FIELD NOTES / NETWORK FOUNDATIONS
NOTES FROM
THE EDGE.
Short, source-backed explanations of the network details that are easy to misread from a browser.
FIELD NOTE 03
What your public IP address actually tells a website
Public IPs, NAT, VPN exit addresses, reverse proxies, Cloudflare, and why a normal webpage cannot read a private LAN address.
FIELD NOTE 01
How IP addresses got their job
Why addresses exist, how IPv4 scarcity shaped networking, and why IPv6 did not simply replace IPv4 overnight.
FIELD NOTE 02
IPX vs IPv6: two different answers to growth
A look at two network protocols that approached addressing and routing from very different directions.