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DNS root server resilience: a smarter way

By Paul Wilson

APNIC is supporting ISC to incorporate code changes to BIND, its open source DNS software, to help reduce the load on DNS root servers.

Dealing with IPv6 fragmentation in the DNS, Part 2

By Geoff Huston

In part two of his IPv6 fragmentation research posts, Geoff Huston turns his attention to measuring the packet drop rate when sending fragmented packets to IPv6 end hosts.

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Online voting for 2017 NRO NC election opens today

By Bhadrika Magan

APNIC Members can cast their vote online now for the NRO NC election, to be held at APNIC 44 in Taichung.

Has your IP been misbehaving? Here’s a free checkup

By Steve Santorelli

Guest Post: A new community service tool allows Internet users to see if their IP address has been seen to be misbehaving or in use by an infected host.

IPv6 anycast possibly done better

By Ben Cox

Guest Post: After years of being used sparsely for UDP-based services such as DNS, anycasting IP space has become quite a meme in the networking world.

Six policy proposals: what’s up for discussion at APNIC 44

By Adam Gosling

Managing the remaining IPv4 /8, leasing address space, and IPv6 allocation procedures are among the proposals to be discussed at the three-session Open Policy Meeting at APNIC 44 next month.

Introducing the NAT64 checker

By Jan Zorz

Guest Post: NAT64check can be used to easily check whether sites are reachable and work correctly over IPv6 and NAT64.

Dealing with IPv6 fragmentation in the DNS

By Geoff Huston

Is IPv6 fragmentation a fixable problem in the DNS, and if so, how?