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Subscribe free on Substack →New NTP signal feeds added to the suite. Analysis of evolving SSH password credential patterns - length distributions, common strings, and …
An investigation into a pattern of source-spoofed DNS queries - packets appearing to originate from IPs topologically adjacent to the …
Organizational updates including financial and legal status, an overview of ongoing research collaborations, notes on sensor network growth, …
A look at RPKI relying party client software versions observed by our measurement infrastructure - how current they are, which …
Two new signal feeds announced: dnstypename and sshpwauthpairs. The DNS type-name feed provides a daily view of IN-class query types from …
A year-end look at notable signal activity in 2023. Analysis of scanning observed following the Apache Struts vulnerability …
New findings from ongoing RPKI relying-party measurement work. A mysterious and unexplained drop in SSH authentication traffic across …
A preview of the signal search API at dev.dataplane.org (search by IP, prefix, or ASN across all feeds) and the launch of the Signal …
An examination of RPKI relying party client software versions observed fetching data. Which implementations are keeping up with updates, …
A look back at 2022: notable traffic spikes, sensor network expansion, DNS and SSH signal trends, and organizational milestones. Covers the …
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