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RSSThe Packet Pushers recently had a briefing with Chris Grundemann about startup FullCtl. FullCtl is all about network automation for internet exchanges, service providers, large enterprises, and anyone else looking…
READ MOREThis post originally appeared on the Packet Pushers’ Ignition site on January 14, 2020. There is a slow but steady trend for Governements’ to take back control of internet in…
READ MOREThe influence of governments over standards bodies inside and outside the United States may jeopardize the open protocols that drive the Internet.
READ MOREIn ending this series — which I hope has been useful for Packet Pusher’s readers to get a solid survey of the entire Internet’s operational structure — we’ll talk about…
READ MOREI’m conflicted about the expansion of tech into education. Is another screen really going to enhance learning, or just make kids increasingly distracted?
READ MORENetwork Operators Groups (NOGs) are integral to the running of the Internet. They're also great resource for network engineers. Providers tend to build large, complex networks, and they are generally…
READ MOREAs we come close to ending this rather long running series on how the Internet really works (because I’m certain you’re about bored of this series, and ready for me…
READ MOREMost providers — transit, edge, and content — are pretty obvious to the various users of the Internet. Users interact with edge and content providers every day, and transit providers…
READ MORELet’s take one look back over the IETF before we move on to the next piece of the infrastructure of the ‘net. Why does it take so long for a…
READ MORELast time we talked about a few things that go wrong in the IETF — this time we’ll talk about a few more things that can go wrong. Boiling the…
READ MOREWe’ve talked a little about the structure of the IETF, and the process a draft follows when moving from submission to draft to RFC… The perennial question is, though —…
READ MOREIn our deeper investigations of the IETF as a “sample standards body” in this (apparently forever running) series on how the Internet really works, let’s take a look at the…
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