for Telecommunication Sciences and Department of Defense Launch 5G Challenge to Accelerate Development of Open 5G Ecosystem

Today, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS), in Boulder, Colo., announced the launch of the 5G Challenge in collaboration with the Department of Defense (DoD). This prize competition aims to accelerate the adoption of open interfaces, interoperable components, and multi-vendor solutions toward the development of an open 5G ecosystem.

< <https://www.ntia.gov/press-release/2022/ntia-s-institute-telecommunication-sciences-and-department-defense-launch-5g> https://www.ntia.gov/press-release/2022/ntia-s-institute-telecommunication-sciences-and-department-defense-launch-5g>

Deploying RPKI at Comcast

Over several months leading up to May 2021, Comcast deployed Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) on its network to defend against BGP route hijacks and leaks. Given the size and technical diversity of our network, deploying RPKI represented a significant effort, yet we were able to implement this security improvement without disrupting performance for our customers.

< <https://blog.apnic.net/2022/04/08/deploying-rpki-at-comcast/> https://blog.apnic.net/2022/04/08/deploying-rpki-at-comcast/>

Route management prevalidation

The Registry team at APNIC is currently working on route management prevalidation, a feature designed to prevent users from inadvertently causing routing problems for their announcements in BGP.

< <https://blog.apnic.net/2022/04/08/route-management-prevalidation/> https://blog.apnic.net/2022/04/08/route-management-prevalidation/>

IRR hygiene in the RPKI era

The Internet Routing Registry (IRR) and, more recently, Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) offer different solutions to improve routing security and operation in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).

< <https://blog.apnic.net/2022/04/07/irr-hygiene-in-the-rpki-era/> https://blog.apnic.net/2022/04/07/irr-hygiene-in-the-rpki-era/>

DOA: Using RPKI to drive out bad traffic

At the SIDROPS working group at IETF 113 last month, there was an emerging proposal related to RPKI, which seeks to sign over Remotely Triggered Black Hole (RTBH) requests.

< <https://blog.apnic.net/2022/04/05/doa-using-rpki-to-drive-out-bad-traffic/> https://blog.apnic.net/2022/04/05/doa-using-rpki-to-drive-out-bad-traffic/>

RPKI — 2021 retrospective

2021 was disappointing on many fronts. Pandemic still here? Yes. Global travel restrictions in place? Yes. Still working from home? Yes. There was a bright spot; pandemic or no pandemic, network operators continued to deploy Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI).

< <https://blog.apnic.net/2022/04/04/rpki-2021-retrospective/> https://blog.apnic.net/2022/04/04/rpki-2021-retrospective/>

ARIN Non-Authenticated IRR has been Retired

On Monday, 4 April 2022, at 12:00 PM ET, ARIN retired its Non-Authenticated IRR as previously announced.

< <https://www.arin.net/announcements/20220404-irr/> https://www.arin.net/announcements/20220404-irr/>

Internet infrastructure will unlock Africa's growth potential

The African continent is home to some of the fastest-growing economies on the planet. Millions of Africans are joining the middle classes every year, as they are becoming increasingly upwardly mobile. That has led to an unprecedented boom in consumer markets.

< <https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/internet-infrastructure-will-unlock-africas-growth-potential/13tk8wk> https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/internet-infrastructure-will-unlock-africas-growth-potential/13tk8wk>

Meta’s encryption plan has human rights benefits, report says

A nonprofit association that promotes social responsibility among corporations has concluded in a new report that Meta’s planned expansion of strong encryption to its Messenger and Instagram services will do more good than harm for human rights, giving the company more ammunition as it fights efforts in the United Kingdom and other countries to carve out exceptions to make police work easier.

< <https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/04/meta-bsr-encryption-study/> https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/04/meta-bsr-encryption-study/>

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