Worth Reading: New SLP DDoS amplification can overload your network

4 May 2023


Bitsight and Curesec uncovered a Service Location Protocol (SLP) DDoS Amplification that can be as high as 2200:1.

Worth Reading: The Joy of TXT

4 May 2023


TXT records are perhaps the most flexible type of DNS records available – but have you ever wondered how they’re really used?

Worth Reading: Large Language Models and Cybersecurity

3 May 2023


In this article, we’ll explore what artificial intelligence is, its current state, how large language models like ChatGPT work, AI’s role in cybersecurity, and more.

Worth Reading: Network Dependency Testing at IIJ

3 May 2023

In this episode of PING, Dr Romain Fontugne, the deputy director of research at IIJ Labs in Tokyo discusses the IIJ ‘Internet Health Report’, and Autonomous System (AS) Hegemony‘ (or network centrality), in particular.

Worth Reading: Building your own private 5G is as easy as Wi-Fi

2 May 2023


Step one is getting your hands on a 5G small cell radio, and they aren’t exactly available today at Best Buy or your nearest equivalent.

Worth Reading: The Next Big Thing

2 May 2023


I’ve always been somewhat amused to read about the colossally important technology trends that are right around the corner.

Worth Reading: Around the world with perfSONAR Lookup Service

1 May 2023


This why perfSONAR, a performance Service-Oriented Network monitoring architecture was developed — to monitor network characteristics that can give answers to users and researchers about what they can really expect and get from the network.

Worth Reading: Networks for AI Workloads

1 May 2023


It’s always interesting to hear from different vendors about their expectations for AI networks, but it’s particularly fascinating when Cloud Service Providers (SPs) discuss their plans and predictions regarding the projected growth of their AI workloads

Worth Reading: IETF 116 Notes

27 April 2023


The IETF had its 116th meeting in Yokohama, Japan in the last week of March. Here’s some notes I made from some of the working group sessions I attended that I found to be of interest.

Worth Reading: Standardizing BPF

27 April 2023


In an effort to ensure a consistent and fair environment for defining what constitutes the official BPF language and run-time environment, and to encourage NVMe vendors to support BPF offloading, a recent effort has been undertaken to standardize BPF.