[Newsclips] IETF SYN-ACK Newspack 2023-10-09

[David Goldstein <[e-mail]>]

The IETF SYN-ACK Newspack collects IETF-related items from a variety of news outlets and other online publications. They do not represent the views of the IETF and are not checked for factual accuracy.

 

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IETF IN THE NEWS

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A free and open internet cannot be taken for granted: Apolitical governance provides key safeguard for global users by Amandeep Gill and Vint Cerf

... Collaborative multistakeholder governance of the online world was originally enshrined in U.N. practice in 2005 with the establishment of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). In this body, governments, the private sector, civil society and the internet's technology community meet on an equal footing to discuss governance policies. The IGF is complemented by a number of independent technical platforms, including ICANN and the IETF, which determine technical aspects of internet protocols, addresses and registries.

< <https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/A-free-and-open-internet-cannot-be-taken-for-granted> https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/A-free-and-open-internet-cannot-be-taken-for-granted>

 

Exploring Inclusive Language Adoption in Internet Standards

As the internet has grown to affect more and more aspects of our lives, something has remained the same: the vast majority of internet users don’t understand how it works. HTTPS, DNS, TLDs, QUIC, IPv6 — the nuts and bolts of internet standards are Greek to most of us. Thankfully, there are thousands of people working together and taking great care to maintain the seamless functioning of the internet within standards-developing organizations (SDOs) such as the IETF and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The decisions that these organizations make affect the fundamental infrastructure of our internet.

< <https://cdt.org/insights/exploring-inclusive-language-adoption-in-internet-standards/> https://cdt.org/insights/exploring-inclusive-language-adoption-in-internet-standards/>

 

DNS security poses problems for enterprise IT

... Another important measure is the use of DNSSEC, a suite of specifications created by the IETF. DNSSEC involves configuring DNS servers to digitally sign DNS records using public-key cryptography. This allows other DNS servers to verify the authenticity of a DNS record and it protects against forged and manipulated data. More than 47% of the organisations in EMA’s research use DNSSEC extensively. Those who do so told us that they are much more confident in their overall DNS security posture.

< <https://www.reseller.co.nz/article/708918/dns-security-poses-problems-enterprise-it/> https://www.reseller.co.nz/article/708918/dns-security-poses-problems-enterprise-it/>

 

Cloudflare Becomes Only Post-Quantum Enabled Zero Trust Provider On The Market

... Cloudflare’s groundbreaking work on post-quantum cryptography also aligns with the efforts of other tech giants like Google and Mozilla, as well as institutions such as the National Institutes of Standards and Technology in the United States and the IETF.

< <https://www.techbusinessnews.com.au/news/cloudflare-becomes-only-post-quantum-enabled-zero-trust-provider-on-the-market/> https://www.techbusinessnews.com.au/news/cloudflare-becomes-only-post-quantum-enabled-zero-trust-provider-on-the-market/>

 

Checklist: The 7 C's of Live Streaming at Scale

... For most live streams, the standard combination of an AVC/MPEG-4/H.264 video codec and either an AAC or MP3 audio codec is a good reference point, but don’t ignore some of the purpose-built low-latency codecs, especially on the audio side where voice-over-IP codecs such as ITU’s G.711 or G.722 or G.726 codecs, which have been around for decades powering millions of extremely low-latency calls, or the IETF’s newer iLBC (WebRTC) or Opus codecs.

< <https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=160910> https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=160910>

 

„Wir waren sicher eine treibende Kraft“ ["We were certainly a driving force"]

... ITD: Was genau verbirgt sich dahinter? Duric: Mit MLS haben wir mit vielen Partnern aus der Industrie unter dem Dach der IETF den weltweit ersten offenen Standard für sichere Kommunikation geschaffen, den Anbieter von Kommunikationslösungen implementieren können. 

< <https://www.it-zoom.de/it-director/e/wir-waren-sicher-eine-treibende-kraft-33268/> https://www.it-zoom.de/it-director/e/wir-waren-sicher-eine-treibende-kraft-33268/>

 

Mozilla déploie Encrypted Client Hello pour chiffrer les adresses des sites visités [Mozilla Deploys Encrypted Client Hello to Encrypt Addresses of Visited Sites]

... Le développement d’Encrypted Client Hello est bien une initiative de Mozilla, mais comme elle le dit elle-même, la fondation n’a pas travaillé seule : « Mozilla développe cette nouvelle technologie de protection de la vie privée sur internet depuis près d'une demi-décennie, en collaboration avec d'autres navigateurs, des fournisseurs d'infrastructure, des chercheurs universitaires et des organismes de normalisation tels que l'IETF».

< <https://www.nextinpact.com/article/72598/mozilla-deploie-encrypted-client-hello-pour-chiffrer-adresses-sites-visites> https://www.nextinpact.com/article/72598/mozilla-deploie-encrypted-client-hello-pour-chiffrer-adresses-sites-visites>

 

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SECURITY & PRIVACY

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Nominations Open for MANRS Steering Committee

Nominations for three seats on the MANRS Steering Committee are now open! The nomination period continues until 28 October 2023, 23:59 UTC.

