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HTTP/3: the past, the present, and the future
We are now happy to announce that QUIC and HTTP/3 support is available on the Cloudflare edge network. We’re excited to be joined in this announcement by Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, two of the leading browser vendors and partners in our effort to make the web faster and more reliable for all.
WebSockets RFC is now official
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What is BGP? – BGP routing explained
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the routing protocol for the Internet. Much like the post office processing mail, BGP picks the most effecient routes for delivering Internet traffic.
Linux under WSL2 can be leaking
We have found that you could be leaking your Internet traffic when running Linux under WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux 2).
Use protocols, not services
The Internet is almost anonymous and privacy-preserving by design. I mean, unless some administrator actively tries to track you, there is no built-in...
Neither PWA nor AMP are needed to make a website load fast
Good performance practices are still needed when developing fast web experience.
Industry Concerns about TLS 1.3
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House Passes Bill to Sabotage Net Neutrality
H.R. 2666 Would Undermine FCC’s Charge to Protect the Open Internet In a disappointing turn of events, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 241 to 173 to pass H.R. 2666, the No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act, a bill that would undermine the FCC’s ability to enforce key net...
I spent a week without IPv4 to understand IPv6 transition mechanisms
The time has come to talk about something uncomfortable to a lot of you. You’ve been using legacy methods for far too long. It’s time to move to IPv6. But, of course, there’s a lot more to IPv6 than ‘just’ switching everything over. A lot of systems in the world still haven’t…
The internet wants to be fragmented
Throwing the whole world into a single room together doesn't work.
The insecurity of telecom stacks in the wake of Salt Typhoon
Towards the end of last year, we learned that a group (allegedly affiliated with the Chinese government, referred to as “Salt Typhoon”) breached T-Mobile and other telecommunications co…
Mosh
I remember when mosh first came out and thinking "that sounds like a great idea, maybe I'll set it up sometime" and then never getting around to it. Several times over the years I've thought similarly, but it never seemed worth it. A week ago a coworker asked if there were good tools for handling remote terminal use…
FlyWeb – An API for web pages to host local web servers
For the past several months, a small team at Mozilla has been working on an experimental new Web API and an accompanying browser feature called FlyWeb.
When thebiglebow.ski is blocked by Facebook
A website with The Big Lebowski quotes was blocked for no reason by Facebook. Looking for justice at a tech company that has automated the…
WiFi 6 gets 1.34 Gbps on the Raspberry Pi CM4
January 1, 2021 Update: My 1.34 Gbps benchmark was flawed. See this GitHub issue and this updated blog post to learn more: WiFi 6 is not faster than Ethernet on the Raspberry Pi. After buying three wireless cards, a new WiFi router, optimizing my process for cross-compiling the Linux kernel for the Raspberry Pi…
Why and How I Got My Own ASN
In this article, I'll explain how, and why I acquired an Autonomous System Number and some IPv6 addresses.
Portmaster 1.0 – Open-Source Network Monitor and Privacy Firewall
Portmaster is a free and open-source application that puts you back in charge over all your computer's network connections. Increase your privacy and security. Get peace of mind.
I finally understand Cloudflare Zero Trust tunnels
Everything you wanted to know about using Cloudflare Zero Trust Argo tunnels for your personal network
Announcing Docker 1.9: Production-Ready Swarm and Multi-Host Networking
Docker is a founding member of the Blueprint Alliance, a 12-company reference architecture for securing AI agents, built around four governance questions.
Cloudflare loses 22% of its domains in Freenom .tk shutdown
A staggering 12.6 million domains on TLDs controlled by Freenom (.tk, .cf and .gq) have been shut down and no longer resolve, leading to a significant reduc ...
A Tor of the Dark Web
Tell me if you’ve been in this situation: you’re chatting about online anonymity with your wife and the other Knight-Mozilla Fellows over a pizza in Florence. A quiet-spoken stranger who had been sitting across the room walks up to your table and says “are you all here for the Tor hackathon?” You respond “why yes, yes…
Netherlands first country in Europe with net neutrality
On 8 May 2012 The Netherlands adopted crucial legislation to safeguard an open and secure internet in The Netherlands. It is the first country in Europe to implement net neutrality in the law. In addition, it adopted provisions protecting users against disconnection and wiretapping by providers. Dig
Quad9 wins appeal against Sony
A public and free DNS service for a better security and privacy
How Netflix uses eBPF flow logs at scale for network insight
By Alok Tiagi, Hariharan Ananthakrishnan, Ivan Porto Carrero and Keerti Lakshminarayan