Building Alaska's Rural Internet →

December 05, 2017 by Marc Handelman in Internet, Rural/Remote Connectivity, Microwave Internetworks

Dr. Beranek, courtesy of LeoBeranek.com [ http://www.leoberanek.com/pages/llbbio.html]

Requiescat in Pacem, Leo Beranek, Ph.D., Internet Pioneer →

November 15, 2016 by Marc Handelman in Requiescat in Pacem, Packet-Switching, Networks, Internet

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.

Señoras y Señores, Mirad la Internets Cubanos →

August 30, 2016 by Marc Handelman in Internet, Sneaker Net

El Paquete Semanal via Kottke, aquí.

Internet of the Broken

September 08, 2015 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Internet

A History of the ARPANet

DARPA and BBN, 'A History of the ARPANET: The First Decade' →

May 12, 2015 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, ARPAnet, Governance, Government, DARPA, Internet, Internet Antiquities, Internet Governance, History of the Internet

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.

Chris diBona @ IETF92 →

April 13, 2015 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Internet, Internet Governance, ISOC, IETF, OpenSource

FCC Issues Net Neutrality Order Document →

March 16, 2015 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Commerce, Communications, Compute Infrastructure, Electrical Engineering, Governance, Government, Information Security, Infrastructure, Internet, Internet Governance, Legal, Mobile Networks, Networks, TCP/IP Internetworking, United States of America

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 by Giovanino, DeviantArt

The Sleeper Awakens →

January 20, 2015 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, DARPA, Data Security, Disruptive Technologies, Electronics in Warfare, Information Security, Internet, Network Security, Web Security, Vulnerabilities, Cyberwar

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...

December 31, 2014 by Marc Handelman in IPSec, Network Security, Internet, Information Security, Must Read

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 →

October 30, 2014 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, IANA, ICANN, IETF, Science, ARPAnet, Internet, Packet-Switching, Networks

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.