With the Google IPv6 statistics showing the number of IPv6 connections to Google services approaching 10%, it’s perhaps an opportune time to sign off for the year with the wish that 2016 will be the year that IPv6 deployment goes mass market. In fact according to Google, IPv6 deployment already saw a 60% increase in 2015, but Read more…

Akamai recently published its third quarterly report for 2015 on ‘The State of the Internet‘. As a major content delivery network provider, Akamai is able to collate substantial amounts of data on many metrics including connection speeds, network availability, traffic patterns, and IPv6 adoption. Whilst the number of unique IPv4 addresses connecting to Akamai continues to Read more…

In short: It’s doable and your government should support it! Over 4 years ago, the Go6 Institute started a discussion with the Slovenian government about the idea for a Slovenian IPv6 roadshow project. This would include a web portal with basic technical and deployment information about the IPv6 protocol, as well as one-day basic IPv6 workshops that Read more…

It’s worth drawing attention to the Study and Measurements of the RPKI Deployment. This is a recently published thesis analysing the deployment of RPKI and the quality of the data, but is also worth reading for its comprehensive documentation of routing incidents, the problems they can cause, and mitigation measures that can be implemented. The analysis reveals Read more…

Let’s Encrypt enters public beta today, which means anyone can now sign-up for free digital certificates. Let’s Encrypt is a new trusted Certificate Authority (CA) that aims to bring down the costs of configuring secure servers in order to increase overall deployment of TLS. This initiative offers more than just free certificates though, as it also supports automation to Read more…

The Deploy360 team is sad to the hear of the passing of Rob Blokzijl yesterday. Rob was a hugely influential character in the Internet community, having founded and then chaired RIPE until last year, but was also instrumental in the formation of a number of other important Internet bodies. It’s surely no coincidence that Amsterdam Read more…

Do you have an idea for a new way to use DNSSEC or DANE to make the Internet more secure?  Have you recently installed DNSSEC and have a great case study you can share of lessons learned?  Do you have a new tool or service that makes DNSSEC or DANE easier to use or deploy? Read more…

Last week, we highlighted a presentation given by Geoff Huston at RIPE 71 where he discussed the performance and reliability of IPv6. His conclusions were that if you can establish a connection, then IPv4 and IPv6 appear to have comparable performance, although currently the odds of establishing the connection still favour IPv4 for various reasons. RIPE Labs have followed-up Read more…

Since the announcement of the Let’s Encrypt project, we’ve been enthusiastic about the idea of having an open and transparent Certification Authority (CA) that could show other CA’s that it’s possible to run a certificates business and keep it free for everyone! So, after the Closed Beta programme was announced, we managed to get involved and secure our web Read more…

The RIPE 71 meeting is happening this week in Bucharest and each day we’ll be highlighting the presentations and activities related to the Deploy360 technologies. Wednesday and Thursday were primarily devoted to RIPE NCC and RIPE policy matters, but there was also some interest for Deploy360 in the RIPE IPv6 and DNS Working Groups. To start, we absolutely have Read more…