Where is all this port udp port 443 traffic coming from? Understanding QUIC.

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QUIC operates atop UDP, integrating TCP and TLS (Transport Layer Security) features to offer a streamlined, encrypted, and low-latency connection. Unlike TCP, QUIC doesn’t require a handshake process before data transfer begins. By combining encryption and connection setup, QUIC significantly reduces latency, benefiting both web browsing and application performance. Key Advantages of QUIC https://peering.google.com/#/learn-more/quic Implications … Read more

Packets Down Range #18:Water cooling, fiber, and great rack!

Next week is WISPAMERICA2023 in Louisville Kentucky. I will be attending. Before then, I am going to try and squeeze in another PDR before the conference next week. If you have not signed up, please do so at this link. Data Center News•Google is getting in on the water cooling trend in their data centers. … Read more

Packets Down Range #17:Cogent Wavelengths, earnings news, DDoS

I am fresh back from Nanog #87 in Atlanta. Great times! Thank you to those who gave me some lines on this week’s news articles. Keep those submissions coming. By now, everyone who has signed up should be receiving this in their e-mail box. If you could simply comment at the bottom of this post … Read more

Packets Down Range #14:Virgina Data Centers, more job cuts, Paypal breach

Amazon delivered my new 49″ curved monitor today. It reminds me how much I love tech and new gadgets. I wanted to thank each and every one of you who are Patreons. In December, I had the unfortunate time of hitting a dear in texas. Due to all of the airbags deploying, the car of … Read more

Goggle Stadia Shutting down

From a Google Blog PostWe’re grateful to the dedicated Stadia players that have been with us from the start. We will be refunding all Stadia hardware purchases made through the Google Store, and all game and add-on content purchases made through the Stadia store. Players will continue to have access to their games library and … Read more

New Undersea Cable – Grace Hopper

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure/announcing-googles-grace-hopper-subsea-cable-system …We’re excited to announce a new subsea cable—Grace Hopper—which will run between the United States, the United Kingdom and Spain, providing better resilience for the network that underpins Google’s consumer and enterprise products.