Requiescat in Pacem, Leo Beranek, Ph.D., Internet Pioneer →
Leo Beranek, Ph.D. inimitable and venerable co-founder of Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. (now Raytheon BBN Technologies and one of the handful of companies responsible for the Internet) died last month as a centenarian of one hundred and two years.
Requiescat in Pace.
DARPA and BBN, 'A History of the ARPANET: The First Decade' →
Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN) Report #4799 Document entitled 'A History of the ARPANET: The First Decade'. First published in 1981, and detailing early ARPANET engineering, via the March 2015 'The Internet Protocol Journal' (Volume 18, Number 1). Download IPJ back issues and find subscription information at Internet Prorocol Journal.
FCC Issues Net Neutrality Order Document →
The Federal Communications Commission has issued the codified order targeting Net Neutrality. Entitled FCC 15-24*, for GN Docket Number 14-28, In the Matter of Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet, Report and Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order. At over *Four hundred pages long*, this document will (likely) become one of the most highly contentious Orders emerging this year (or the weapon of choice for conspiracy theorists due to it's weight*) from the Commission.
The Sleeper Awakens →
Evidence, via George I. Seffers of indications that the United States Department of Defense has awoken to the realization, that with nearly ubiquitous connectivity, comes potentially lethal levels of vulnerability, leading to in extremis scenarios.
This packet diagram describes an IPSec Tunnel in AH mode
IPSec, Keep On Keeping On...
Paul Wouters' [Mr. Wouters is currently employed at Red Hat] view on the use of IPSec... His post details the work of film-maker Laura Poitras [awarded the George Polk Award for National Security Reporting with Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskil] and security researcher Jacob Appelbaum [along with the collaboration of Der Speigel] in a presentation at the 31st Chaos Computer Club Congress. Today's' MustRead.
Yesterday's Gestation →
via Paleofuture's Matt Novak. The inception date of our beloved interweb is generally assumed to be the date of the first electronic message transmitted via the packet switched network, that was to become the ARPANET, and at that time managed by BBN.