The Week in Internet News: U.S. Lawmakers Want to Break Up Big Tech Firms
Break ‘em up: A report released by the Democrats on the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has accused Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google of abusing their monopoly power and has called the four companies to effectively be broken up, the New York Times reports. The report calls the four companies “the kinds of monopolies we last saw in the era of oil barons and railroad tycoons.”
India wants in: Meanwhile, Google is reportedly facing an antitrust investigation in India for allegedly abusing its Android operating system’s position in the smart television market, The Economic Times of India says. This is the fourth major antitrust case Google has faced in the huge India market.
Hackers for hire: A mercenary hacking group is operating throughout the Middle East, with Saudi diplomats, Sikh separatists, and Indian business executives among those being targeted, Al Jazeera reports. The diversity of the group Bahamut’s activities makes it appear that it’s not working for a single group or nation, researchers say.
Ready for takeoff: SpaceX’s space-based Internet service is nearly ready for use after the company’s latest launches of Starlink satellites, CEO Elon Musk says. SpaceX has delivered 60 additional satellites into low-Earth orbit this Continue reading
What is Cloudflare One?
Running a secure enterprise network is really difficult. Employees spread all over the world work from home. Applications are run from data centers, hosted in public cloud, and delivered as services. Persistent and motivated attackers exploit any vulnerability.
Enterprises used to build networks that resembled a castle-and-moat. The walls and moat kept attackers out and data in. Team members entered over a drawbridge and tended to stay inside the walls. Trust folks on the inside of the castle to do the right thing, and deploy whatever you need in the relative tranquility of your secure network perimeter.
The Internet, SaaS, and “the cloud” threw a wrench in that plan. Today, more of the workloads in a modern enterprise run outside the castle than inside. So why are enterprises still spending money building more complicated and more ineffective moats?
Today, we’re excited to share Cloudflare One™, our vision to tackle the intractable job of corporate security and networking.
Cloudflare One combines networking products that enable employees to do their best work, no matter where they are, with consistent security controls deployed globally.
Starting today, you can begin replacing traffic backhauls to security appliances with Cloudflare WARP and Gateway to filter Continue reading
New: AWS Networking Update
In last week’s update session we covered the new features AWS introduced since the creation of AWS Networking webinar in 2019:
- AWS Local Zones, Wavelengths, and Outposts
- VPC Sharing
- Bring Your Own Addresses
- IP Multicast support
- Managed Prefix Lists in security groups and route tables
- VPC Traffic Mirroring
- Web Application Firewall
- AWS Shield
- VPC Ingress Routing
- Inter-region VPC peering with Transit Gateways
The videos are already online; you need Standard or Expert ipSpace.net subscription to watch them.
New: AWS Networking Update
In last week’s update session we covered the new features AWS introduced since the creation of AWS Networking webinar in 2019:
- AWS Local Zones, Wavelengths, and Outposts
- VPC Sharing
- Bring Your Own Addresses
- IP Multicast support
- Managed Prefix Lists in security groups and route tables
- VPC Traffic Mirroring
- Web Application Firewall
- AWS Shield
- VPC Ingress Routing
- Inter-region VPC peering with Transit Gateways
The videos are already online; you need Standard or Expert ipSpace.net subscription to watch them.
A Reality Check on IT Automation
See how IT organizations are deploying technologies that eliminate tasks and replace them with processes that automate network and systems control.Worth Reading: Don’t Become A Developer, But Use Their Tools
I was telling you there’s no need to become a programmer over six years ago, but of course nobody ever listens to grumpy old engineers… which didn’t stop Ethan Banks from writing another excellent advice on the same theme: Don’t Become A Developer, But Use Their Tools.
Worth Reading: Don’t Become A Developer, But Use Their Tools
I was telling you there’s no need to become a programmer over six years ago, but of course nobody ever listens to grumpy old engineers… which didn’t stop Ethan Banks from writing another excellent advice on the same theme: Don’t Become A Developer, But Use Their Tools.
