[Newsclips] IETF SYN-ACK Newspack 2024-04-02

[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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DNS topics at IETF 119

The Internet has changed quite radically in recent years. There is a proliferation of service and content delivery platforms at the edge of the network, fed by privately operated feeder networks in the transit core of the Internet. Most of the traffic and overwhelming value within the Internet now transits the short path across an access network from a content platform to the consumer.

< <https://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2024-03/ietf119.html> https://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2024-03/ietf119.html>

< <https://blog.apnic.net/2024/03/29/dns-topics-at-ietf-119/> https://blog.apnic.net/2024/03/29/dns-topics-at-ietf-119/>

 

Cryptocurrency Won’t Work Without Privacy

In the early days of the internet, most communications were not encrypted. When the primary use case for the web was forum discussions between academics, this may have been acceptable. However, as commercial usage of the internet expanded, the need for additional security became evident. In response, the first browser company, Netscape, developed the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol, which helped secure credit card numbers for online transactions, enabling businesses such as Amazon AMZN +0.2% to demonstrate the revolutionary commercial potential of the internet. ... Netscape's Emergence and Vision: Netscape, founded in 1994, quickly rose to prominence with its flagship product, Netscape Navigator, the leading web browser at the time. The company recognized early on that the internet's potential for business and commerce was immense. However, it also saw that the lack of security in online communications was a significant barrier to the commercial use of the World Wide Web. Transactions were vulnerable to interception and fraud, and there was a general mistrust regarding the safety of online data exchange. To address these security concerns, Netscape began developing the SSL protocol, which created a secure channel between the web server and the browser, ensuring the privacy and integrity of the data transmitted between the two parties. The protocol also ensured that no third party could "snoop" on those communications. The IETF took over the development of the protocol to standardize it, leading to the creation of Transport Layer Security (TLS) which in it’s modern incarnation (TLS 1.3) powers HTTPS and the modern web experience.

< <https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/03/28/cryptocurrency-wont-work-without-privacy/> https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/03/28/cryptocurrency-wont-work-without-privacy/>

 

Does Apple's platform need to be opened up?

... Perhaps devoid of vibrant competition in PCs back in the '80s, America would not have had any role in creating PCs and Internet. Instead, Europe's bureaucracy would have slowly delivered global computer networks in the model of the United Nation's International Telecommunication Union standards as the world was planning to do, right up until America delivered the IETF as an open, faster, better, and more vibrant market for Internet ideas based on their technical merits, not on bureaucratic discussions.

< <https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/03/25/does-apples-platform-need-to-be-opened-up> https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/03/25/does-apples-platform-need-to-be-opened-up>

 

Reevaluating the Leap Second: Earth’s Changing Rotation and Technological Challenges

... For comprehensive information on temporal standards and the latest decisions regarding timekeeping, visit websites such as: – The IETF

< <https://ytech.news/en/reevaluating-the-leap-second-earths-changing-rotation-and-technological-challenges/> https://ytech.news/en/reevaluating-the-leap-second-earths-changing-rotation-and-technological-challenges/>

 

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SECURITY & PRIVACY

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eu: Skills shortage and unpatched systems soar to high-ranking 2030 cyber threats

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) publishes the executive summary of this year’s ‘Foresight Cybersecurity Threats for 2030’ presenting an overview of key findings in the top 10 ranking.

< <https://www.enisa.europa.eu/news/skills-shortage-and-unpatched-systems-soar-to-high-ranking-2030-cyber-threats> https://www.enisa.europa.eu/news/skills-shortage-and-unpatched-systems-soar-to-high-ranking-2030-cyber-threats>

 

The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Comment and Reply Comment Dates for the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Cybersecurity Labeling for Internet of Things

The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces the comment and reply comment dates for the Cybersecurity Labeling for Intenret of Things Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

< <https://www.fcc.gov/document/cybersecurity-labeling-internet-things-fnprm-comment-deadlines> https://www.fcc.gov/document/cybersecurity-labeling-internet-things-fnprm-comment-deadlines>

 

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QUANTUM NETWORKING

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More Efficient Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing: Novel designs reduce the hardware overhead for error correction in simulations.

Quantum computing has been making steady progress toward large and reliable systems. Hundreds of qubits (quantum bits) have been integrated and experimentally argued to outperform classical computing in specialized cases. The fidelity of qubits also has improved, but their high sensitivity to outside influence means they will always be much more fidgety than traditional electronics, and truly useful quantum computing will need ways to correct the inevitable errors.

