I've been reading an article on Linux.com on various IPv6 security myths. IPv6 was originally proposed with several in-built security features. Expectations have expanded over time to IPv6 to be…
BBR improves Google Cloud Platform performance
Google has developed a new TCP congestion control mechanism. This has now been applied to the Google Compute Platform, having previously been added to YouTube and Google.com. This BBR (Bandwidth…
MEF focuses on SD-WAN with LSO and OpenCS
The old Metro Ethernet Forum (now simply MEF) issued a press release to cover a focus on SD-WAN. This covers three areas: Service Implementations using the MEF frameworks Market Education…
Google has a new SneakerNet
The SneakerNet was a way to move data around companies before high bandwidth network links. Data would be copied to a floppy disk, and then physically walked in your sneakers…
RFC8200: IPv6 reaches official Standard milestone
The Deploy360 group within the Internet Society report that at IETF99 in Prague, Czech Republic, the IPv6 protocol has reached Standard status after RFC8200 was published on 17 July 2017.…
IBM’s new z/14 encrypting mainframe
IBM launches the z/14 mainframe, which encrypts data at rest and in flight using Pervasive Encryption.
Seabras-1 cable final splice milestone
A new cable between New York, New York, USA and Sao Paulo, Brazil, is almost ready. The SeaBras-1 cable has completed its final splice milestone, with the sub-sea elements completed…
Digital Realty to acquire DuPont Fabros Technology
In the continuing merger of data centre companies, the next round is upon us. Digital Realty (DLR) and DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT) will become one, the acquisition creating a $7.6…