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The Internet's New Factories
AI factories create several traffic systems at once, and power is shaping where they can be built. This article asks what operators can see, what stays private, and who decides how these systems are connected.
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PCAP-LM: Helping AI assistants read network traffic
Guest Post: Packet captures are the ground truth of network operations, but analysing them is slow, requires specialist expertise, and does not scale. PCAP-LM rewrites captures into a form that AI assistants can read, helping address that mismatch.
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Presence is not Participation: What IXP and IRI Data Say About East Africa
East Africa’s Internet ecosystem has evolved beyond the establishment of Internet exchange points (IXPs). The important question now is whether these exchanges foster meaningful domestic network interconnection and contribute to broader regional Internet resilience.
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Do Registrars Use DNSSEC on Their Own Domains?
Registrars must support DNSSEC for customers, but how many use it themselves? A study of 698 registrar domains finds fewer than one in ten has a DS record, with European registrars ahead of the rest. Tobias Sattler explores the gap and its possible explanations.
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The Internet didn’t break; we just forgot what it was leaning on
Guest Post: When international links fail, hidden dependencies can take local services with them. Here’s how operators can design for local resilience.
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The RIPE Chair Team Reports - Highlights from RIPE 93
From digital independence and practical AI to inclusion and research, RIPE 93 gave the community plenty to discuss and act on. The RIPE Chair Team shares personal highlights from Sofia and ways to get involved in the work ahead.
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Solar PV for Internet resilience (Part 1): Designing your system
Guest Post: Solar photovoltaics and battery storage can provide reliable power for network infrastructure, even in remote locations. Here’s what’s good to know before selecting equipment.
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Reminder: AFRINIC PDP Webinar 3, tomorrow, 4 November 2026, 10:00 UTC
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Measuring IXP Resilience with BGP Community Withdrawals
Study shows removing an IXP path increases latency significantly for most affected networks, particularly in lower-GDP regions.
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Restating the case for DNSSEC
Does TLS make DNSSEC unnecessary? An examination of common DNSSEC assumptions challenges that argument and considers DNSSEC's role in establishing trust, the risks of partial deployment, and the evidence from real-world outages.
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APRICOT 2027 registration is now open, with discounts for APNIC Members
Registration for the APRICOT 2027 Summit, being held from 24 February to 4 March 2027 in Hong Kong SAR, China, is now open. All registrations and payments completed on or before 15 November 2026 receive the early bird rate.
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ICASA Publishes Discussion Document on Inquiry into Individual ECNS Licences
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AFRINIC Official Statement on the inclusion of Cloud Innovation Limited in the Register of Members, Mauritius.
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RIA at AfrIGF 2026
Research ICT Africa (RIA) participates in the 2026 Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF), taking place from 2-5 November in Accra, Ghana, contributing to discussions on AI governance and safety, digital…
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Expression of Interest: Host the next AIS and AFRINIC Meetings
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Meet the AFRINIC Team at the Africa IGF 2026 in Accra, Ghana
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AFRINIC PDP Webinar Series: Register for Webinar 3 - Current Policy Proposals Under Discussion (Part 2)
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Same place, different view: How VPNs shape what we learn about the Internet
Guest Post: A study found that changing VPN providers can change where web traffic appears to be served, affecting conclusions about domestic infrastructure, cross-border traffic, and data localization.
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AFRINIC-38 Meeting Update
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Fair Share: Who Should Pay for the Internet's Growth?
Brazil’s telecommunications regulator is currently gathering quantitative evidence to understand the infrastructural and economic stresses that intensive content applications are placing on its networks.
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APNIC updates conference host and location selection process
APNIC has updated its conference host and location selection process for stand-alone conferences to give prospective hosts clearer guidance and make assessment and decision-making more transparent.
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[Podcast] Quad 9 — Measurement in the privacy-preserving public DNS service
Darren Kara discusses how the Quad 9 Public DNS server balances privacy, measurement, and global threat intelligence to help protect users from malicious destinations.
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ICASA Publishes Draft Numbering Plan Fifth Amendment Regulations, 2026
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Reminder: Call for Nominations PDP Co-Chair
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Neutralising a High-Risk Brand Impersonation Scheme
Cybercriminals are becoming increasingly sophisticated so digital consumers, registry operators, registrars and other third parties need to stay ahead of emerging threats. Preventing brand impersonation is not just about protecting trademarks or corporate identities; it is fundamentally about…
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Global Internet infrastructure at NANOG 98
Hyperscaler investment in submarine cables and the rise of LEO satellite systems are reshaping who builds, owns, and operates the networks that underpin global connectivity.
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The EVPN trust challenge: How to detect and contain internal MAC hijacks
Guest Post: EVPN MAC mobility enables seamless workload movement, but it can also amplify the impact of MAC spoofing. A forged MAC address can redirect traffic across the fabric through BGP, making access-layer controls, route-reflector visibility, and MAC-move monitoring critical defences.
