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A Computer Scientist in Glasgow, Scotland. Primary focus is in network protocols, host-mobility, and host-multihoming.

Personal interests: photography, music, and food
Languages: Japanese (native), English (near-native?), German (forgotten most of it sadly), and Cantonese (still learning slowly)
http://www.htonl.net

Website:https://www.htonl.net

First it was people sharing slide decks instead of writing an article or a blog post. Then it was people writing long threads on twitter etc. instead of writing an article or a blogpost. Then it was people posting overproduced video clips instead of writing an article or a blog post. Then we had reaction videos of people discussing an overproduced video by someone else instead of writing an article or a blogpost. Now we have AI trying to summarise that.

Just write an article or blogpost, folx!

During my absence on this mastodon instance, two papers were accepted for publication! Both were accepted for ICDCS 2025 happening in Glasgow!

One of them is for the Industry event: “Name-based Quality of Service for Name-based Network”
And another is for a co-located workshop, ANMS: “Distributing Quality of Service (QoS) Policies in Name-based Networks”

The UK Home Office is at it again, trying to backdoor end-to-end encryption. 107+ cryptographers, security experts, and organizations have published an open letter explaining precisely why this is a terrible idea. It's not just about Apple; it's about the fundamental principles of secure communication. Read the letter, understand the risks, and spread the word. https://www.globalencryption.org/2025/02/joint-letter-on-the-uk-governments-use-of-investigatory-powers-act-to-attack-end-to-end-encryption/ If you're a signatory, please boost! Let's make sure the UK government understands the gravity of this.
Some Thoughts on Exceptional Access – and an open letter explaining why UK government attempts to backdoor Apple devices will only weaken Internet security https://csperkins.org/standards/2025-02-13-uk-apple-open-letter/
https://techpolicy.social/@joebeone/113996704107669147
Colin Perkins : Standards News : Some Thoughts on Exceptional Access

I’m pleased that the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) code of conduct has been published – developing this has been a long but critically important process, and the result should help to ensure that the IRTF remains open and welcoming for all participants https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9775
Information on RFC 9775 » RFC Editor

However, I came across zVault... (https://zvault.io) Fingers crossed, this one takes off!
zVault - Open Source ZFS NAS

I just realised TrueNAS Core is being deprecated. Incredible start of sysadmin day…
Upps, neglected mastodon for a good quarter of the year
Time to enjoy some local beer and cuisine.
IETF 121 Dublin Hackerthon