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title: "#128: IPv6 and the Future of Networking"
publication: "StatusCode Weekly"
issue: 128
published_at: "2017-08-09"
canonical_url: "https://weekly.statuscode.com/issues/128"
---

WebOps Weekly 128   . 

The latest Web operations, HTTP, and Web performance news -[Read this on the Web](https://webopsweekly.com/issues/128) 

[![WebOps Weekly\](https://webopsweekly.com/images/webops-header.png)](https://webopsweekly.com) Issue 128 — August 9, 2017     

[Let 'localhost' Be 'localhost'](https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-west-let-localhost-be-localhost-04?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story A new Internet Draft specifying ‘localhost’ _must_ resolve to a loopback address. There was a [lot of discussion](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12595628) about this on Hacker News. IETF [A Million WebSockets and Go](https://medium.freecodecamp.org/million-websockets-and-go-cc58418460bb?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story How Russia’s largest email provider developed a high-load WebSocket server with Go that could scale to their requirements. Sergey Kamardin [There's A Lot Going On With DNS Right Now](https://blog.apnic.net/2017/07/25/ietf-99-prague-theres-lot-going-dns/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Interest in the DNS appears to come in waves, and we seem to be in the midst of a furious burst of activity. Geoff Huston [5 Tips on Determining the Most Impactful Metrics in Your App](https://www.vividcortex.com/resources/5-tips-impactful-metrics?utm_campaign=WebOps%20Weekly&utm_source=ppc&utm_medium=5%20Tips) This webinar is all about the best ways to define and monitor your app’s most important performance metrics. VividCortexsponsored[![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/8b3c28f5.png)](https://www.vividcortex.com/resources/5-tips-impactful-metrics?utm_campaign=WebOps%20Weekly&utm_source=ppc&utm_medium=5%20Tips) [Preventing Server Overload: Limit Requests Being Processed](http://www.evanjones.ca/prevent-server-overload.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Thoughts on limiting the number of concurrent requests in all servers to avoid cascading failures. Evan Jones [Cracking The Lens: Targeting HTTP's Hidden Attack-Surface](http://blog.portswigger.net/2017/07/cracking-lens-targeting-https-hidden.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial An in-depth look at how to use malformed requests and esoteric headers to coax systems into revealing themselves and opening gateways into victim networks. James Kettle [Windows Subsystem for Linux Now on Windows Server](https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2017/08/08/windows-subsystem-linux-windows-server/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Now Linux tools can be run on Windows Server, as well as Windows 10. No background services or daemons, however. Microsoft [What is 'containerd'?](https://blog.docker.com/2017/08/what-is-containerd-runtime/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial A look at the core container runtime designed to be used by tools like Docker and Kubernetes to abstract away syscalls and OS specific functionality. Michael Crosby [IPv6 and the Future of Networking with Mark Townsley](http://packetpushers.net/podcast/podcasts/show-349-future-networking-mark-townsley/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) podcast A 75 minute discussion about IPv6 and the research going on at Cisco’s Innovation and Research Lab. Packet Pushers Jobs [Senior Backend Engineer at Stash (New York City)](https://www.stashinvest.com/careers?gh_jid=745125&gh_src=abrgws1) We're looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer with a passion for building reliable, scalable, and performant software. Stash [Let Thousands of Companies Apply to You. Get Hired on Hired.](https://hired.com/join/?utm_source=petercooperpress&utm_medium=sponsor&utm_campaign=%28b2c%29%28l-all%29%28r-swe%29%28q3-17-webops-weekly%29) Save time on your job search. Hired delivers multiple, high-quality job offers to you. Sign up today. Hired In brief [Linux Load Averages: Solving the Mystery](http://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2017-08-08/linux-load-averages.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial A fascinating look at the world of load averages. Brendan Gregg [Deploying the ELK Stack on Amazon ECS: A 6 Part Series](https://medium.com/@devfire/deploying-the-elk-stack-on-amazon-ecs-dd97d671df06?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial ELK is Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana — a stack commonly used for logging and analysis. Igor Kantor [Faster Travis CI Tests with Docker Cache](http://atodorov.org/blog/2017/08/07/faster-travis-ci-tests-with-docker-cache/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial How to speed up execution times. Alexander Todorov [Shipping fast and reducing operational costs on AWS](https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/vyopta-shipping-fast-and-reducing-operational-costs-with-mongodb-atlas?jmp=cpress&utm_campaign=WW_CP_newsletter_sponsorship_FY17Q3&utm_content=sponsored&utm_medium=email&utm_source=webopsweekly) tutorial This is a guest post from Brent Mills, Principal Infrastructure Engineer at Vyopta. MONGODBsponsored [Using Linkerd to Add Visibility/Control to Microservices on Amazon ECS](https://buoyant.io/2017/08/08/a-service-mesh-for-ecs/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Andrew Seigner [An Introduction to Headless Browser Testing & Integration with Jenkins](http://blog.avenuecode.com/introduction-to-headless-browser-testing-and-integration-with-jenkins?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Douglas Matsumoto [Docker Basics: Diving into the Essential Concepts, Tools, & Terminology](https://thenewstack.io/docker-station-part-one-essential-docker-concepts-tools-terminology/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Michelle Gienow [Getting DevOps Off The Ground [PDF\]](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/love2scoot/pxesaltbase-formula/master/GettingDevOpsofftheGround.pdf?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial An under development ebook already at 176 pages and covering setting up immutable infrastructure and automation with Ubuntu, SaltStack, gitfs, and PXE. Chris Malone [How to Mount Amazon S3 as a File System](https://cloud.netapp.com/blog/amazon-s3-as-a-file-system?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial NetApp [How Incapsula Rebuilt Its Next-Generation DDos Mitigation Platform](https://www.incapsula.com/blog/behemoth-2-mitigation-platform.html?utm_source=Webops&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=sponsor) With the DDoS threat landscape changing so rapidly, Incapsula engineers had to build a future-proof platform that would stay ahead of attacks. Here’s how they did it. Imperva Incapsulasponsored [How Docker Containers Helps SQL Server Shift Deployment to the Dev](https://thenewstack.io/sql-server-linux-will-fit-devops-flow/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story Mary Branscombe [5 Emerging Use Cases of the IBM OpenWhisk Serverless Platform](https://thenewstack.io/ibms-openwhisk-serverless/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story Mark Boyd [How Docker Cut Down My Deployment Time From 1.5 Hours to 5 Minutes](https://hackernoon.com/how-docker-cut-down-my-deployment-time-from-1-5-hours-to-5-minutes-35e4f9701504?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story Rajat Saxena [The Benefits of Running Kubernetes on Google Container Engine](http://blog.reactiveops.com/the-benefits-of-running-kubernetes-on-google-container-engine?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Robert Womack [Public APIs: A Vast List of Public JSON APIs for Use in Web Dev](https://github.com/toddmotto/public-apis?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Todd Motto [70 Top Server Monitoring and App Performance Monitoring (APM) Solutions](https://haydenjames.io/50-top-server-monitoring-application-performance-monitoring-apm-solutions/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Hayden James    [Read this issue on the Web](https://webopsweekly.com/issues/128) [See our archives](https://webopsweekly.com/issues) [Change your email address](*|UPDATE_PROFILE|*)  [Stop getting this newsletter](*|UNSUB|*)  

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