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What is IPv6, why is it so important, and why is it adoption taking so long?

Network World

For the most part the dire warnings about running out of internet addresses have ceased because, slowly but surely, migration from the world of Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) to IPv6 has begun, and software is in place to prevent the address apocalypse that many were predicting. What is IPv6 and why is it important?

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Negating all VPNs may have been possible since 2002

TechSpot

Researchers at the Leviathan Security Group have publicized an exploit that can force a VPN user to transmit unencrypted internet traffic outside of the VPN tunnel, exposing them to snooping and defeating the entire purpose of the technology. Currently, no method to fully address the problem exists on popular operating. Read Entire Article

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RIP, Xbox Live (2002-2021)

Gizmodo

The name “Xbox Live” is dead. You’ll still be able to play Xbox games online, but the suite of Xbox’s online services will now be known as “Xbox network,” Microsoft confirmed today to The Verge. Read more.

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Post-quantum encryption: Crypto flexibility will prepare firms for quantum threat, experts say

Network World

Similarly, NIST recommended a key length of 1024 bits for RSA since 2002 and upgraded the recommendation to 2048 in 2015. Cloudflare also analyzes internet traffic and tracks post-quantum encryption adoption. NIST officially retired the SHA-1 algorithm in 2022 and recommended the adoption of SHA-2 or SHA-3.

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A GPS-Based Bug Could Roll Back Your Devices to 2002

Gizmodo

No one needs low-rise jeans to come back. Or capri trousers. And though they were supremely comfortable for their time, the Juicy Couture tracksuit can stay in the vault we put it in. Time has to stay synced precisely to the second, to prevent there from making a comeback. But a bug in the time rollback checking code… Read more.

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MongoDB, Hadoop and humongous data at MongoSV 2012

SPF13

15+ years building the internet. Data Growth 1,0001000 750 500 500 250 250 120 55 4 10 24 1 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Millions of URLs. 20072008 2005 2006 2003 2004 2001 2002. Talking about. What is Humongous Data. Humongous Data & You. MongoDB & Data processing. Future of Humongous Data.

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MongoDB, Hadoop and humongous data at MongoSV 2012

SPF13

15+ years building the internet. Data Growth 1,0001000 750 500 500 250 250 120 55 4 10 24 1 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Millions of URLs. 20072008 2005 2006 2003 2004 2001 2002. Talking about. What is Humongous Data. Humongous Data & You. MongoDB & Data processing. Future of Humongous Data.

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