An
excellent article. It's a shame no one in the US writes like this
any more...
NKorea
outage a case study in online uncertainties
North
Korea's microscopic corner of the internet has had a rough couple of
days, suffering seven outages in 48 hours, according to one web
traffic monitor.
…
"A large city block in London or New York would have more IP
(Internet Protocol) addresses than North Korea,'' said Ofer Gayer, a
security researcher at Redwood Shores, California-based Incapsula
Inc.
Even
on a good day, web watchers see less internet traffic from North
Korea than from the Falkland Islands, a North Atlantic archipelago of
fewer than 3,000 people, said Gayer. Media companies like Sony
easily dwarf the communist country's web presence.
He
said that if the network was targeted by a kind of distributed
denial-of-service — or DDoS — attack, the list of suspects is
endless.
"Any
kid that knows how to run a small-sized DDoS amplification attack can
do it from his home."
…
"This whole incident is a perfect illustration of how
technology is equalizing capability,'' Bruce Schneier, a respected
security expert, said in a blog post. "In
both the original attack against Sony, and this attack against North
Korea, we can't tell the difference between a couple of hackers and a
government."
You
don't have to live in North Korea to hate Sony.
Alleged
hackers tweeted smack talk as PlayStation, Xbox users forced offline
A
tool for Big Data? (The opposite of those itsy-bitsy smartphone
thingies)
Survey
of Mainframe Users
BMC
Mainframe Survey points to continued reliance on IBM System z –
“In October, BMC
released their ninth annual mainframe survey, “2014
Annual Mainframe Research Results: Bringing IT to Life Through
Digital Transformation”. The survey is widely regarded as
a useful insight into
today’s IBM mainframe world. Let’s explore some of
the findings from the BMC study, by looking at the key talking
points.
Future
strategy – The study was pretty clear: the mainframe remains
part of the long-term business strategy and continues to shape the
future of IT, according to 91% of respondents. A growing need for
access
on the go, 24/7 – for example internet banking – will
increase reliance on the mainframe, and raise the demand for Millions
of Instructions per Second (MIPS). Usage is expected to continue
growing – with 61% of all shops expecting MIPS growth in the next
two years, a clear indication of the faith in the mainframe
longer-term. This is no surprise. Whether making a credit card
payment, getting an insurance quote or booking a holiday, the
mainframe provides today, and will continue to provide, ‘mission
critical’ processing. The ongoing evolution of the mainframe
continues to play an increasingly important role in today’s
enterprise IT environments. Most respondents said they take
advantage of the mainframe to benefit from updated technology such as
mobile
and cloud.
A
conversation with one of my favorite high school students reminded me
that not everyone is aware of Apps like these. Why not?
Iphone
photomath
Android
Math
Hero Photo Calculator
Dilbert
on “fully immersive” technology.
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