Network Neutrality

25 October 2019 at 11:49am

BEREC clarifies that permanent network security measures may be OK

Andrew Cormack
Network Neutrality
DDOS
security
Four years ago, Jisc responded to the Board of European Regulators of Electronic Communications (BEREC) consultation on network neutrality to point out that some security measures cannot just be temporary responses by the victims of attacks, but need to be permanently configured in all networks to prevent them being used for distributed denial of service and other attacks. This applies, in particular, to blocking of spoofed addresses, as recommended by BCP-38.
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5 July 2016 at 8:32am

Network Neutrality and Network Security

Andrew Cormack
Network Neutrality
security
DDOS
A new EU law, created earlier this year, requires public network providers to ensure "network neutrality" – roughly, that every packet be treated alike unless there are legitimate reasons not to.
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2016 - BEREC Draft Guidelines on Network Neutrality

Andrew Cormack
Friday, July 1, 2016 - 14:43
Network Neutrality
denial of service
Jisc is the UK's expert body for digital technology and digital resources in higher education, further education and research. Since its foundation in the early 1990s, Jisc has played a pivotal role in the adoption of information technology by UK universities and colleges, supporting them to improve learning, teaching, the student experience and institutional efficiency, as well as enabling more powerful research.
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20 July 2015 at 12:00pm

Network Neutrality and Network Security

Andrew Cormack
network security
Network Neutrality
DDOS
Open Internet Regulation
There's a tension between network neutrality - essentially the principle that a network should be a dumb pipe that treats every packet alike - and network security, which may require some packets to be dropped to protect either the network or its users. Some current attacks simply can't be dealt with by devices at the edge of the network: if a denial of service attack is filling your access link with junk then nothing you do at the far end of that link can help.
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25 July 2012 at 3:56pm

"Internet" means Open Internet

Andrew Cormack
Network Neutrality
Open Internet
A couple of developments in network neutrality.
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2010 - Ofcom discussion document on Traffic Management and Network Neutrality

Andrew Cormack
Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 13:58
Network Neutrality
Traffic
This is JANET(UK)’s response to Ofcom’s discussion document Traffic Management and "net neutrality". JANET(UK) operates the UK’s National Research and Education Network (NREN) that connects universities, colleges, research organisations and schools networks in the UK to each other, to peer NRENs in other countries and to the Internet.
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Internet intermediaries - networks and websites

Andrew Cormack
Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 13:55
Intermediary Liability
Network Neutrality
Various consultations relate to what internet intermediaries, such as websites and networks, either must or must not do in relation to their users' activities. These include circumstances in which intermediaries may be legally liable for the actions of their users.
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31 May 2012 at 3:35pm

Internet Invariants – things worth fighting for

Andrew Cormack
Network Neutrality
Internet Society
Leslie Daigle, Chief Internet Technology Officer of the Internet Society (ISOC) talked about the Society’s eight “Internet invariants” in the closing plenary session of TERENA’s Networking Conference 2012. The invariants are key features of the Internet that make it such a good platform for innovation and whose loss might harm the network’s ability to support unexpected developments in future.
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29 May 2012 at 8:02am

Are We Too Late for IPv6 Transition?

Andrew Cormack
Network Neutrality
IPv6
#TNC2012
[This post was originally published on the TERENA conference blog]
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10 May 2012 at 3:24pm

Dutch law requires network neutrality

Andrew Cormack
Network Neutrality
Role of ISPs
internet filtering
According to the Dutch digital rights organisation, Bits of Freedom, the Netherlands has just passed a new Network Neutrality law. Their unofficial translation into English suggests that Public Electronic Communications Service Providers will only be permitted to throttle or block traffic on their networks if this is necessary:
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