January 20, 2011
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When I’m called in to consult on network traffic management, I usually end up recommending heavy-duty, network traffic solutions such as Cisco’s IOS NetFlow, F5 Network’s BIG-IP, or Juniper’s Network and Security Manager (NSM). These are serious tools for serious … Continue reading
January 12, 2011
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Yes, we all know we need to convert our networks and Web sites over to IPv6, but no one wants to be the first. Well, now the Internet Society, the non-profit organization supporting Internet standards, education, and policy-making, is trying … Continue reading
January 10, 2011
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The Internet’s IPv4 clock keeps ticking down. As Robert Cannon, the FCC’s senior counsel for Internet law, observed recently, “The original [Internet] address space, IPv4, is nearly exhausted.” He’s so right. Still, I’ll bet most of you are still scared … Continue reading
December 27, 2010
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I’d much rather write about what was new and neat about networking in 2010, but the sad truth is I think the many of the most important networking stories in 2010 were about regulations rather than innovations. That said, there … Continue reading
December 14, 2010
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Happy holidays! Your Web server just died! I use the word ‘try’ very deliberately in my title. The truth of the matter is that there isn’t a damn thing you can do that will stop a serious distributed denial of … Continue reading
December 9, 2010
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I can’t tell you who’s attacked first WikiLeaks and more recently MasterCard, PayPal, and Visa with Distributed Denial of service (DDoS) assaults , but I can tell you it wasn’t hard. It wasn’t even, as such things go, that bad. … Continue reading