Worth Reading: IP Fragmentation Considered Fragile
We all knew it for a long time, now it’s finally official: IP fragmentation is broken, or as the ever-so-diplomatic IETF likes to call it, IP Fragmentation is Considered Fragile.
Worth Reading: IP Fragmentation Considered Fragile
We all knew it for a long time, now it’s finally official: IP fragmentation is broken, or as the ever-so-diplomatic IETF likes to call it, IP Fragmentation is Considered Fragile.
Heavy Networking 543: What 2020 Internet Outages Teach Us About Managing Remote Work (Sponsored)
Stuff breaks all the time. With so many people working from home, most of the stuff that's breaking isn't yours, but that doesn’t mean it’s not your problem. Today's Heavy Networking, sponsored by ThousandEyes, reviews critical outages in 2020 and considers network design tips for Internet and remote work. Our guests from ThousandEyes are Angelique Medina and Archana Kesavan.
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Heavy Networking 543: What 2020 Internet Outages Teach Us About Managing Remote Work (Sponsored)
Stuff breaks all the time. With so many people working from home, most of the stuff that's breaking isn't yours, but that doesn’t mean it’s not your problem. Today's Heavy Networking, sponsored by ThousandEyes, reviews critical outages in 2020 and considers network design tips for Internet and remote work. Our guests from ThousandEyes are Angelique Medina and Archana Kesavan.When Will You Need Wi-Fi 6E at Home?
The pandemic has really done a number on most of our office environments. For some, we went from being in a corporate enterprise with desks and coffee makers to being at home with a slightly different desk and perhaps a slightly better coffee maker. However, one thing that didn’t improve was our home network.
For the most part, the home network has been operating on a scale radically different from those of the average corporate environment. Taking away the discrepancies in Internet speed for a moment you would have a hard time arguing that most home wireless gear is as good or better than the equivalent enterprise solution. Most of us end up buying our equipment from the local big box store and are likely shopping as much on price as we are on features. As long as it supports our phones, gaming consoles, and the streaming box we picked up we’re happy. We don’t need QoS or rogue detection.
However, we now live in a world where the enterprise is our home. We live at work as much as we work where we live. Extended hours means we typically work past 5:00 pm or start earlier than 8:00 or Continue reading
Tech Bytes: Providing Secure Work-From-Anywhere With Zscaler (Sponsored)
For many organizations it’s now incumbent on IT to provide a seamless, secure experience for end users whether they’re working from home, in the office, or anywhere. On today's Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored today by Zscaler, we examine how to deliver a safe, high-performance remote access experience.Tech Bytes: Providing Secure Work-From-Anywhere With Zscaler (Sponsored)
For many organizations it’s now incumbent on IT to provide a seamless, secure experience for end users whether they’re working from home, in the office, or anywhere. On today's Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored today by Zscaler, we examine how to deliver a safe, high-performance remote access experience.
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How to Optimize IT Costs
You do not need to sacrifice quality for a cheaper solution to save your IT department’s costs. Sometimes an optimization of infrastructure management will be sufficient. Alexander Grishin, ISPsystem’s Product Manager for VMmanager virtualization platform, shares his views on the topic.Hand and Physical Therapy Tips for Arthritis
Millions of people all over the world suffer from arthritis. In the present day, it is one of the most common medical conditions in the world. There is a common misconception about arthritis that it happens due to old age and that most people suffering from it are old. Where old age can affect your bones and joints health, people from all age groups can suffer from arthritis.
What Exactly Is Arthritis?
It is a medical condition that causes pain and inflammation in your joints. It can happen on joints on any part of the body. It can cause severe pain and affect your physical functioning. People who have arthritis in their hand joints have to tolerate excruciating pain. Our hands are something we have to use on a daily basis, and when you have arthritis in your hand joints then it can have severe consequences. You will not be able to perform any task if your hands aren’t at 100% health.
How Can Physical Therapy Be Used to Treat Arthritis?
There are many ways that arthritis can be treated. Doctors would always suggest medication and then ask you to focus on physical therapy as well. Physical therapy is as Continue reading