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	Verizon preps super-fast 10Gbps broadband Verizon engineers have finished testing a new fiber optic network capable of 10Gbps, or 10 times the speed of Google Fiber and some other rival networks. Read More : Citrix Systems eGuide: WAN Virtualization In this eGuide, Network World examines the benefits of WAN virtualization and some recent trends in this area. Read on to learn how WAN virtualization can help your organization. Learn More In this Issue Cisco warns customers about attacks installing rogue firmware on networking gear US end of oversight of ICANN delayed to late next year IDG Contributor Network: T-Mobile switches on ISP-hotspot piggy-backing Gaming services, hosting companies hit with new type of DDoS attack How an old Network World story helped link AT&T to NSA spying : Citrix Systems eGuide: WAN Virtualization In this eGuide, Network World examines the benefits of WAN virtualization and some recent trends in this area. Read on to learn how WAN virtualization can help your organization. Learn More Cisco warns customers about attacks installing rogue firmware on networking gear Compromised administrative credentials were used to flash malicious boot firmware on Cisco IOS devices Read More : Citrix Systems eGuide: WAN Virtualization In this eGuide, Network World examines the benefits of WAN virtualization and some recent trends in this area. Read on to learn how WAN virtualization can help your organization. Learn More US end of oversight of ICANN delayed to late next year U.S. oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the coordinator of the Internet’s domain name system, will continue through September next year and perhaps even beyond.The Internet global multi-stakeholder community needs time to complete its work, have the plan reviewed by the U.S. government and then put it into action if approved, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Monday.INSIDER: 4 open-source monitoring tools that deserve a look The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) said in March last year it planned to let its contract with ICANN to operate key domain-name functions expire in September 2015, passing the oversight of the agency to a global governance model.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: Blue Coat Systems Optimizing Application Traffic on MPLS WAN Links MPLS is a common type of service offering that removes much of the cost and complexity of more traditional point-to-point networks. The change from point-to-point to any-to-any or cloud networking presents new application delivery challenges, requiring a response from services that depend on the packet delivery infrastructure. Learn more >> IDG Contributor Network: T-Mobile switches on ISP-hotspot piggy-backing T-Mobile customers in the Tampa and Orlando, Florida areas could be about to receive a windfall. Those who opt in to the MNO’s trial of automatic, hotspot piggy-backing won’t have that hotspot bandwidth eat into their plan’s data allotment, according to TmoNews, a PhoneDog-owned website covering T-Mobile.Bright House T-Mobile is partnering, in a test, with Bright House, the second-largest cable operator in Florida, to offload mobile traffic onto the ISP’s fixed, cabled hotspots.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Gaming services, hosting companies hit with new type of DDoS attack Gaming and hosting companies have been hit with a new kind of DDoS attack that could snowball without preventive steps, Level 3 Communications warned on Monday. Attackers have figured out how to abuse portmap services that have been left openly accessible on the Internet, said Dale Drew, chief security officer for Level 3. "We think it has the potential to be very, very bad," Drew said. Portmap, also referred to as RPCbind, is an open-source utility for Unix systems but also is in Windows. It maps network port numbers to available services. For example, portmap might be used if someone wants to mount a Windows drive from a Unix file system. Portmap would tell Unix where the drive is located and the right port number.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More How an old Network World story helped link AT&T to NSA spying Pro Publica and the New York Times have revealed previously unknown details of the "highly collaborative" relationship between AT&T and the NSA. Helping them connect the dots were an obscure acronym and a 1996 story in Network World.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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