The 7-bit Internet
When I first started digging into the bowels of the Internet, I was fascinated by how many of its protocols—like HTTP and SMTP, for example—were entirely text based.
Set up an email server in two hours
You may be concerned that the NSA is reading your e-mail. Is there really anything you can do about it though? After all, you don’t really want to move off of GMail / Google Apps. And no plac…
High Performance Networking in Google Chrome
Chrome gets faster as you use it. Chrome learns the topology of the web, browsing patterns, and critical resources on every page to optimize your browsing! A look under the hood of how it all comes together...
ZeroMQ is just sockets
Kim: Yeah, right. It's just sockets . Course, it's totally portable so you don't have to handle all the weird stuff different operating systems ask you to do.
Introducing Project Loon: Balloon-powered Internet access
Today we’re unveiling our latest moonshot from Google[x].
Why HTTP/2.0 does not seem interesting (2012)
Varnish is a powerful, flexible HTTP accelerator that speeds up web applications by caching content and optimizing delivery.
The core Internet institutions abandon the US Government
In Montevideo, Uruguay this week, the Directors of all the major Internet organizations – ICANN, the Internet Engineering Task Force, the Internet Architecture Board, the World Wide Web Consortium, the Internet Society, all five of the regional Internet address registries – turned their back on the US government. With…
Complete, Persistent Compromise of Netgear Wireless Routers
UPDATE: Turns out, Jacob Holocomb ( @rootHak42 on Twitter) of Independent Security Evaluators found this bug back in April on a different d...
EFF: Help Us Protect Mesh Networking From Overbroad Patents
Earlier this year, we announced that along with the Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, we were challenging six patent applications that, if granted, could threaten the development of 3D printing technology. We asked you—the community—for help, and your input was...
The network is reliable
I’ve been discussing Jepsen and partition tolerance with Peter Bailis over the past few weeks, and I’m honored to present this post as a collaboration between the two of us. We’d also like to extend our sincere appreciation to everyone who contributed their research and experience to this piece.
How to send DMs on Twitter without permission
I just recalled " SMS commands " feature and tried to send a DM (private, direct message) with "Share on Twitter"-button. It works! Twitt...
Why no curl 8
In this little piece I'll explain why there won't be any version 8 of curl and libcurl in a long time. I won't rule out that it might happen at some point in the future. Just that it won't happen anytime soon and explain the reasons why. Seven point twenty nine, really? We've done 29 … Continue reading Why no curl 8 →
ISP Advertisement Injection - CMA Communications
Apple Inc. endorsing H&R Block with a beautiful bright green banner ad, compliments of CMA Communications. Tired from the day’s ev...