Post-quantum signatures could dramatically enlarge DNSSEC responses, shifting many queries from UDP to TCP. Should resolvers limit unnecessary DNSSEC data, or is greater TCP use inevitable?

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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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Much of the opposition to DNSSEC appears to come from two concerns:
- The possibility of top-down state control over access to information.
- DNSSEC deployment remains incomplete.

Both concerns are valid, but miss context and the long view.
blog.apnic.net/2026/11/03/res…

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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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.
blog.apnic.net/2026/10/30/sam…

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.
blog.apnic.net/2026/10/28/glo…

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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Nearly 99,000 unique IP addresses interacted with APNIC’s honeynet in just one week, generating 173 million events. Long-known botnets, weak credentials, and unpatched vulnerabilities continue to drive large-scale malicious activity across the Internet.

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Answering some of the most frequently asked questions about ASPA.
blog.apnic.net/2026/10/22/you…

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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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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The DNS root key was rolled on 11 October 2026. Was the key roll a success?
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#INNOG 9, co-located with #APNIC62, offered a distinctly operational perspective, drawing on experiences from India and Bangladesh. Topics ranged from IPv6 deployment and submarine cable infrastructure, to lessons learned from Internet disruptions.
blog.apnic.net/2026/10/19/inn…

As Timor-Leste deepens its integration with ASEAN and the global digital economy, continued progress in technical capability, resilience, and Internet governance will be critical to ensuring connectivity delivers broader economic and social benefits.
blog.apnic.net/2026/10/16/tim…

#APRICOT2027 is seeking volunteers from the community to assist with the development of the conference program. Send a note by 18 October 2026 at 17:00 (UTC+8) to pc-chairs@apricot.net including affiliation, and a brief description about why you would make a good addition.

The estimated 1.5M kilometres of subsea communications cables underpins our global telecommunication services. This critical infrastructure faces serious challenges in the coming years.

blog.apnic.net/2026/10/14/sub…

The root key of the DNS is scheduled to roll on 11 October. How many DNSSEC-validating recursive resolvers have learned of KSK-2024 and incorporated it into their TA sets?

blog.apnic.net/2026/10/09/rol…

APRICOT 2027, the Internet Network Operators Summit for the Asia Pacific region, is actively seeking expressions of interest in sponsoring the conference.

Sponsorship packages are available to match a range of budgets and objectives.

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To quantify how closely guideline recommendations align with real-world TLS deployments, Henrique Becker Brum and his team collected over 50 million TLS handshakes during two weeks from their research institution.
blog.apnic.net/2026/09/29/tho…

In the data centre, TCP has quietly become one of the most expensive things a Central Processing Unit (CPU) does.
blog.apnic.net/2026/09/18/pre…