The Hedge Podcast Episode 23: The MOPS Working Group

19 February 2020

The IETF works on many things beyond IP and routing—the Media Operations (MOPS) working group is gathering input on media-related operational issues and practices, including “proposed technologies related to the deployment, engineering, and operation of media streaming and manipulation protocols and procedures in the global Internet (inter-domain) and within-domain networking.” Leslie Daigle and Eric Vyncke, the co-chairs of the MOPS working group, join Alvaro Retana and Russ White to discuss the work they are doing.

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Early Internet and IAB History with David Clark

18 February 2020

The Internet Architecture Board “provides long-range technical direction for Internet development, ensuring the Internet continues to grow and evolve as a platform for global communication and innovation.” David Clark joins Donald Sharp and Russ White to discuss the origins of the IAB, and relate his experience in the early days of the Internet.

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On the ‘net: It’s more complicated than you think

WORTH READING

Worth Reading: Steering BGP Inbound Traffic at Scale

Inbound traffic engineering is a complex process, especially for large ISPs. This is because the de-facto protocol for interdomain routing, BGP, is not designed for balancing network traffic. —Enric Pujol

Worth Reading: CacheOut Attack

If your computer is running any modern Intel CPU built before October 2018, it’s likely vulnerable to a newly discovered hardware issue that could allow attackers to leak sensitive data from the OS kernel, co-resident virtual machines, and even from Intel’s secured SGX enclave. —Mohit Kumar

Worth Reading: DDoS Attacks Nearly Double

The number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks nearly doubled between the fourth quarter of 2018 and fourth quarter of 2019, researchers found in a new study of DDoS trends. —Kellly Sheridan

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