Mcox.com: New Ethernet Standard both 40Gbps and 100Gbps
In a move worthy of the wisdom of King “Split ‘em” Solomon, the IEEE has decided that the next generation of Ethernet will support both 40Gbps and 100Gbps.
The higher speed required more expensive and power-hungry equipment… Unable to come up with a consensus the HSSG decided to standardize both 40Gbps and 100Gbps speeds as the IEEE 803.23ba standard. Each speed will use different connection equipment.
Which begs the question, how standard is a standard that requires two different sets of equipment?
Ars Technica: Deep packet inspection meets ‘Net neutrality, CALEA
An absolutely amazing, in-depth article about Deep Packet Inspection.
Imagine a device that sits inline in a major ISP’s network and can throttle P2P traffic at differing levels depending on the time of day. Imagine a device that allows one user access only to e-mail and the Web while allowing a higher-paying user to use VoIP and BitTorrent. Imagine a device that protects against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, scans for viruses passing across the network, and siphons off requested traffic for law enforcement analysis. Imagine all of this being done in real time, for 900,000 simultaneous users, and you get a sense of the power of deep packet inspection (DPI) network appliances.
Don’t be too proud of this technogical terror you’ve constructed. The power of deep packet inspection is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
ComputerWorld: Law firm’s IT staff gives flimsy excuse for not whitelisting
Many people, in their effort to fight spam, often forget that it’s more important to let good communications in than to keep the bad spam out. Such as a network administrator at Azar and Associates, a law firm that missed a court date because they forgot to whitelist e-mails from the U.S. District Court as “not spam.”
Sure, this is a problem that’s not likely to happen twice, but it shouldn’t have happened first to begin with. This paragraph from the article makes an important point that all network professionals need to keep in mind:
The business process of the law firm was not understood by the admin. Obviously the CTO didn’t relay to the admin the importance of these emails. He used to be a lawyer, so he should understand the criticality and do something to ensure this does not happen (the excuse above sounded like just that – an excuse). I’m not sure how often the domain of the district court changes, but it would be my guess that adding it to their whitelist would not require a lot of maintenance.
NetworkWorld Layer 8: Sand, sun, and RFID?: The high-tech networked beach is coming soon.
I grew up on the Jersey shore, and remember the days of fun down on the boardwalk. When I was little, we went to Funtown in Seaside Heights, then we grew into Casino Pier (especially when my cousins, Chris, David, and Michael were in town) and then to Jenkinson’s in Point Pleasant when we moved from Brick, NJ to Clifton, NJ.
I digress. Ocean City is a South Jersey shore town with beautiful beaches and boardwalks as well – and they’re planning to implement a municipal wi-fi system. (And an RFID beach-tagging system, but that’s not the part I’m interested in.)
A wireless network will let Ocean City expand economic development and control the cost of local services. Wireless allows the City to save on cell phone usage, T-1 lines, and it adds efficiency. By maximizing connectivity, there are a variety of ways to enhance education, library services, and emergency management services, city executives say on their Website. The provider of the Ocean City wireless network has not been determined yet and the City meets this week to possibly select a service provider but it is on track to have wireless coverage by early 2008, according to the City’s Website. The wireless net would be free to resident and $6 a day for tourists.
The optimist in me believes that you can get work done while your family plays in the beautiful waters of the New Jersey coastline. The cynic in me believes that you will be working while your family plays in the beautiful waters of the New Jersey coastline.
Wired: Martha Stewart Geeks Out for Wired’s Annual How To Guide
You’d think that as the reigning queen of old-fashioned country-time beautification, Martha Stewart would be technophobic. Amazingly, that’s not the case – she’s technophilic, as this interview with Wired shows.
Stewart: I’m working on Marthapedia right now, which is my version of Wikipedia. If you know how to take red wine out of a white cloth napkin better than I do, that’s good to know. We’ll be editing user content, and it won’t be as freewheeling as Wikipedia. Because a lot of this – you have to really monitor it.
And of course, Martha’s got her own, better version of the gadget closet. It’s a good thing.
Stewart: I have something called the servery. It’s a room with two long white marble counters on either side and lots of plugs. That’s where everything is – I have my cameras, a lot of batteries, everything.
Google.com: the Speed of Light in Furlongs per fortnight
the speed of light = 1.8026175 × 1012 furlongs per fortnight
I’m sure that will come in handy if you ever need to calculate propagation delay in imperial units.
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