The document summarizes key findings from Akamai's State of the Internet Report for Q2 2011. It finds that Taiwan accounted for the largest share (10%) of observed attack traffic, followed by Myanmar and the US. Port 445 remained the most targeted port, accounting for 39% of attacks. Overall, attack traffic concentration increased slightly from Q1, with the top 10 ports seeing 70% of attacks.
1. Volume 4, Number 2
the state of
the Internet
2Nd Quarter, 2011 report
INcludes INsIght oN mobIle traffIc aNd coNNected deVIces from erIcssoN
2. Get the most out of the
State of the Internet with
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www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet
Average Peak Connection Speed
50,000
GERMANY
SPAIN
JAPAN
40,000 UNITED STATES
HONG KONG
AUSTRALIA
30,000
kbps
20,000
10,000
0
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2
08 08 08 08 09 09 09 09 10 10 10 10 11 11
Source: Akamai
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3. letter from the editor
With the publication of this edition of the State of the Internet report, we have
taken steps to make the report more globally inclusive. We are now publishing a
single report that incorporates the asia pacific-specific content that was previously
published as part of a separate report, as well as europe-specific content, which
has not previously been broken out or published on its own. by including unique
sections on the united states and selected countries within europe and the asia
pacific region, we hope to enable readers to more easily find information on their
geographies of interest, as well as enabling them to more easily compare metrics
across geographies.
the data visualization tool launched in conjunction with the 1st Quarter, 2011 report, available at www.akamai.com/
stateoftheinternet, has been updated to include data from the second quarter. as noted last quarter, the tool allows
users to select metrics, time frames, and geographies of interest, and then generate and download graphs of the
associated data. In addition, we have also added state-level data from the united states to the data visualization
tool, and we hope to further enhance it in the future.
unfortunately, Internet disruptions as a response to civil and political unrest continue to be used as a tool by
governments in the middle east. In this quarter’s report, we look at the impact of a disruption of Internet connectiv-
ity in syria that occurred in early June.
security on the Internet and Web continues to be a hot topic, and issues around ssl have featured heavily in the
industry press. this quarter, for the first time, we’ve mined data collected from akamai’s secure content delivery
network to examine the use and distribution of the ciphers used by Web clients – in short, looking at just how
secure browser-to-server connections are.
We are excited to once again feature data from akamai partner ericsson – in this quarter’s report, they provide
insight into smartphone usage and the impact of various factors on the volume of traffic that these connected
devices generate.
In the upcoming 3rd Quarter, 2011 report, we will continue to track the growth of Ipv6 usage across the Internet,
as well as examining Internet disruptions, and other security- and mobile-related topics.
david belson