Announcing the NDSS 2022 Test of Time Award: Automated White-Box Fuzzing

The Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium kicked off earlier this week. Attendees—virtual and remote—have enjoyed a simply amazing set of workshops, symposia, papers, and posters. Take a look at my preview blog post from last week: “A Golden Age of Systems Security Research: What’s Happening at the NDSS Symposium 2022”. Standing the Test …

A Golden Age of Systems Security Research: What’s Happening at the NDSS Symposium 2022

Every year, the Internet Society hosts one of the top conferences for computer and network security research, the Network and Distributed Systems Security (NDSS) Symposium. While the symposium had to meet virtually last year due to the pandemic, this year we are happy to present a hybrid format, offering both remote and in-person attendance. We’re …

Common Internet Network Interconnection and Charging Practices

The Internet was designed to allow computers of all kinds to exchange traffic with each other over an unbounded collection of inter-connected networks. The direction of the traffic was irrelevant. The point was to allow traffic to flow in either direction so the network had to support both. Not all networks of the Internet are …

Final Results of the 2022 Internet Society Board of Trustees Elections and IETF Selection

The Internet Society Elections Committee is pleased to announce the final results of the 2022 elections and the IETF selection for the Internet Society Board of Trustees. Voting concluded on 8 April. The results were announced and the challenge period was opened on 11 April. The deadline to file challenges was 18 April at 15:00 …

US, EU, and G7 Commitment Will Slow the Splinternet, But More Work Needed

The Internet Society welcomes the US, EU, and G7 commitment to exempt telecommunications services that support Internet access and the flow of information from their sanctions against Russia on 6 April. The ongoing war in Ukraine has led governments, service providers and other organizations to increasingly consider sanctions and other actions that could irreversibly damage …

Routing Security Goes to Washington

A month ago, the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published a “Notice of Inquiry” (NOI) around a subject close to our hearts: secure Internet routing. In this NOI, the FCC asked a series of questions to the public about how data is routed around the Internet, and what kinds of security controls, standards, and …