Episodes

  • Hedge 291: The Assault on Standards

    Hedge 291: The Assault on Standards
    Dec 18 2025
    As the Internet centralizes and gets "big," standards are often being sidelined or consumed. What are the possible results of abandoning standards? Is there anything "normal network engineers" can do about it?
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    24 mins
  • Hedge 290: The Amoeba and the Mathematician

    Hedge 290: The Amoeba and the Mathematician
    Dec 12 2025
    In this Hedge roundtable, Eyvonne, Tom, and Russ discuss The Amoeba and the Mathematician
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    27 mins
  • Best of the Hedge: Hedge 6 on DoH (Part 2)

    Best of the Hedge: Hedge 6 on DoH (Part 2)
    Dec 5 2025
    In this episode of the Hedge, Geoff Huston joins Tom Ammon and Russ White to finish the discussion on the ideas behind DNS over HTTPS (DoH), and to consider the implications of its widespread adoption. Is it time to bow to our new overlords?
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    28 mins
  • Best of the Hedge: Episode 5 on DoH (Part 1)

    Best of the Hedge: Episode 5 on DoH (Part 1)
    Nov 28 2025
    In this episode of the Hedge, Geoff Huston joins Tom Ammon and Russ White to discuss the ideas behind DNS over HTTPS (DoH), and to consider the implications of its widespread adoption. Is it time to bow to our new overlords?
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    28 mins
  • Hedge 289: Containerlab

    Hedge 289: Containerlab
    Nov 21 2025
    If you are struggling with building labs on lighter weight systems--or if you're just interested in what Containerlab is and does--join Rick, Roman, and Russ for this discussion of what Containerlab is, what it does, and where its going.
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    43 mins
  • Hedge 288: Loneliness

    Hedge 288: Loneliness
    Nov 13 2025
    Sometimes we just like to talk about "life issues" as they relate to network engineering and technology career fields. Loneliness seems to especially plague network engineering and other "small" IT fields, where communities are small, change is rapid, and stress is high. Loneliness expert Lucy Rose joins Eyvonne, Tom, and Russ to discuss loneliness.
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    51 mins
  • Hedge 287: IPv6 in Planned Economies

    Hedge 287: IPv6 in Planned Economies
    Nov 7 2025
    Do planned economies, like China, have an advantage in deploying IPv6? What do the numbers on the DFZ show? George Michaelson joins Russ and Tom to discuss.
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    50 mins
  • Hedge 286: Roundtable

    Hedge 286: Roundtable
    Oct 31 2025
    It's time again for Tom, Eyvonne, and Russ to talk about current articles they've run across in their day-to-day reading. This time we talk about WiFi in the home, how often users think a global problem is really local, and why providers have a hard time supporting individual homes and businesses. The second topic is one no one really cares about ... apathy. What causes apathy? How can we combat it? Join us for this episode of the Hedge ... if you can bring yourself to care!
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    42 mins