Is it time to build an “SP Anti-DOS Alliance” is the first of several blogs. It will be a brain dump of what collaborative actions have and has not been working within the industry. Last week, I posted a Linkedin update on the Operator’s Security Toolkit. A long term colleague, Eddie Chan, pointed out the Read More
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Operator’s Security Toolkit
It is time for a refresh of the SP Security materials used by many over the years. Back in 2002, several people in the emerging “Service Provider Security” field pulled together a list of top practices every Operator should deploy. These “NSP-SEC Top 10” techniques became the foundation of our toolkit that is used daily
Adding IPv6 Requirements to your RFP
[ Originally posted on Linkedin here: IPv6 – Adding Requirements to your RFP. Adding IPv6 Requirements to your RPF is a necessity when all the major Google, Facebook, Linkedin, and other sites are built for “IPv6” first. Meaningful IPv6 requirements in RFPs are a core tool to your dialog with your vendors. This is a Read More
Network Operations Groups (NOGs)
Network Operations Groups (NOGs) have been critical to keeping the Internet Operational and growing. The Internet did not build itself. People build the Internet. And people need to work together to interconnect. NOG meeting are critical for network professionals to meet, teach each other, argue, come to an agreement, and solve really tough problems that
Netflix Expanding to 200 Countries – What does that mean for Telecom Operators
f you have not already heard this Netflix announcement last week, CEO Reed Hastings, and CFO David Wells said …. “We already offer Netflix in about 50 countries and have learned a great deal about the content people prefer, the marketing they respond to and how to best organize ourselves for steady improvement. Acceleration to Read More
Is “Transparent” Web Caching Dead?
Over the last few months, I’ve been re-exam the value of web caches in a network architecture. Peers have asked me to write up the results. What follows are the results. The are provided to help operators not get pushed by vendors to make costly mistakes. “Web Caching” has been an effective and productive tool Read More
Does the Internet “End” at 500K routes?
No! Of course, the Internet does not end at 500K routes. On August 13, 2014, there was a lot of “news” about instability issues on the Internet that might have been caused by a surge of new Internet routes (see articles like “Internet routers hitting 512K limit, some become unreliable” – http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/08/internet-routers-hitting-512k-limit-some-become-unreliable/). The most accurate write Read More
Gathering of telecom industry players in Hong Kong, 4-8th December 2006
The upcoming ITU World Telecom 2006 is being held for the first time outside of Europe (it is usually held in Geneva, the last one organised in 2003). It has become one of the premier gathering place for telecom industry players. Being hosted by Hong Kong, China will give this World Telecom an increased Asian Read More
New anti-spam project created at UN Internet meeting in Athens
Spam is increasingly becoming more than a problem of nuinsance. It affects network and users, and a new initiative of collaboration comes out of the Athens meeting. Read more at http://www.viruslist.com/en/news?id=204924874 Read More
Net Neutrality- a very American debate
Net Neutrality has been a very hot topic of telecom regulation and policy in the US, unlike in the rest of the world. It has largely to do with the debates over a new telecom bill to be adopted. To many, the new bill removes the age old principle of net neutrality, and therefore the Read More