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SS8 makes enterprise version of traffic-analysis platform designed for intelligence agencies

SS8 built its network traffic-inspection and analysis platform as a tool for intelligence agencies to discover communications among criminals and terrorists but now has scaled it back for enterprises to stop data breaches.Called BreachDetect, the business-sized software gathers highly detailed network traffic data that discovers application flows and the activity of individual machines and analyzes them to find anomalies that indicate foul play.The platform also stores the information it collects so it can be analyzed over and over as new threat indicators are identified. That way corporate security pros can discover threats that may have been lurking undetected for months and figure out when and how they got there, SS8 says.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

[minipost]Quick LAB/config example for IPv6 BGP between HP Networking Comware v5 andCisco

A small lab showing basic configuration of BGP between Cisco and HP (Comware v5). This is just something small we deploying recently, there is nothing grand here, only a minor configuration example to follow later when needed.

NOTE on HP Comware v5  vs newer Comware v7, I understand I am using older version of the operating system on HP devices, the point is that this article is using one of my real work projects where Comware v5 was used without possibility to upgrade. However ALL Ipv6 functions that we needed were provided already on this older Comware, and when I checked, Comware v7 variant of this LAB is only changing commands syntax (actually quite easy to convert from v5 to v7 only following the “?”), therefore this article will remain in Comware v5 and I believe many readers will take the principles and will have no problem to upgrade to Comware v7 on their own.

Lab Topology:

This is a simple topology that is trying to simulate a typical L3 Edge / Distribution / Access with several HP 5800 layer3 switches and Cisco 3750 is simulating a typical WAN provider with dual-homing access. Of course all with limits Continue reading

Texas goes big with 18-petaflop supercomputer

The Texas Advanced Computer Center (TACC) has received $30 million in U.S. funding for a new supercomputer that will roughly double the performance of its existing 9-petaflop supercomputer.The new system, named Stampede 2 after its predecessor, is being funded by the National Science Foundation. It will be available for scientific research by June 1, 2017.The Texas supercomputing center occupies a unique niche. The U.S. government owns the nation's largest and most powerful supercomputers. The national leader is Titan, a Cray XK7 Opteron-based system at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, running at a peak performance of about 27 petaflops.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Texas goes big with 18-petaflop supercomputer

The Texas Advanced Computer Center (TACC) has received $30 million in U.S. funding for a new supercomputer that will roughly double the performance of its existing 9-petaflop supercomputer.The new system, named Stampede 2 after its predecessor, is being funded by the National Science Foundation. It will be available for scientific research by June 1, 2017.The Texas supercomputing center occupies a unique niche. The U.S. government owns the nation's largest and most powerful supercomputers. The national leader is Titan, a Cray XK7 Opteron-based system at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, running at a peak performance of about 27 petaflops.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

75% off Opolar LC06 Laptop Fan Cooler with Temperature Display – Deal Alert

The LC06 laptop fan from Opolar averages 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon from nearly 900 customers (read reviews), and currently lists for just $29.99. It's designed for laptops with vents on the sides or rear, quietly and rapidly reducing the internal and surface temperatures by 18-50 degrees in minutes, far outperforming most cooling pads. Temp can be monitored on the built-in display. The motor is built to last through many years of heavy use, and is backed by a one year warranty for product defects and a 30 day no hassle return for incompatibility. See the discounted LC06 laptop fan now on Amazon.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Mysterious malware targets industrial control systems, borrows Stuxnet techniques

Researchers have found a malware program that was designed to manipulate supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems in order to hide the real readings from industrial processes.The same technique was used by the Stuxnet sabotage malware allegedly created by the U.S. and Israel to disrupt Iran's nuclear program and credited with destroying a large number of the country's uranium enrichment centrifuges.The new malware was discovered in the second half of last year by researchers from security firm FireEye, not in an active attack, but in the VirusTotal database. VirusTotal is a Google-owned website where users can submit suspicious files to be scanned by antivirus engines.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Mysterious malware targets industrial control systems, borrows Stuxnet techniques

Researchers have found a malware program that was designed to manipulate supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems in order to hide the real readings from industrial processes.The same technique was used by the Stuxnet sabotage malware allegedly created by the U.S. and Israel to disrupt Iran's nuclear program and credited with destroying a large number of the country's uranium enrichment centrifuges.The new malware was discovered in the second half of last year by researchers from security firm FireEye, not in an active attack, but in the VirusTotal database. VirusTotal is a Google-owned website where users can submit suspicious files to be scanned by antivirus engines.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Worth Reading: IP addresses are not telephone numbers

A blanket association between telephone numbers and IP numbers and domain names is simply not useful. Here’s the problem — IP numbers and domain names are not telephone numbers. By using this analogy as the starting point for their rationale to consider IP numbers as CPNI, the FCC is beginning from a fundamentally flawed starting point. Circle ID

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Microsoft’s drastic upgrade tactic pays off with boost to Windows 10 share

Windows 10 in May recorded its largest increase in user share since August 2015, the first full month after its launch last summer, data published Wednesday showed.The impressive increase came after Microsoft began what will likely be its last big push to put the free Windows 10 on customers' PCs, a campaign that started mid-May and featured a much-derided trick to get users to approve the upgrade from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.According to U.S.-based analytics vendor Net Applications, Windows 10 powered 19.4% of all Windows PCs in May, a 2.1-point increase from the month before. Net Applications measures user share -- an estimate of the percentage of the global PC population that runs a particular operating system -- by tallying unique visitors to clients' websites.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Handling Criticism of Your Product

Members of the IT community at large sometimes find babies ugly, and express those opinions in public. That's how community works. We share knowledge, experience, and opinions. We agree. We disagree. We discuss. We speak through our microphones and keyboards, and it's all intended to be for the greater good. How should a vendor react?

