Archive for February, 2007:
Deloitte and the Death of the Internet
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Deloitte got some fantastic free press this week when they launched a their Telecommunication Predictions for 2007, and chose to summarise a fairly balanced article on transit capacity with the sentence ‘One of the key possibilities for 2007 is that the internet could be approaching its capacity’ (p4).
Bold words, that the bbc have also been [...]
Solaris 10’s in.telnetd exploit.
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My telnet mantra has always been ‘Telnet is only dangerous if you use it’. Leaving it enabled as an emergency way-in during ssh upgrades, for example, is a good idea. It’s a better idea to leave it turned on and visable to just your home or office, but not use it unless you [...]
Toronto and Nanog.
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If you work in the internetworking field and have considered a visit to Nanog but haven’t gone because you wondered how relevant it would be, my advice is to go. Everything happens here.. sessions where network building veterans tell campfire stories are interesting, and you get really up to the second news and presentations, [...]
Toronto
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Landed in Toronto safely for NANOG39. What a brilliant city! I have only done a small amount of exploring so far, but this is the rundown.
Getting through the Airport was easy, there were no queues at Customs, Baggage, or Passport control. The airport busses ran very regularly so I was downtown within an hour or [...]
