Worth Reading 042926 Many BGP route leaks reported by automated detection systems are actually brief, low-impact artifacts of normal BGP convergence. Long round‑trip times have serious consequences for protocols like TCP, which rely on a steady stream of acknowledgements (ACKs) to manage sending rates, estimate delay, and trigger retransmissions. As datacenter networks evolve toward ultra-high-speed links, the energy footprint of host-side packet processing grows increasingly significant. The old perception of satellite internet as slow, expensive, and marginal is increasingly outdated. Today’s market includes multiple orbital models, each with distinct technical and operational characteristics. What can we learn about QUIC deployments just by listening to unsolicited QUIC traffic? This question becomes specifically exciting since QUIC aims to enhance privacy by obfuscating metadata. Related Posted in WORTH READING ← Hedge 303: Data Centers?