OpenSwitch finds critical home at Linux Foundation

The OpenSwitch Project took a significant development step this week when it became the first full feature network operating system project of the Linux Foundation.+More on Network World: Feeling jammed? Not like this I bet+The move gives OpenSwitch a neutral home where it can receive all the necessary support for long-term growth and sustainability – including back-office, technical infrastructure and ecosystem development services, said Michael Dolan, VP of Strategic Programs at The Linux Foundation.While the Linux Foundation hosts other projects in the networking space, the addition of OpenSwitch makes available a complete NOS solution, from the ASIC drivers to the APIs,’ that will run on reference hardware and in hypervisors, he stated.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

OpenSwitch finds critical home at Linux Foundation

The OpenSwitch Project took a significant development step this week when it became the first full feature network operating system project of the Linux Foundation.+More on Network World: Feeling jammed? Not like this I bet+The move gives OpenSwitch a neutral home where it can receive all the necessary support for long-term growth and sustainability – including back-office, technical infrastructure and ecosystem development services, said Michael Dolan, VP of Strategic Programs at The Linux Foundation.While the Linux Foundation hosts other projects in the networking space, the addition of OpenSwitch makes available a complete NOS solution, from the ASIC drivers to the APIs,’ that will run on reference hardware and in hypervisors, he stated.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

OpenSwitch finds critical home at Linux Foundation

The OpenSwitch Project took a significant development step this week when it became the first full feature network operating system project of the Linux Foundation.+More on Network World: Feeling jammed? Not like this I bet+The move gives OpenSwitch a neutral home where it can receive all the necessary support for long-term growth and sustainability – including back-office, technical infrastructure and ecosystem development services, said Michael Dolan, VP of Strategic Programs at The Linux Foundation.While the Linux Foundation hosts other projects in the networking space, the addition of OpenSwitch makes available a complete NOS solution, from the ASIC drivers to the APIs,’ that will run on reference hardware and in hypervisors, he stated.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

May the Replicas Be With You

Darth DownImage by Reuters/Peter NichollsDon’t make dad feel like this on Fathers Day. One heck of an epic gift, if not intergalactically expensive, this foray into the darkside will set you back $3,500. This worker from the Propshop holds a replica of Darth Vader's melted helmet from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens".To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Cisco & IBM are taking IoT analytics to the edge

The Internet of Things is no good without a way to act on the data it generates. A new partnership between two of the biggest IoT players promises to put smart collection and advanced analysis of data right where it’s needed.IBM and Cisco Systems have worked out how to run components of IBM’s Watson IoT analytics on Cisco edge devices. This will bring more intelligence closer to where the action is, helping enterprises run things like factories and oil rigs more efficiently.MORE: 10 Internet of Things Companies to WatchTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Groundbreaking jury verdict finds Utah firms made 117 million illegal telemarketing calls

In what the Federal Trade Commission is calling a first-of-its-kind verdict, a jury has found that a Utah man and his three movie companies are responsible for a variety of “deceptive and unlawful” selling practices that include 117 million illegal telemarketing calls.In a case that has already dragged on since 2011, the jury ruling enforces both the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule and its enormously popular Do Not Call Registry rules. The judge has yet to access civil penalties, but since they can be as high as $16,000 per violation it’s safe to assume the total will fall somewhere south of the $1.9 trillion maximum for just those illegal calls.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Groundbreaking jury verdict finds Utah firms made 117 million illegal telemarketing calls

In what the Federal Trade Commission is calling a first-of-its-kind verdict, a jury has found that a Utah man and his three movie companies are responsible for a variety of “deceptive and unlawful” selling practices that include 117 million illegal telemarketing calls. In a case that has already dragged on since 2011, the jury ruling enforces both the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule and its enormously popular Do Not Call Registry rules. The judge has yet to access civil penalties, but since they can be as high as $16,000 per violation it’s safe to assume the total will fall somewhere south of the $1.9 trillion maximum for just those illegal calls.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Oracle: We’re going to sue that whistleblower cloud employee

Oracle plans to sue whistleblower Svetlana Blackburn for malicious prosecution, the company said Thursday.On Wednesday, Blackburn -- a senior finance manager in Oracle’s cloud business -- said in a lawsuit she was terminated from her job for refusing to go along with cloud-computing accounting principles she considered unlawful.Blackburn alleges that upper management was trying to fit "square data into round holes" in a bid to boost the financial reports for Oracle's cloud services business that would be "paraded" before company leaders and investors.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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