https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-trusted-interfaces-should-mandatory-critical-sergiu?trk=hp-feed-article-title-like Check out this article to understand Network of Things security. →
http://www.geek.com/news/comcast-says-privacy-is-a-premium-feature-you-should-pay-for-1664668/ Some ISPs seem to want to spy users for profit from collected information – if you want to opt out from that they think you should pay extra. →
http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/47179/hacking/hacking-ss7-protocol.html This article shows how to abuse SS7 to hack SMS authentication. →
http://fortune.com/2016/08/02/telegram-hackers-iran/ The use of SMS verification seems to be the weak link here. The SMS messages are not secure enough. →
http://www.zdnet.com/article/nist-blog-clarifies-sms-deprecation-in-wake-of-media-tailspin/ NIST wants two-factor-authentication to be widely used – but does not want SMS to be a factor in this. There are good reasons for both recommendations. →
http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/internet/how-charles-kao-beat-bell-labs-to-the-fiberoptic-revolution?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29&utm_content=FaceBook Interesting article on the history of fiber optics. →
http://www.open-electronics.org/track-internet-dropouts-monitor-adsl-bandwidth-and-notify-your-isp-with-rpi/?utm_content=buffer2f63f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer Nice project that shows how you can monitor the quality of your Internet connection and automatically report problems. →
I have earlier written about Lightning protection and ADSL overvoltages and protection in this blog. And I have published several surge protection documents at ePanorama.net documents section. What about Ethernet line surge protection? Ethernet ports as they are are pretty well protected as they are compared to many other computer ports: Ethernet ports are transformer →
https://eager.io/blog/the-history-of-the-url-domain-and-protocol/ Good reading you are intetested in history of Internet. →
http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/10/12139700/telecom-companies-5g-service-european-union-net-neutrality Operators see network neutrality as challenge for them to do Internet business that makes lots of money. Are they trying to hold 5G hostage? →