How To Ruin Your Weekend
Never, never, ever, ever decide to deploy on a Friday. You will thank yourself, your manager will, your helpdesk, your family, your kids, your fish… NEVER make any changes on…
What is blackhole routing?
Blackhole routing is a DDoS mitigation strategy that eliminates all traffic from specific sources. What is DDoS blackhole routing? DDoS blackhole routing/filtering (sometimes called blackholing), is a countermeasure to mitigate…
What is DNS? | How DNS works
DNS lets users connect to websites using domain names instead of IP addresses. Learn more about how DNS works. What is DNS? The Domain Name System (DNS) is the phonebook…
DNS server types
Four different types of DNS servers have to work in harmony to deliver a single webpage. What are the different types of DNS servers? All DNS servers fall into four…
DNS root server
A DNS root server is the first stop in a DNS lookup. What is a DNS root server? The administration of the Domain Name System (DNS) is structured in a…
What is recursive DNS?
In DNS lookups, which match domain names to machine-readable IP addresses, the journey up the DNS tree can either be made by DNS. What is recursive DNS? A recursive DNS…
Guilty: Sam Bankman-Fried convicted on all counts after monthlong trial
Bankman-Fried, convicted on seven charges, faces a maximum sentence of 110 years. FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of defrauding customers by a federal jury today. He was convicted on…
What is Anycast? | How does Anycast work?
Anycast is a network addressing and routing method in which incoming requests can be routed to various locations. What is Anycast? Anycast is a network addressing and routing method in…
Okta hit by third-party data breach exposing employee information
Okta is warning nearly 5,000 current and former employees that their personal information was exposed after a third-party vendor was breached. Okta is a San Fransisco-based cloud identity and access…