Routing Registries and you
This was originally published at https://www.mtin.net/blog/internet-routing-registries/ It has been updated form grammar, but I am working on an updated version of this, Routing Registries are a mysterious underpinning of the peering and BGP world. To many, they are arcane and …
IOt files:update your Hue bulbs
Four years ago, security researchers showed how a flying drone could hack an entire room full of Philips Hue smart light bulbs from outside a building, by setting off a virus-like chain reaction that jumped from bulb to bulb. Today, …
Is your web-site running HTTPS? if not, it should
If you have a website, but do not have https as your default or are even running https then this is the article for you.
Free peering has a cost
Lately, there has been some discussion about the pricing of Internet Exchanges (IXes) and the reasons behind free peering ports and paid peering ports
iOT files: Your GE refrigerator and RFID
Apparently, some of the new GE refrigerators and their filters use an RFID chip to validate if the water filter is genuine or not.
Broadcom announces WIFI6
Wi-Fi 6E is a new standard that builds on the rich feature set of Wi-Fi 6, including OFDMA
Cisco patches firewall bug
The vulnerability is caused by a glitch in the way Cisco’s software handles Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication
J2 Podcast is on TuneIN
Some great news for the j2 podcast can now be heard on TuneIN. Head over to https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/J2-Podcast-p1285217/
Avast Anti-Virus grabs your info too
https://thehustle.co/01282020-anti-virus-avast-data/
Benefits of a carrier neutral data center?
A carrier-neutral data center, also called a carrier hotel, is a data center facility that is entirely independent of network providers.