APNIC is the Regional Internet Registry administering IP addresses for the Asia Pacific
APNIC is the Regional Internet Registry administering IP addresses for the Asia Pacific
The delicate art of cryptographic maintenance: When small certs break big chains
By Geoff Huston
Around mid-2026, we began receiving user complaints about certificate validation failures. The failure wasn’t a single bug, but the collision of optimization and slow distribution.
[Podcast] DNS query duplication
By George Michaelson
Why does APNIC Labs experimental systems see almost all DNS queries twice or more?
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Bringing APNIC closer to Members: SANOG to host next APNIC Sub-Regional Forum
By Dale Roberts
APNIC’s next Sub-Regional Forum at SANOG in Kathmandu, Nepal, will bring Internet operations, policy, and community discussions closer to Members in South Asia.
APNIC 62 workshops build practical skills for modern network operations
By Sheryl Hermoso
APNIC 62 features three hands-on workshops that help network professionals automate operations, strengthen security, and deploy next-generation routing technologies.
IPv6 address planning: From ‘bit conservation’ to ‘elegant alignment’
By Haisheng Yu
Guest Post: When planning IPv6 addressing schemes, many engineers still carry over habits from the IPv4 era. The instinct is to conserve every possible bit and to compress region, service, and network type information into the smallest space that meets current needs. While this approach once made sense, it is poorly suited to IPv6.
Rethinking non‑access stratum timers for LEO satellite constellations in 5G and beyond
By Peng Hu
Guest Post: AstroTimer starts from a simple but important question: Can we compute NAS timers directly from LEO‑specific conditions, such as path length, link variability, and NF load, using a closed‑form, low‑cost model?
APNIC Foundation’s BCAP project wins 2026 WSIS Prize for Capacity Building
By Neeti Biyani
The APNIC Foundation’s Building Capabilities in the Asia Pacific (BCAP) project has won the 2026 WSIS Prize for capacity building, recognizing its impact on developing Internet skills across the Asia Pacific.
Who’s running all those tiny RPKI servers?
By Ties Dirksen
Guest Post: Small RPKI publication servers comprise a quiet but important part of the Internet’s trust infrastructure. Understanding who operates these servers, and why, helps reveal both strengths and gaps in today’s routing security.