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Do You Need BGP? Probably Not, But Here’s What It Is and Why It Matters

Sep 03, 2025

What the heck is BGP and why should you care? Is it relevant to your day-to-day computing? Yes, but it may be a bit more involved than you need.

Do You Need BGP? Probably Not, But Here’s What It Is and Why It Matters

DEEP DIVE: The Freedom House 2022 Report

raindog308

Dec 18, 2022

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FreedomHouse's 2022 report on Internet freedom is flawed as usual, reflecting a lot of their extraneous politics and ignoring factors they don't care about, but at a broad level, it's an interesting survey of the world. Let's take a look.

DEEP DIVE: The Freedom House 2022 Report

Why the British PM is Worried Russia Will Destroy the Internet

raindog308

Nov 06, 2022

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What happened to Internet service in the Shetlands, and why was there a Russian spy ship nearby? The Russians have amped up their undersea capabilities, but the vulnerability of this infrastructure is much broader when we consider the technological advances in underwaer drones.

Why the British PM is Worried Russia Will Destroy the Internet

The Nuclear Network Option: Isolating Russia

raindog308

Mar 02, 2022

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According to Rolling Stone (paywall'd now), Ukraine has asked ICANN to disconnect Russia from the Internet. This is not something ICANN is capable of doing. The reporting by RS was not entirely clear...

The Nuclear Network Option: Isolating Russia

1 in 10 Chance of an "Internet Apocalypse" Before 2031

raindog308

Oct 19, 2021

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Scientists at the University of California at Irvine predict that if a rare solar superstorm comes to pass, it could cause a months-long outage for key parts of the Internet. Particularly vulnerable a...

Over the Past Year, the Price of an IP Address Has More Than Doubled

raindog308

Sep 04, 2021

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According to information published IPv4 Global, a IP address auction service, the price of IP addresses between August 2020 and August 2021 has more than doubled. Their data shows that at the end of A...

Over the Past Year, the Price of an IP Address Has More Than Doubled

Comparing BGP Stacks' Performance: bird vs. frr vs. OpenBGP vs gobgp Shootout Data Published

raindog308

Sep 02, 2021

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Most users don't spend a lot of time worrying about BGP, much less BGP performance. But if you the kind of person who worries about BGP performance, it's likely very important to you. BGP is the Bord...