المنظمة العالمية للملكية الفكرية (الويبو) recently issued a detailed press release regarding Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (السياسة الموحدة) cases for which it provided arbitration services in 2011 و, once again, the number of WIPO filings was up. According to WIPO: "في 2011, trademark holders filed a record 2,764 cybersquatting cases covering 4,781 domain names with [...] مواصلة القراءة →

In my previous blog on the topic, I stated that the business case supporting the IPv4 roll-out in the late 90s was the Internet. Although IP depletion will slowly become a reality, the chances are that due to mitigating technologies such as NAT and DNS64, it may take quite a while before organizations in the [...] مواصلة القراءة →

With IPv6 World Launch coming up it's worth pausing to consider the collective efforts of the Internet industry in enabling and deploying an essential evolutionary technology at what will become truly massive scale. It's easy to be a detractor and believe there has been little progress — but the Internet hasn't melted down and there [...] مواصلة القراءة →

As anyone who's been in the DDoS attack trenches knows, large multi-gigabit attacks have become more prevalent over the last few years. For many organizations, it's become economically unfeasible to provision enough bandwidth to combat this threat. How are attackers themselves sourcing so much bandwidth? It's actually easier than you might think. While botnets [...] مواصلة القراءة →

George Michaelson, APNIC's Senior Research and Development Scientist recently visited the RIPE NCC to collaborate on various research projects with his RIR colleagues. IPv6 measurements were one of the topics we looked at. Recent IPv6 statistics from the RIPE NCC show an accelerated uptake of IPv6 in Norway, both in terms of the [...] مواصلة القراءة →

Communications will be one of the most critical areas during the London Olympic Games. The industry is working to establish shared access networks — would it not be nice if they did this everywhere, all the time? They are also working very closely with British Olympic Association, London Transport, the broadcasters and content [...] مواصلة القراءة →

Only two years after signing the DNS root zone, the powerful lure of a secure global infrastructure for data distribution is starting to reveal itself. It is illustrated clearly by two proposed technical standardizations that seek to leverage secure DNS. To some degree these developments highlight the strength of DNS institutions and how they might [...] مواصلة القراءة →