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Update on scheduled security maintenance
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What took the Internet offline in Q3 2026
An examination of global Internet disruptions observed by Cloudflare Radar during the third quarter of 2026. This review analyzes how power failures, natural disasters, and government shutdowns impacted network connectivity and traffic.
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From sovereignty to strategic interdependence: Reflections from FIFAfrica 2026
Senior Researcher Mpho Moyo reflects on the Forum for Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica) session, AI Sovereignty for African Countries and Communities, co-hosted by Research ICT Africa, The Global Centre for…
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SIDN Publishes RSSAC002 Traffic Metrics for .nl
SIDN Labs has released open DNS traffic data for .nl in the same format used by root server operators. In this guest post, they explain what they’re sharing and how it opens up new comparisons across the DNS.
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Eight Years of Fixed Internet Inequalities, Dominican Republic
Provincial perspectives of Internet penetration can reveal territorial differences often hidden by aggregated national indicators.
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APRICOT 2027 Call for Presentations is open now
If you have interesting Internet operations research or experience to share, submit a presentation for APRICOT 2027. Submissions close on 25 January 2027.
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APNIC 62 workshops help build network security, automation, and routing expertise across the region
More than 80 network engineers and operators strengthened their skills at APNIC 62 through hands-on workshops in network security, automation, and next-generation service provider routing.
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RIPE 93 Daily Meeting Blog
RIPE 93 has kicked off in wonderful ancient Sofia. As always, you can view the slides, you can watch the recordings, but if you want to get to the bottom of what's really going on, read this daily meeting blog!
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Reminder: Nominations Open for ICANN Board Seat 9
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RIA at the African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG) 2026
This October, Research ICT Africa is proud to collaborate with the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the Information Society Division of the African Union Commission (AUC) as a co-convenor…
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AFRINIC PDP Webinar Series: Register for Webinar 2 - Current Policy Proposals Under Discussion (Part 1)
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One week on the APNIC honeynet: 99,000 IP addresses and 173 million events
Nearly 99,000 unique IP addresses interacted with APNIC's honeynet in just one week, generating 173 million events across SSH, Telnet, SMB, VPN, web, and Android services. The results show that long-known botnets, weak credentials, and unpatched vulnerabilities continue to drive large-scale…
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ICASA MOURNS THE PASSING OF FORMER CHAIRPERSON PARIS MASHILE
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CAPIF 5 Meeting Report: More Local Routes, Stronger Regional Connections
More local peering, stronger routing security and a shared ambition to improve connectivity: CAPIF 5 brought Central Asia’s Internet community to Dushanbe to compare progress, discuss persistent challenges and learn from the people building the region’s networks.
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Webinar Reminder: The AFRINIC Policy Development Process Explained
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When Sanctions Start Breaking the Internet
Sanctions are usually discussed in terms of banks, oil exports, trade, and financial transactions. Yet their effects can reach much deeper into the digital stack.
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Your most pressing questions about ASPA, answered
Answering some of the most frequently asked questions about ASPA.
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Turning IPv6 tunnels into programmable delay lines for pulsing DoS
Guest Post: TED shows how permissive tunnel decapsulation and inconsistent IPv6 Extension Header handling can focus low-rate traffic into short, high-rate bursts.
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AI Created It. You Published It. Who Takes Responsibility?
The legal side of artificial intelligence that every digital citizen should understand Artificial Intelligence (AI) has changed the way we work, communicate and create. Within seconds, we can generate professional emails, draft legal documents, develop marketing campaigns, create realistic images…
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Reminder: Call for candidates for PDP Co-chair position
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Redesigning My Resources
We’re redesigning the My Resources page in the LIR Portal to help RIPE NCC members better understand and manage their Internet number resources. Clearer hierarchies, automated checks and practical guidance aim to make it easier to see what needs attention and keep registrations up to date.
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Registrar portal login temporarily unavailable
To protect your account and the domains under it, we have temporarily disabled login to our registrar portal. A critical security vulnerability affecting PHP was recently announced, and exploits are already being used against websites across the domain industry. As a precaution, logins will stay…
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DNA Progress, NIS2 Amendments, CSA 2.0 and More - EU Regulation Update October 2026
As sweeping regulatory files move through the legislative pipeline, co-legislators are actively shaping their positions in the European Parliament and Council. Meanwhile, the Commission keeps laying the groundwork for new initiatives ahead. Here’s our latest overview of key regulatory developments…
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The .za Domain Name Authority (.zadna) Confirms Annual Registry Fee Adjustment Effective 1 October 2026
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The .za Domain Name Authority (.zadna) Confirms October 2025 Wholesale Fee Adjustment For .za Commercial Domain Names
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