Link:Generic Top-Level Domains: Who Should Own .BOOK? | IGP Blog

Internet Governance highlights another tragedy of the commons when big companies attempt to sequester common use assets. In this case, many companies are bidding to own domains such as .book .music or .cloud.  You easily could argue that common terms like these belong to everyone. On the other hand, what are common terms ? And what [...]

Scheduling the IPocalypse

Ivan Pepelnjak has made a presentation available at [Slideshare - Content over IPv6 - No Excuses]. One slide particularly caught my attention: It’s timely reminder that the IPocalypse is going happen quite slowly. Each step is inevitable but none of the them are the final step. For example, once the IANA runs out of addresses, [...]

Packet Pushers – Show 24 – Internet Exchange and Peering Points

We talk with Stephen Wilcox and Russell Heiling about Internet Exchange and Peering Points covering purposes, some technology and looking into the peering industry.