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Travel

IETF 104 in Prague

Thanks to support from Article 19, I was able to attend IETF 104 in Prague, Czech Republic this week. Primarily this was to present my Internet Draft which takes safe measurement principles from Tor Metrics work and the Research Safety Board and applies them to Internet Measurement in general.

My IETF badge, complete with additional tag for my nick

My IETF badge, complete with additional tag for my nick

I attended with a free one-day pass for the IETF and free hackathon registration, so more than just the draft presentation happened. During the hackathon I sat at the MAPRG table and worked on PATHspider with Mirja Kühlewind from ETH Zurich. We have the code running again with the latest libraries available in Debian testing and this may become the basis of a future Tor exit scanner (for generating exit lists, and possibly also some bad exit detection). We ran a quick measurement campaign that was reported in the hackathon presentations.

Body Scanners at BUD


Note: I wrote this post in the departures lounge at BUD, but it was not posted online until the 25th when I was back home.


I’m really not liking air travel. It makes me ridiculously uncomfortable. Really only one part of it though: security.

Since the introduction of the body scanners in airports, as I have something of an understanding of how they operate, going through security is a pretty terrifying prospect for me. I think that over time it’s got worse too.

Podcasts

When I’m travelling, I take the opportunity to catch up on podcasts. I always enjoy discovering a new podcast that is interesting for me, so I thought I’d share the current set of podcasts I’m subscribing to:

  • Security Now - Probably my longest running subscription, but I don’t listen to every episode (they’re 2 hours long which is quite an investment to make). Covers a wide range of security related topics.
  • Off The Hook - This is a recent addition to my podcast listening, from the 2600 people, and covers topics including hacking, phone systems, Internet protocols and security.
  • Intercepted - A newish podcast covering political events with a slant towards human rights issues.
  • Pod Save The World - Again, another political podcast.
  • DJ Cotts - The Aussie Hardcore Podcast - Music for working.
  • Keeping The Rave Alive - More music for working.

Maybe you’ll enjoy discovering some of these too. If you know of a podcast you think I’d enjoy, you can send me an email or tweet.