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Routing security incidents happen - for many network operators probably at least once a month, and probably close to 5% of those incidents have real (and negative) network impacts. And though overall the routing system tends to be pretty quiet, some networks have really bad days sometimes. These are some of the results from the Routing Resilience Survey Report from our pilot project to analyze routing security incidents and their real-world impacts.
At the end of 2013 we launched, in partnership with BGPmon, a pilot project called the Routing Resilience Survey. As explained in a November 2013...
Date published 15 December 2014
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The Global Internet Report is the first in a series meant to celebrate the progress of the Internet, highlight trends, and illustrate the principles that will continue to sustain the growth of the Internet.
Open and Sustainable Internet
This report focuses on the open and sustainable Internet – what we mean by that, what benefits it brings, and how to overcome threats that prevent those of us already online from enjoying the full benefits, and what keeps non-users from going online in the first place.
Given the rapid pace of change, it is important to solidify and spread the benefits of...
Date published 03 June 2014
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This infographic explains the idea that when it comes to Internet security and resilience, the traditional approach of just protecting our own assets is not good enough – the Internet demands a sense of collective stewardship and shared responsibility to be truly secure and truly resilient to attack.
There are several technologies and best practices available to mitigate these risks. Implementing them has costs, but through collective action we are creating a safer global network – a benefit that is hard to overestimate.
Date published 02 April 2014
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The ongoing disclosures of pervasive surveillance of Internet users’ communications and data by national security agencies have prompted protocol designers, software and hardware vendors, as well as Internet service and content providers, to re-evaluate prevailing security and privacy threat models and to refocus on providing more effective security and confidentiality.
At IETF88, there was consensus to address pervasive monitoring as an attack and to consider the pervasive attack threat model when designing a protocol. One area of work currently being pursued by the IETF is the viability of...
Date published 14 February 2014
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The last time I visited Myanmar was before the reforms started. At that time, I had a bit of a struggle connecting to the Internet, with access being slow and intermittent at best, even in what I was told was Yangon's finest hotel.
Before my return to Myanmar the other week, I had a quick look at what the current statistics said about the country. And while the most current statistics available are slightly outdated, estimates of Internet penetration were hovering around the 1 percent mark.
As Myanmar enters a period of rapid development, there are challenges...
Date published 25 July 2013
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The Thai Internet community, led by the National Science & Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) and the Ministry of Information & Communication Technology of Thailand, along with an alliance of 12 local organisations, recently hosted INET Bangkok 2013. This multi-stakeholder Internet conference in Bangkok took place June 7-8, attracting close to 800 people from within the region as well as from locations as far away as Europe, the U.S. and Africa.
Under the theme of "The Internet: The Power to Create," the conference featured discussions about permissionless innovation and...
Date published 25 July 2013
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To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Internet Society holds its first global INET conference since 2004. Global INET 2012 carries the theme “Meeting at the Crossroads: Imagining the Future Internet” and, as a prelude, features a collaborative leadership exchange centered on this same topic. The conference serves as the forum for the inaugural inductions into the newly created Internet Hall of Fame and closes with keynote remarks by IHOF inductee and founding president of ISOC Vint Cerf.
Date published 12 July 2013
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In a departure from previous, “global” INETs, INET 2005 is a Middle East and Africa (MEA) regional conference, organized in conjunction with the Second Pan-Arab Regional Conference for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Cairo. In the session entitled 'The Internet: How it works, Why it works, Who makes it work?' representatives of the groups and organizations that enable and support the operation of the Internet infrastructure give first-hand information about just how the Internet coordination processes have evolved and how they work today. Speakers...
Date published 26 June 2013
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The Internet Society sponsors World IPv6 day as a global-scale test flight of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). On World IPv6 Day, major web companies and other industry players come together to enable IPv6 on their main websites for 24 hours. The goal is to motivate organizations across the industry—Internet service providers, hardware makers, operating system vendors, and web companies—to prepare their services for IPv6, in order to ensure a successful transition as IPv4 address space runs out.
World IPv6 Day acts as a focal point to bring existing efforts together. For the...
Date published 26 June 2013
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The Internet Society organizes World IPv6 Launch to motivate organizations across the industry—including Internet service providers (ISPs), hardware makers, and web companies—to prepare for and permanently enable Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) on their products and services as Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address space runs out.
The largest industry commitment to and deployment of IPv6 in the history of the Internet, World IPv6 Launch acts as a focal point to bring existing deployment efforts and industry players together. By acting together on the World IPv6 Launch, ISPs, web...
Date published 26 June 2013
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