< <https://www.manrs.org/2023/10/nominations-open-for-manrs-steering-committee-2/> https://www.manrs.org/2023/10/nominations-open-for-manrs-steering-committee-2/>

 

Google, Yahoo announce new email authentication requirements for 2024

Google and Yahoo have both announced new email authentication requirements that will come into force in 2024. From early next year, bulk Gmail and Yahoo Mail email senders will need to strongly authenticate their emails following well-established best practices such as DMARC, SPF, and DKIM, the pair said.

< <https://www.csoonline.com/article/654566/google-yahoo-announce-new-email-authentication-requirements-for-2024.html> https://www.csoonline.com/article/654566/google-yahoo-announce-new-email-authentication-requirements-for-2024.html>

 

EU commission and Member States conduct large-scale cyber-attacks simulation for enhanced preparedness

Senior cybersecurity representatives from EU Member States, the Commission, and the EU Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) took part this week in a two-day ‘Blueprint Operational Level Exercise’, or Blue OLEx 2023, to test EU preparedness in the event of a cyber-related crisis.

< <https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/eu-commission-and-member-states-conduct-large-scale-cyber-attacks-simulation-enhanced-preparedness> https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/eu-commission-and-member-states-conduct-large-scale-cyber-attacks-simulation-enhanced-preparedness>

 

us: Kicking off NIST's Cybersecurity Awareness Month Celebration & Our Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 Blog Series

October is always an exciting time for us as we celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month and some of NIST’s greatest accomplishments, resources, guidance, and latest news in the cybersecurity space. This year is a big one because 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of this important initiative —and we will celebrate in various ways every day throughout the month.

< <https://www.nist.gov/blogs/cybersecurity-insights/kicking-nists-cybersecurity-awareness-month-celebration-our> https://www.nist.gov/blogs/cybersecurity-insights/kicking-nists-cybersecurity-awareness-month-celebration-our>

 

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NEW TRANSPORT PROTOCOLS

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Say (an encrypted) hello to a more private internet

... What is Encrypted Client Hello? ECH is the most recent step in our mission to build a better internet, one where privacy is the industry standard. Mozilla has been developing this new internet privacy technology for nearly a half-decade in collaboration with other browsers, infrastructure providers, academic researchers, and standards bodies like the IETF.

< <https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/encrypted-hello/> https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/encrypted-hello/>

 

How QUIC helps you seamlessly connect to different networks

Imagine using your phone at work to connect to a virtual meeting via your office Wi-Fi network. The video conference is going overtime but you need to get to a client meeting across town. The facilitator says there are only 15 minutes left so you decide to watch the rest while you walk to your car to save time.

< <https://blog.apnic.net/2023/10/02/how-quic-helps-you-seamlessly-connect-to-different-networks/> https://blog.apnic.net/2023/10/02/how-quic-helps-you-seamlessly-connect-to-different-networks/>

 

5G from space: A flight path to NTN

A recent Heavy Reading white paper argues that the new wave of space-to-X services offers strong customer value and helps create a long-term "flight path" for the satellite sector to adopt 3GPP standardized non-terrestrial network (NTN) technologies.

< <https://www.lightreading.com/satellite/5g-from-space-a-flight-path-to-ntn> https://www.lightreading.com/satellite/5g-from-space-a-flight-path-to-ntn>

 

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OTHERWISE NOTEWORTHY

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IEEE Celebrates World Standards Day: Share how technical standards impact your life

Every 14 October, the international community celebrates World Standards Day, which recognizes the importance of global standards and honors the individuals and organizations engaged in advancing technological innovation through standards.

< <https://spectrum.ieee.org/ieee-celebrates-world-standards-day> https://spectrum.ieee.org/ieee-celebrates-world-standards-day>

 

Happy IEEE Day! Engineers worldwide celebrate innovation and collaboration “for a better tomorrow”

Happy IEEE Day! IEEE Day commemorates the first gathering of IEEE members to share their technical ideas in 1884.

< <https://spectrum.ieee.org/ieee-day> https://spectrum.ieee.org/ieee-day>

 

W3C announces Seth Dobbs as next CEO

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has concluded our search for our next Chief Executive Officer. Seth Dobbs, appointed by the W3C Board of Directors, will commence in his new role working remotely from Denver, Colorado, USA on November 13, 2023.

< <https://www.w3.org/news/2023/w3c-announces-seth-dobbs-as-ceo/> https://www.w3.org/news/2023/w3c-announces-seth-dobbs-as-ceo/>

 

IAB Statement on the Risks of Attestation of Software and Hardware on the Open Internet

On 25 September 2023, the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) posted a new IAB Statement on the Risks of Attestation of Software and Hardware on the Open Internet.

< <https://www.iab.org/2023/10/06/iab-statement-on-the-risks-of-attestation-of-software-and-hardware-on-the-open-internet/> https://www.iab.org/2023/10/06/iab-statement-on-the-risks-of-attestation-of-software-and-hardware-on-the-open-internet/>

 

APNIC celebrates 30 years: Part 4 — Rundown to final /8 and the birth of IPv6

We all knew it would happen; the steady rise in demand for address space, and its distribution led to the foreseen problem of IPv4 exhaustion.

< <https://blog.apnic.net/2023/10/05/apnic-celebrates-30-years-part-4-rundown-to-final-8-and-the-birth-of-ipv6/> https://blog.apnic.net/2023/10/05/apnic-celebrates-30-years-part-4-rundown-to-final-8-and-the-birth-of-ipv6/>

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