BGP spoofing - why nothing on the internet is actually secure

he scariest hack of them all on the internet has been around for a long time, but it doesn't get a lot of attention in the broader tech press. It's BGP spoofing and it compromises the most basic functions of the internet: the routing of data from one system to another.Effective use of BGP spoofing is not within the reach of script kiddies, but ... Read More »

7th Mar 2015
CRTC to introduce a new area code in southwestern Ontario

OTTAWA-GATINEAU — The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced that it will introduce a new area code in southwestern Ontario. Starting on June 4, 2015, new telephone numbers assigned in the 226 and 519 regions may be given area code 548. Existing customers will keep their current area codes and phone ... Read More »

13th Feb 2015
Soft Switching Fails at Scale

There is a significant camp of software developers who are developing software switching solutions for hypervisors. Which is nice, I guess. The use of software switching in the hypervisor has some good points but, in my view they are heavily outweighed by the bad. Update 20140715 Although the logic of this post remains sound at the time it was ... Read More »

10th Dec 2014
Microstopped

Microsoft Serves Takedown Notices to Videos Not Infringing on Anything. Jim Merithew/WIRED Microsoft’s never-ending war on software piracy caused some collateral damage this week. The victims? A handful of prominent YouTube video bloggers. The bloggers—including LockerGnome founder Chris Pirillo and FrugalTech host Bruce Naylor—took ... Read More »

19th Oct 2014
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