Justin Wilson (j2sw)

ISPs:How an Internet Exchange can benefit you

March 10, 2026February 10, 2020 by j2sw

FD-IX has an article on how Internet Exchanges (IXes) can benefit your network.

Is your password secure?

March 15, 2026February 10, 2020 by j2sw

One of the reasons to use password managers such as LastPass with 2Factor authentication

Video on how the Internet Works

March 15, 2026February 10, 2020 by j2sw

I have a few nitpicky things and the video seems a little contrived, but it’s decent nonetheless. WISPs are not really mentioned, but others are not as well.

Routing Registries

March 15, 2026February 6, 2020 by j2sw

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I had routing registries on the brain so I wanted to knock some of the rust of recording and did 10 minutes on routing registries and what they are

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 complicated. If you have found this article you are at least investigating the use of … Read more

IOt files:update your Hue bulbs

March 15, 2026February 5, 2020 by j2sw

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, we’re learning that vulnerability never got fully fixed https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/5/21123491/philips-hue-bulb-hack-hub-firmware-patch-update

Is your web-site running HTTPS? if not, it should

March 15, 2026February 5, 2020 by j2sw

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

March 15, 2026February 5, 2020 by j2sw

Lately, there has been some discussion about the pricing of Internet Exchanges (IXes) and the reasons behind free peering ports and paid peering ports