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Pervasive Monitoring
In May, the IETF published RFC7258, Pervasive Monitoring Is an Attack. No matter where you stand in regards to the IETF process (observer, confused, or, like the pig making breakfast for the farmer —...
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Take a Network Break! Grab a coffee, a doughnut and then join us for an analysis of the latest IT news, vendor moves and new product announcements. We’ll separate the signal from the noise--or at least...
View ArticlePervasive Monitoring
In May, the IETF published RFC7258, Pervasive Monitoring Is an Attack. No matter where you stand in regards to the IETF process (observer, confused, or, like the pig making breakfast for the farmer —...
View ArticleHey ISPs! We’re The Customers, Not The Products
A Senate vote to repeal privacy protections removes a hurdle for ISPs that want to pimp out their customers. The post Hey ISPs! We’re The Customers, Not The Products appeared first on Packet Pushers.
View ArticleWhy Knowing About Industry / Market Makes You Smarter
Understanding industry and market forces, and how those forces shape vendor behavior, can be valuable for your career. The post Why Knowing About Industry / Market Makes You Smarter appeared first on...
View ArticleBiB 070: Cisco Calls for US Privacy Laws
What would be Cisco's motivation to call for social justice publicly. Logically there must be reasons. The post BiB 070: Cisco Calls for US Privacy Laws appeared first on Packet Pushers.
View ArticleNetwork Break 221: Cisco Calls Privacy A Human Right; VMware Revamps...
Today's Network Break podcast analyzes Cisco's call for privacy legislation and CEO Chuck Robbins' assertion that privacy is a human right. We also dive into VMware's revamped recertification policy, a...
View ArticleHeavy Networking 437: Melding Policy And Technology With The Internet...
On today's Heavy Networking we explore the intersection of policy, politics, and technology with the Internet Governance Project (IGP), which connects tech and policy experts to help bridge gaps in...
View ArticleNetwork Break 249: VMware’s Buying Spree; Big Switch Doubles Down On Cloud...
Today's Network Break explores why VMware spent billions on Carbon Black, looks at new cloud networking products from Big Switch Networks, discusses why Google stopped sharing Android data with mobile...
View ArticleQuick Take: Google And Patient Healthcare Records
The news that Google had gained access to the healthcare records of millions of people rippled across the Internet and news media and–rightly–raised concerns about what the data-collecting, ad-serving,...
View ArticleNetwork Break 267: Equinix Buys Packet For Bare Metal; Google, Verizon Flirt...
Today's Network Break podcast analyzes Equinix's acquisition of Packet, privacy announcements from Google and Verizon, a US Senate proposal to spend a billion dollars on 5G, and more tech news. The...
View ArticleNetwork Break FU Special Edition 001
It's an all-FU Network Break where we share follow-ups from listeners about our commentary and analysis. No news, no ads--just us responding to you responding to us. The post Network Break FU Special...
View ArticleSurveillance As A Service – Whether You Opted In Or Not
This post originally appeared in Human Infrastructure, a free weekly newsletter from the Packet Pushers. Go here to sign up and read back issues. Or don’t. That’s fine too. When Google Glass debuted,...
View ArticleNetwork Break 322: Juniper Mist-ifes 128 Technology; US Telcos Spend Big For...
On today's Network Break we discuss a slate of Juniper announcements around new integrations with its Mist platform, plus new switches. HPE acquires a SaaS company for controlling cloud and...
View ArticleIPv6 Buzz 074: IPv6 And Public VPN Services
In this week's IPv6 Buzz episode, Ed, Scott, and Tom discuss the state of public VPN services and IPv6 with Tomislav Čohar, principal architect at, and cofounder of, the hide.me VPN service. The post...
View ArticlePrivacy And Networking: Part 1 – Why Privacy?
In the first post on a series on privacy and networking, Russ White makes the case that privacy matters not just for infosec, risk management, or compliance, but as a human right. The post Privacy And...
View ArticlePrivacy And Networking Part 2: Legal And Ethical Privacy
Given the arguments from the first article in this series, if privacy should be and is essential—what does the average network engineer do with this information? How does privacy impact network design...
View ArticlePrivacy And Networking Part 3: Is An IP Address Protected Information For...
Does an IP address need to be treated like other Personally Indentifiable Information (PII)? The post Privacy And Networking Part 3: Is An IP Address Protected Information For Privacy? appeared first...
View ArticlePrivacy And Networking Part 4: Logging
In the last post on this topic, I concluded that IP addresses are protected information—operators should handle users’ IP addresses according to privacy best practices. But I also concluded that...
View ArticlePrivacy And Networking Part 5: The Data Lifecycle
In the previous posts in this series, I concluded that privacy is everyone’s responsibility, that IP addresses (and a lot of other information network engineers handle) are protected information, and...
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