The best Internet Infrastructure newsletters

Posts from NLnet Labs, the maker of open-source internet infrastructure software such as Unbound, NSD and Routinator. Readers get first-hand accounts of security audits, regulatory impact on open source, and how AI affects maintaining critical software.

Essays and talk notes on the AT Protocol (Atmosphere) ecosystem and on rebuilding online information networks around ordinary people. It draws on writers such as Ursula Franklin, natural history and field observation to argue for decentralized, community-governed social infrastructure.

Jason Gintert's newsletter offers advisory analysis on peering, internet exchange strategy, connectivity and network automation, with a focus on how AI inference could use existing edge infrastructure such as central offices. Recent issues mix long-form argument, personal industry history and podcast or event recaps.

Pavel, co-founder of a DDoS detection vendor, writes long technical posts on Internet infrastructure such as BGP route injection with ExaBGP and network traffic telemetry protocols like NetFlow, IPFIX and sFlow. Readers get practical, implementation-level detail on how these protocols behave and how they are used for attack detection.

Broadband Breakfast publishes daily news and analysis on broadband policy, infrastructure, and related tech and energy topics, with coverage of Congress, regulators, and industry reports. Issues also promote its live online events and include occasional explanatory pieces comparing data sources.

Updates from the IPFS Foundation on its protocols and grant programs, including DASL, the Data Utilities Grants, and browser support for decentralized web primitives. Readers get news on governance changes, grant outcomes, and technical explainers on standards such as protocol handler registration.

This blog from DDoS mitigation provider Path Network publishes technical write-ups of attacks it has handled, such as a botnet dubbed MikroMassive and a 1.2 Tbps case study with a hosting customer. It also explains networking concepts like asymmetric versus symmetric routing and how they affect attack mitigation.