A salute to the many individuals who are keeping the Internet running in so many places around the world, where it is being sought to be controlled. 🫡🫡🫡

On Jan-6, Starlink added an additional 6 IPv4 and 1 IPv6 ranges for Venezuela in their geolocation file. Went from 1280 to 2816 unique IPv4 addresses. For more on Starlink geo, see my post for @isoc-pulse.bsky.social: pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/blast-o...

@amreeshphokeer.bsky.social and @robbiemitch.bsky.social are presenting at the @internetsociety.bsky.social Pulse Internet Measurement Forum in India today #PIMFindia. Follow us virtually pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...

I'm looking forward to my first trip to Mongolia for #mnNOG7, which happens this week. I'll be presenting on Mongolia's Internet Resilience as seen via @isoc-pulse.bsky.social.

The Himalayas send their love (On route to #CAPIF4 in Almaty, KZ)

“…local fiber’s inherent redundancy and failover capabilities, backed by 24/7 in-market technical teams, offer public safety managers the confidence that, should disaster strike, their communications will remain resilient and responsive.” bbcmag.com/community-ba... #communitynetworks

Dove season = Internet outage season in Tennessee. Thanks for the share @danyork.bsky.social www.facebook.com/LexingtonEle...

A record surge in renewables spearheaded by solar power and increased nuclear output pushed clean electricity’s share to 40.9% of global electricity in 2024, up from 39.4% in 2023. Thread. ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energy

Tune in to our panel session “How can IXPs Help With Measuring the Internet” happening now at #apricot2025 ft my @internetsociety.bsky.social colleague Amreesh Phokeer 2025.apricot.net/programme/pr...

How timely! I'll be presenting on the Internet's ultimate reliance on electricity (and the competing factors that we need to be thinking of) today at #apricot2025 You can tune in here 2025.apricot.net/programme/pr...

Massive power outage in Chile knocks out nearly all Internet service for the country beginning at 18:16 UTC (3:16pm local). #apagon

On the other side of the Pacific, my @internetsociety.bsky.social colleagues are coordinating #NDSSsymposium2025 this week, where amazing researchers are sharing practical aspects of network and distributed system security. Check out the agenda: www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss2025/pro...

This week, I had the pleasure of facilitating a role-play exercise with @terrysweetser.bsky.social, @aftabsiddiqui.bsky.social, and the #APRICOT2025 Fellows, the latter of which got to practice presenting & defending policies that seek to improve the resilience of the Internet #nextgen

🧵 Tomorrow I will be hosting the @internetsociety.bsky.social inaugural Pulse Internet Measurement Forum as part of #apricot2025. Those not attending in person can register to join us online. Find links and the agenda at pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...

Do higher incomes result in greater Internet usage? I ran some numbers following a report showing average income has more than doubled in nine African countries since 1990 pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/does-hi...

Since 2015, China, India, and Indonesia have considerably lowered the cost barriers to Internet access for more than half a billion people! Learn more pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/explori...

I wrote about Kenya's Internet/electricity struggles back in September following a similar lengthy power outage. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/electri...

At 01:47 UTC (12:47 local) a M7.3 earthquake occurred just west of #Vanuatu. This resulted in a ~90% loss of the country's #Internet traffic, as well as a drop in announced IP address space. Follow current status at radar.cloudflare.com/vu earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

I recently reconnected with a former contact who is developing a new Internet exchange (IXP) in #Guam. IXPs primarily help improve Internet quality, affordability, & resilience at a country level. But in the case of Guam, they can help at a regional level 🧵 pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/pacific...

Following reports of a magnitude-7.4 earthquake in #Vanuatu, @IODA.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy is showing signs of Internet connectivity dropping below 50% ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VU

How will Texas' new sheriff shape the lone state? (really interesting story into the past and future of company towns) sherwood.news/power/the-re...

4 of the top 5 world leaders' salaries as a share of GDP per capita are from Africa! Interesting to see Albo coming in at 6th. africauncensored.online/the-spending... #data

From the most authoritarian states to even some of the more democratic ones, there has been a worrying trend toward online repression across south and south-east Asia www.cfr.org/blog/southea... #KeepItOn #censorship

Here's a visualization I'm working on for a story and research into the Internet in The #Gambia. It compares the number of Internet users and Freedom on the Net scores in several African countries in 2016 and 2022. Note Gambia's significant gains.

In Iran, Internet-based sanctions are blocking access to critical cloud services & Internet technologies that significantly improve speed, security, & performance. While VPNs can help bypass some restrictions, they are prohibitively expensive for many users pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/breakin...

How do you track the resilience of the Internet? With great difficulty, given its pervasive, interconnected, layered ecosystem. @internetsociety.bsky.social Pulse Internet Resilience Index offers one holistic way. And now it includes historical data, too pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/new-fea...

I’ll be presenting on Internet Resilience in Europe (and other parts of the world) this morning at #RIPE87 https://ripe87.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/plenary/#fri1

Our post on initial attack observations from October: staging.bsky.app/profile/shad... NVD entry: nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/... Citrix advisory: support.citrix.com/article/CTX5...

Interested to know who here is attending #AIJC_Conference this week and are using Bluesky? https://aijc.africa/programme-2023/

Do 50% of the world’s most popular websites use #IPv6? A/ Depending on which source you’re referring to https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/do-half-of-the-most-popular-websites-use-ipv6

Researchers show that different forms of Internet traffic tampering have signatures. These signatures more common in certain countries https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/measuring-connection-tampering-around-the-world #middlebox #censorship

"Our RPKI Deployment is Probably the Largest in the World!" AWS at MANRS www.manrs.org/2023/10/coor...

Next Monday, I’ll be talking at #NetThing2023 about how a country’s Internet resilience is reliant on the resilience of others. Join the discussion https://netthing.org.au/program-1

Study seeks to understand how resilient #eGovernment services are to Internet outages https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/how-resilient-are-e-gov-services

IETF draft essay: Reflections on Ten Years Past The Snowden Revelations. Farrell, Badii, Schneier & Bellovin. https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-farrell-tenyearsafter-00.html

How secure is your supply chain against #DDoS attacks? Hear how enterprises, the public sector, and connectivity and CDN/Cloud providers are implementing #routingsecurity measures as part of their overall risk management strategy. https://isoc.pub/Routing_Security_Summit_2023

The Routing Security Summit is fast approaching. Register for free and join the expedition to improve the security and resilience of the system that underpins the Internet https://www.manrs.org/2023/06/register-now-for-the-2023-routing-security-summit/ #rpki #netsec

#RightsCon host country, Costa Rica, has the most resilient Internet in Central America. Learn why https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/costa-rica-leading-internet-resilience-in-central-america