< <https://cacm.acm.org/news/more-efficient-fault-tolerant-quantum-computing/> https://cacm.acm.org/news/more-efficient-fault-tolerant-quantum-computing/>

 

Advancing quantum networks: Study achieves largest photon emission enhancement for single T center to date

Rice University engineers have demonstrated a way to control the optical properties of atomic imperfections in silicon material known as T centers, paving the way toward leveraging these point defects for building quantum nodes for large-scale quantum networks.

< <https://phys.org/news/2024-03-advancing-quantum-networks-largest-photon.html> https://phys.org/news/2024-03-advancing-quantum-networks-largest-photon.html>

< <https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/advancing-quantum-networks-study-achieves-largest-photon-emission-enhancement-for-single-t-center-to-date/ar-BB1kHweE> https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/advancing-quantum-networks-study-achieves-largest-photon-emission-enhancement-for-single-t-center-to-date/ar-BB1kHweE>

 

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OTHERWISE NOTEWORTHY

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When it’s not DNS, it’s probably NTP

An article recently appeared on The Register called [the] ‘Curious tale of broken VPNs, the Year 2038, and certs that expired 100 years ago‘. It looks at a problem with secure PKI certificates. The article appears to be about Virtual Private Network (VPN) problems exposing underlying certification problems. However, it becomes an intriguing detective story about debugging a chain of problems that in the end stem from an old favourite protocol we’ve discussed several times on the blog — Network Time Protocol (NTP).

< <https://blog.apnic.net/2024/03/26/when-its-not-dns-its-probably-ntp/> https://blog.apnic.net/2024/03/26/when-its-not-dns-its-probably-ntp/>

 

RDF Dataset Canonicalization is a W3C Proposed Recommendation

Today the RDF Dataset Canonicalization and Hash Working Group published RDF Dataset Canonicalization as a W3C Proposed Recommendation. RDF describes a graph-based data model for making claims about the world and provides the foundation for reasoning upon that graph of information.

< <https://www.w3.org/news/2024/rdf-dataset-canonicalization-is-a-w3c-proposed-recommendation/> https://www.w3.org/news/2024/rdf-dataset-canonicalization-is-a-w3c-proposed-recommendation/>

 

ITU Journal shares research on next-gen performance, energy efficiency, and security

The latest issue of the ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies explores innovations for networks to achieve high performance, energy efficiency, and security while serving a diverse range of devices. The new issue continues the ITU Journal’s coverage of the growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and automation on communications and networking.

< <https://www.itu.int/hub/2024/03/itu-journal-shares-research-on-next-gen-performance-energy-efficiency-and-security/> https://www.itu.int/hub/2024/03/itu-journal-shares-research-on-next-gen-performance-energy-efficiency-and-security/>

 

Trade body urges removal of Playboy centrefold test image from members’ journals

Cropped from the shoulders up, the Playboy centrefold of Swedish model Lena Forsén looking back at the photographer is an unlikely candidate for one of the most reproduced images ever. ... Now, though, Lena’s days may be numbered. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a large global trade body, has issued a notice to its members warning against the continued use of the photo in academic articles.

< <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/31/tech-publisher-bans-playboy-centrefold-test-image-from-its-journals> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/31/tech-publisher-bans-playboy-centrefold-test-image-from-its-journals>

 

Daniel C. Lynch, Founder of Major Computer Exhibition, Dies at 82 [subscription]

Daniel C. Lynch, a computer network engineer whose exhibitions on networking equipment helped accelerate the commercialization of the internet in the 1980s and ’90s, died on Saturday at his home in St. Helena, Calif. He was 82. ... In the mid-1980s, when the internet was still the domain of academia and the government, Mr. Lynch was a computer facility manager who played a key role in the early years of data networking. Although the internet was very small and restricted to noncommercial use, Mr. Lynch was convinced of its ultimate commercial potential.

< <https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/technology/daniel-c-lynch-dead.html> https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/technology/daniel-c-lynch-dead.html>

 

Measuring IPv6 Deployment Progress: Are we there yet?

American baseball legend Yogi Berra once said, “We’re lost, but we’re making good time.” As funny as that sounds, he made a great point. If you don’t know where you are going, how do you know how far you’ve gone or how far it is to your destination? Similarly, if you don’t have a good idea of what success looks like you might not be aiming in the right direction and putting effort toward those activities that will result in the achievement of the goal.

< <https://blogs.infoblox.com/ipv6-coe/measuring-ipv6-deployment-progress/> https://blogs.infoblox.com/ipv6-coe/measuring-ipv6-deployment-progress/>

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