State of the Internet in Sweden 2020-03-18 16:00
There has been some discussion about how the Internet will cope with possible increases in traffic. In response to this, I have compared the traffic on the Netnod-IX over the last three Mondays. As we can see below, March 2 and 9 had similar traffic patterns, but March 16 is different. The increase in peak traffic is small, but the total amount of traffic per day is larger.
General developments we are aware of during the last 24h:
- SUNET (part of the Swedish Research Council) announced they have increased the number of licenses for the video conference solution they have by another 100 000 users (to 120 000) for higher education in the Nordic countries.
- We continue to see incidents and background noise on the Internet as normal. For example, between approximately 13:26 and 13:53 today, a Netnod customer was the target of a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack.
Patrik Fältström
Technical Director and Head of Security
Netnod
About Netnod
Netnod provides critical infrastructure support ranging from interconnection services and Internet Exchanges to DNS services, root server operations and activities for the good of the Internet. With a worldwide reputation for its services and the expertise of its staff, Netnod ensures a stable and secure Internet for the Nordics and beyond. Established in 1996 as a neutral and independent Internet infrastructure organisation, Netnod is fully owned by the non-profit foundation TU-stiftelsen (Stiftelsen för Telematikens utveckling).
More information is available at: www.netnod.se
