Protocol on Wirez

IPv6 data shows DNS issues are gone

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Geoff Huston's advertising-based experiments reveal that the negative impact of DNS resolution via IPv6 is now negligible. APNIC's measuring ipv6 This data drives the core thesis: the internet has shifted from asking if IPv6 breaks DNS to confirming it is ready for widespread, normative deployment as a Best Current Practice.

RDAP and JSON: Handling 65 Billion Monthly Queries

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

With 374 gTLDs disabling legacy services by September 2025, the Registration Data Access Protocol is now the mandatory backbone for internet identity. The era of unstructured text lookups has ended, replaced by a rigid, machine-readable architecture designed to handle the deluge of AI-driven infrastructure demands. We dissect the strategic pivot triggered when ICANN removed contractual obligations for WHOIS in January 2025, a move that caused query volumes to plummet 60% within eight months. You will examine the technical transition toward JSContact standards, which resolve long-standing privacy and formatting deficiencies inherent in the previous protocol. The data reveals a stark reality: automation drives this ecosystem, with monthly queries surging from seven billion to 65 billion in less than a year according to ICANN reports. As ARIN maintains steady query rates and bootstrapping services like rdap. Org handle millions of requests, the industry has effectively silenced the noisy, inefficient past. This is not merely a protocol upgrade; it is the essential plumbing required to sustain global connectivity as spending on artificial intelligence approaches $2.5 trillion.

Iran Network Blackout: Routing Withdrawn Fast

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Iran's internet traffic collapsed by nearly 90% on January 8 as the state executed a near-total digital blackout. This event marks a strategic pivot from temporary censorship to permanent digital isolation, effectively severing the domestic network from global infrastructure to crush dissent. Cloudflare Radar data confirms that connectivity did not merely degrade; it was surgically dismantled through coordinated protocol suppression. Cloudflare's iran protests internet shutdown