Deep dives into the protocols that power the internet.
From Starlink-based backbone to AI-managed routing. Explore our predictions for the technologies that will define the net in the next 5 years.
The era of the giant centralized data center is ending. Learn how Edge Computing brings logic closer to the user for instant response times.
Learn the clever hack behind traceroute that uses the Time-to-Live (TTL) field to force every router along a path to identify itself.
Original TCP was built for slow speeds. Learn how Window Scaling allows modern fiber connections to achieve Gigabits of throughput.
IPv6 doesn't use ARP. Learn how the Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) manages local address resolution and router discovery.
Learn the magic of Anycast that allows DNS providers and CDNs to use one IP address for hundreds of locations worldwide.