Telecom and Networking

Microsoft has today released the source code to an open-source operating system, based on Debian GNU/Linux, that runs on network switches. The software is dubbed SONiC, aka Software for Open Networking in the Cloud. It’s a toolkit of code and kernel patches to bend switch hardware to your will. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/09/microsoft_sonic_debian/ Posted from WordPress for Android →

http://www.petergarritano.com/the-internet.html What Internet looks like? Nice pictures from one Internet center Posted from WordPress for Android →

Things are moving at blistering speed in the world of next-generation 5G mobile communications—even though many mobile users have still or only recently upgraded to 4G LTE communications, and even while 4G continues to evolve. Nevertheless, four of the telecom industry’s big hitters—Japan’s NTT Docomo, South Korea’s KT and SK Telecom, and Verizon in the →

http://inktankmedia.fi/demystifying-the-darknet/ Posted from WordPress for Android →

“Zyptonite is the first real-time communications app that connects parties directly,” says Antti Uusiheimala, Co-Founder and CEO of Zyptonite. “People need a simple, reliable and free video call and messenger service that works on different devices and operating systems without problems.” The startup cut out the server and built its service on peer-to-peer (P2P) technology, →

http://www.geek.com/news/raspberry-pi-used-to-automate-passive-aggression-directed-at-comcast-1646165/ Interesting idea to test broadband speed and report if it does not meet promises. Posted from WordPress for Android →

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2498615,00.asp Popular Chines smart phone brands are coming to USA. Posted from WordPress for Android →

Someone might attack your Linux based system. You can drop attacker IP using IPtables. However, you can use the route or ip command to null route unwanted traffic. A null route (also called as blackhole route) is a network route or kernel routing table entry that goes nowhere. http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-do-i-drop-or-block-attackers-ip-with-null-routes.html Posted from WordPress for Android →

I recommend that we start using new term I heard at Disobey.fi event: Internet of Exploits (IoE) is to be used to describe the current and future situation of network being filled exploitable Internet of Things (IoT) and other poorly secured networked devices. We were sold the idea of Internet of Everything (IoE) and what →

http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/optoelectronics/is-kecks-law-coming-to-an-end Fiber optics communications speed has had exponential growth for some decades, but it seems that the growth is starting to slow down. Posted from WordPress for Android →