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We set up a MITM proxy and captured the decrypted HTTPS traffic from the official White House iOS app. On a single browsing session it contacts multiple Elfsight domains, sends your device fingerprint to OneSignal, and loads Google DoubleClick ad tracking. The privacy manifest says it collects nothing.
Internet History The Internet from every angle has always been a house of cards held together with defective duct tape. It's a miracle tha...
NetBlocks metrics confirm the disruption of YouTube on multiple internet providers in Pakistan on Sunday 21 August 2022. The disruption comes as former Prime Minister Imran Khan makes a live ...
In recent days, the VPNFilter malware has attracted attention, much of it in the wake of a May 25 public service announcement from the FBI, as well as a number of announcements from vendors and security companies....
Learn how Firezone uses the sans-IO pattern to build testable, deterministic Rust networking code. A deep dive into our connlib design.
A short IPv6 tutorial, explaining the basics, primarily for home and small networks.
I already had 2.5Gb/s working. Here's how I upgraded the whole house to 10Gb/s Ethernet -- including real iperf3 numbers, MikroTik switches, scary thermals, and what actually worked.
Always use the ‘.home.arpa’ top-level domain (RFC 8375), and don’t use the special-purpose ‘.local,’ or made-up undelegated domain names like ‘.lan’ or ‘.home.’
I have said before that I believe that teaching modern students the OSI model as an approach to networking is a fundamental mistake that makes the concepts less clear rather than more. The major reason for this is simple: the OSI model was prescriptive of a specific network stack designed alongside it, and that…
Deliver modern applications with NGINX. Explore high-performance load balancing, API gateways, and web server solutions trusted by top global enterprises.
CIRA Joins Firefox’s Trusted Recursive Resolver Program In a few weeks, Firefox will start the by-default rollout of DNS over HTTPS (or DoH for short) to
My ISP was tampering with my DNS queries and handing back bogus IP addresses. Here are the misconceptions about DoH, DoT and DNSSEC that followed, and the setup I actually run.
Epirus announced today the results of an August 26 demonstration of the company’s Leonidas high-power microwave (HPM) system that delivers weaponized…
Guest Post: What's the source of latency on the Internet, and how can it be reduced?
Issues pertaining to SMS (for multifactor auth) in Antarctica.
We’ve talked previously about Bell Labs’ long, storied history as an innovation engine and a generator of new technology.
Last year we announced QUIC , a UDP-based transport protocol for the modern Internet. Over the last quarter, we’ve been increasing the amo...
The Web is, without a doubt, the most powerful research tool currently available to man. No longer must researchers comb through endless indices and catalogues to find what they are looking for. Instead, hyperlinks allow users to associatively explore rich interconnected structures of information with ease. In just a…
RPKI now protects 70% of Internet routes. See what drove the 2026 jump, how well it stops invalid routes, and where gaps remain.
Explore thought leadership, industry insights, and other resources related to cybercrime detection, disruption, and takedowns.
A weblog about Signals Intelligence, Communications Security and top level telecommunications equipment
Telegram, the encrypted messaging app loved by terrorists, has been in the news lately. Terrorists have long used existing commercial and…
You're probably reading this page because you've attempted to access some part of my blog (Wandering Thoughts) or CSpace , the wiki thing it's part of. Unfortunately you're using a browser version that my anti-crawler precautions consider suspicious, most often because it's too old (most often this applies to versions…
Consumer Routers are not secure
The FCC voted last Thursday to relax the rules for retiring copper wiring. This change was specifically aimed at Verizon and AT&T and is going to make it a lot easier for them to tear down old …
A discussion about IP blocking: why we see it, what it is, what it does, who it affects, and why it’s such a problematic way to address content online.
